Morisot, Berthe (1841-1895) La lecture (Reading) 1873 Oil on fabric, 46 x 71.8 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland The Impressionists were mostly men with a few notable exceptions, including Berthe Morisot. While Morisot‘s work includes many of the hallmarks of…
Births: • Campin, Robert (c.1378-1444) • Morisot, Edma (1839-1921) • Watteau, Antoine (1684-1721) See also: • Cities | France
(1839–1921) Marie Edma Caroline Morisot-Pontillon The artist’s works: Berthe Morisot c.1865 Private collection Edma in Art: Morisot, Berthe (1841-1895) La soeur de l’artiste à la fenêtre 1869 National Gallery of Art, Washington Morisot, Berthe (1841-1895) Portrait de Madame Edma…
Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Fête des fleurs (Festival of Flowers, Nice) 1923 Oil on canvas, 65.5 x 92.7 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland While living in Nice after World War I, Matisse adopted a more relaxed style saturated with the warm…
Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Deux femmes (Two Women) c.1908 Bronze, 45.7 x 25.7 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Matisse based this sculpture on a photograph of two women embracing, but translated it into a more compact, three-dimensional composition by fusing their…
Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Intérieur au vase étrusque (Interior with an Etruscan Vase) 1940 Oil on canvas, 73.7 x 108 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland When Matisse‘s Blue Nude was shown in the 1913 Armory show, the violent, unnaturalistic colors and…
Maar, Dora (1907-1997) Jeux interdits (Forbidden Games) 1935 Gelatin silver print, montage, 28 x 21.6 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Maar is hardly alone among Surrealists in making works that suggest or depict sexual practices “forbidden” by society. Photography’s realism…
Legros, Alphonse (1837-1911) Soirée à la fenêtre (Evening at the Window) 1884 Etching and drypoint Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Alphonse Legros taught for nearly two decades as a professor of fine arts at the Slade School in London and was…
Léger, Fernand (1881-1955) L’aviateur (The Aviator) 1920 Oil on canvas, 65 x 92 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland The abstract, circular shapes in this painting suggest the movement of a whirling propeller and infuse the composition with dynamic energy. After…
Laurencin, Marie (1883-1956) Petite fille à la rose (Little Girl with Rose) 1926 Color lithograph Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland