Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) Allies Day, May 1917 1917 Oil on canvas, 92.7 x 76.8 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A patriotic whirlwind overtook mid–town Manhattan as America entered the First World War in the spring of 1917. On Fifth Avenue,…
Derain, André (1880-1954) Pont de Charing Cross dit aussi Pont de Westminster (Charing Cross Bridge, also known as Westminster Bridge) c.1906 Oil on canvas, 81 x 100.6 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris At the 1905 Salon d’automne, Derain shared the same…
Derain, André (1880-1954) Route tournante à L’Estaque (The Turning Road, L’Estaque) 1906 Oil on canvas, 129.5 × 194.9 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Houston André Derain’s masterpiece The Turning Road, L’Estaque is a major work of the avant-garde art movement called…
Derain, André (1880-1954) La piscine de Londres (The Pool of London) 1906 Oil on canvas, 65.7 × 99.1 cm Tate Britain, London This view of the Thames from London Bridge is one of four works painted by Derain, showing the same…
Derain, André (1880-1954) The Houses of Parliament from Westminster Bridge 1906 Oil on canvas, 73.6 x 92 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland This painting is one of several views Derain painted of London between 1905 and 1906. Among Derain‘s finest…
Derain, André (1880-1954) London Bridge 1906 Oil on canvas, 66 x 99.1 cm Museum of Modern Art, New York In 1905, French painter André Derain was commissioned by his art dealer Ambroise Vollard to paint views of London. Derain set up…
Derain, André (1880-1954) La route vers Castel Gandolfo (Road to Castel Gandolfo) c.1921 Oil on canvas, 62.5 x 50.8 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg In 1921 Derain lived for a time at Castel Gandolfo, a picturesque spot south-east of Rome that…
Derain, André (1880-1954) Chemin dans un parc avec une figure (Path in a Park with a Figure) 1910–1914 Oil on canvas, 12.5 x 12.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Formerly in the collection of Otto Krebs, Holzdorf.
Cagnacci, Guido (1601-1663) Morte di Cleopatra (The Death of Cleopatra) after 1659 Oil on canvas, 153 x 169 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Inscribed at the bottom right of the armrest support: GVIDO CAGNAZZI The last queen of Egypt, Cleopatra, let herself…