O’Keeffe, Georgia (1887-1986) Narcissa’s Last Orchid 1940 Pastel, 54.5 x 69.1 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Here, O’Keeffe exploits the directness and tactility of drawing in pastel, using her finger to massage the color into the paper to create painterly…
Léger, Fernand (1881-1955) Les femmes au perroquet (Women with a Parrot) 1952 Lithograph printed in 8 (?) colors on Arches paper, 41.2 x 59.6 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton
Fantin-Latour, Henri (1836-1904) Vase de fleurs (Vase of Flowers) 1861 Oil on canvas, 44.4 x 36 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton The painter and critic Jacques-Émile Blanche (1861–1942) compared Fantin-Latour’s studies of the flower—”its grain, its tissue”—to the observation of…
Burne-Jones, Edward (1833-1898) Saint Cecilia c.1900 Stained and painted glass, 213.5 x 75.5 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton This window is the result of a collaboration between the Pre-Raphaelite painter Burne-Jones and the firm founded by William Morris, who initiated…
Burne-Jones, Edward (1833-1898) The Sleep of King Arthur in Avalon 1881–1898 Oil on canvas, 279.4 × 650.2 cm Museo de Arte de Ponce, Ponce According to Thomas Malory‘s “Le Morte d’Arthur” (1470), King Arthur suffered a fatal wound in a…
Burne-Jones, Edward (1833-1898) King Arthur at Avalon (study) s.d. Mixed media on paper on wooden strainer, 191.4 x 54.7 x 2 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff Compare: Burne-Jones, Edward (1833-1898) The Garden Court 1870–1875 Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Burne-Jones, Edward (1833-1898) The…
Burne-Jones, Edward (1833-1898) King Cophetua and the Beggar Maid 1862 Oil on canvas, 76.2 x 63.5 cm Tate Britain, London Compare: Burne-Jones, Edward (1833-1898) King Cophetua and the Beggar Maid 1884 Tate Britain, London Burne-Jones, Edward (1833-1898) Study of a head s.d. National…
Morris, William (1834-1896) Strawberry Thief design registered 1883, printed 1917–1923 Cotton, 274.3 x 94 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) The Crowning of Saint Catherine 1631 or 1633 Oil on canvas, 265.7 × 214.9 cm Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo Rubens painted this magnificent painting as an altarpiece for the Church of the Augustinians in Mechelen (Malines),…
El Greco (1541-1614) La Agonía en el huerto (The Agony in the Garden) c.1590–1595 Oil on canvas, 102.2 x 113.7 cm Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo With his intensely personal style, El Greco (“the Greek”) is one of the most original…