Derain, André (1880-1954) Madame Derain au châle blanc (Madame Derain in a White Shawl) c.1919–1920 Oil on canvas, 195.5 x 97.5 cm Tate Britain, London In this portrait of his wife Alice, Derain has adopted some of the compositional and stylistic…
Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) Santa Isabel de Portugal c.1635 Oil on canvas, 184 x 98 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Born as princess of Aragon in 1271, the daughter of Peter III “the Great” and grand-daughter of James I “the…
Guercino (1591-1666) Sant’Antonio da Padova col Bambino Gesù (Saint Anthony of Padua with the Infant Christ) 1656 Oil on canvas, 91 x 74 cm Private collection
Guercino (1591-1666) San Gregorio e Santi (Saint Gregory the Great with Saints Ignatius Loyola and Francis Xavier) c.1625–1626 Oil on canvas, 296 x 211 cm National Gallery, London This altarpiece commemorates one of the most important events of the papacy…
Guercino (1591-1666) Susanna e i vecchioni (Susanna and the Elders) 1617 Oil on canvas, 176 x 208 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Historian Denis Mahon has masterfully shown that this painting and two other famous works by Guercino –Lot and…
Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Parahi te marae (There Is the Temple) c.1892 Watercolor over graphite on Japanese paper, 18.5 x 22.9 cm Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA Compare: Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Parahi Te Marae 1892 Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia See also: • Tahiti (French…
Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Ia Orana Maria (Hail Mary) 1891 Oil on canvas, 113.7 x 87.6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Before embarking on a series of pictures inspired by Polynesian religious beliefs, Gauguin devoted this, his first major Tahitian…
Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Fatata te Miti (By the Sea) 1892 Oil on canvas, 67.9 x 91.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Two nude women with brown skin and long black hair stand with their backs to us at a…
Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Nature morte avec des pivoines (Still Life with Peonies) 1884 Oil on canvas, 59.7 x 73 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington About a dozen ruby-red and bright pink peonies in a gold and green vase sit…
Cassatt, Mary (1844-1926) The Loge c.1878–1880 Oil on canvas, 79.8 x 63.8 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Shown from the knees up, two young women with pale, peachy skin wearing white gowns sit close together and almost fill this…