Miró, Joan (1893-1983) La masía (The Farm) 1921–1922 Oil on canvas, 123.8 x 141.3 x 3.3 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Miró moved from Barcelona to Paris in 1920, determined to participate in the artistic vanguard of the French capital.…
Kandinsky, Wassily (1866-1944) Munich (München) c.1901–1902 Oil on canvas board, 23.8 x 32.1 cm Guggenheim Museum, New York Although known for his groundbreaking abstract experiments in painting, Vasily Kandinsky’s early paintings capture his days as a representational artist. After moving to Munich…
Kandinsky, Wassily (1866-1944) The Blue Rider (Der Blaue Reiter) 1903 Oil on board, 55 x 60 cm Private collection, Zürich
Boucher, François (1703-1770) Madame de Pompadour 1759 Oil on canvas, 91 x 68 cm Wallace Collection, London Pompadour has been famous for the important position as a patron and in politics that she obtained as Louis XV’s mistress. Because of her great…
Boucher, François (1703-1770) Diane sortant du bain (Diana leaving her Bath) 1742 Oil on canvas, 57 x 73 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris
Boucher, François (1703-1770) Le Bain de Vénus (The Bath of Venus) 1751 Oil on canvas, 107 x 84.8 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington In Enlightenment France the dedicated search to define truth engendered a re–evaluation of the natural. The belief that…
Mondrian, Piet (1872-1944) Willow Grove: Impression of Light and Shadow c.1905 Oil on canvas, 37.47 x 48.26 cm Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas Piet Mondrian is famous for his abstract paintings, but this relatively early work reveals his origins as a…
Braque, Georges (1882-1963) Nu à la corbeille de fruits (Nude with fruit basket) 1925 Oil on canvas, 55 x 46 cm Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen
Munch, Edvard (1863-1944) Summer Night (Sommernatt) 1902 Oil on canvas, 115.5 by 101.5 cm Private collection “A landscape will alter according to the mood of the person who sees it, and in order to represent that particular scene, the artist will…
Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Pierrot et danseuse, La Danseuse bleue (Pierrot and dancer, The Blue Dancer) 1900 Oil on canvas, 38.4 x 46 cm Private collection Pierrot et danseuse (La Danseuse bleue) is one of the very few oils that Picasso completed…