Bernini, Gian Lorenzo (1598-1680) Corpus (The Crucified Christ) c.1650 Bronze, 174 cm Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
Corpus (c.1650)
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Nevermore (1897)
Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Nevermore 1897 Oil paint on canvas, 60.5 x 116 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London See also: • Tahiti (French Polynesia)
Adam and Eve (1526)
Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Adam and Eve 1526 Oil on panel, 117 x 80 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London
La Femme aux bas blancs (1864)
Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) La Femme aux bas blancs (Woman with White Stockings) 1864 Oil on canvas, 65 x 81 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Traditionally, European painters made the nude subject decorous by presenting it as part of an edifying mythological narrative.…
Mauvaise surprise (1901)
Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Mauvaise surprise (Unpleasant Surprise) 1901 Oil on canvas, 194.6 x 129.9 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia The large-scale jungle scenes of Henri Rousseau are rife with violent struggles between wild animals such as lions, tigers, and horses. Here, a…
Haere Pape (1892)
Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Haere Pape 1892 Oil on canvas, 91.4 x 67.3 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Fed up with industrialized Europe, Paul Gauguin went to Tahiti in 1891 seeking a simpler, more “primitive” way of life, one uncorrupted by modern technology…
Les Persiennes (1919)
Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Les Persiennes (The Venetian Blinds) 1919 Oil on canvas, 130 × 89 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Henri Matisse painted this canvas in his hotel room in Nice, in the South of France, where he spent his winters beginning…
Les Ribaudes (1848-1849)
Daumier, Honoré (1808-1879) Les Ribaudes (The Ribalds) 1848–1849 Oil on canvas, 128.9 x 96.5 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Honoré Daumier was one of the greatest caricaturists of the 19th century, creating thousands of keenly observed images of Parisian social types. This…
Nu couché (1923-1924)
Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Nu couché (Reclining Nude) 1923–1924 Oil on canvas, 60 x 92 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Matisse painted this work in Nice, a city in the South of France that he visited frequently in the 1920s. The canvas is…
Maternité (1921)
Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Maternité (Mother and Child) 1921 Oil on canvas, 142.9 × 172.7 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago In 1917 Picasso traveled to Rome to design sets and costumes for Sergei Diaghilev’s famed Ballets Russes. Deeply impressed by the…