Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Ballet à l’Opéra de Paris (Ballet at the Paris Opéra) 1877 Pastel over monotype on cream laid paper, 35.2 × 70.6 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago One of the nineteenth century’s most innovative artists, Edgar Degas often…
Morisot, Berthe (1841-1895) Femme à sa toilette (Woman at Her Toilette) c.1875–1880 Oil on canvas, 60.3 × 80.4 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Consistent with the Impressionist aesthetic that Berthe Morisot fervently espoused, Woman at Her Toilette attempts to capture…
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Les nymphéas (Water Lilies) 1906 Oil on canvas, 89.9 × 94.1 cm cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago “One instant, one aspect of nature contains it all,” said Claude Monet, referring to his late masterpieces, the water landscapes…
Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban (1617-1682) La Virgen y el Niño con santa Rosa de Viterbo (The Virgin and Child with Saint Rose of Viterbo) c.1670 Oil on canvas, 190 x 147 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Together with The Adoration of the Magi,…
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) La Maison entre les roses (The House among the Roses) 1925 Oil on canvas, 92.3 x 73.3 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Colección Carmen Thyssen This painting depicts the front of the artist’s house in Giverny seen from the…
Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Conversation sous les oliviers (Conversation under the Olive Trees) 1921 Oil on canvas, 100 x 82 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Succession H. Matisse / VEGAP, Madrid Carmen Thyssen Collection Beneath their tranquil surface, Matisse‘s paintings often conceal a…
Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Les fleurs jaunes (The Yellow Flowers) 1902 Oil on canvas, 46 x 54.5 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Succession H. Matisse / VEGAP, Madrid Still-life paintings played a primordial role in Henri Matisse’s beginnings in art. During the first…
Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) Plaza de la Merced, Ronda 1910 Oil on panel, 64.6 x 52 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Carmen Thyssen Collection After travelling through northern Europe in the summer of 1910, Childe Hassam and his wife journeyed to Spain, where…
Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) September Clouds c.1891 Pastel on canvas, 50.8 x 61 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Carmen Thyssen Collection After three years study in Europe, Childe Hassam returned to the United States in the fall of 1889. The following spring he…
El Greco (1541-1614) La Anunciación (The Annunciation) c.1596–1600 Oil on canvas, 114 x 67 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid This is a small-scale replica of the canvas on the same subject now in the Museo del Prado and was originally part of…