Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806) Deux prophètes: Daniel et Habacuc (Two prophets: Daniel and Habakkuk) 2nd half of the 18th century Black pencil on paper, 155 x 188 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid During his stay in Naples in 1761, Fragonard copied a…
Vuillard, Édouard (1868-1940) Au café (At the Café) c.1897–1899 Oil on board, laid on cradled panel, 28.8 x 27.5 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Vuillard once said, “I don’t do portraits. I paint people in their surroundings.” This scene of…
Valadon, Suzanne (1865-1938) Le cirque (The Circus) 1889 Oil on fabric, 48.8 x 60 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Besides being a prolific painter, Suzanne Valadon served as the model for Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. The attribution of…
Utrillo, Maurice (1883-1955) Le Moulin de la Galette 1900s Gouache, 25 x 32.4 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland See also: • Moulin de la Galette (Paris)
Sisley, Alfred (1839-1899) Bords de riviere ou Les oies (The River Bank or Geese) 1897 Lithograph Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland
Signac, Paul (1863-1935) St. Tropez (The Port of St. Tropez) 1894 Color lithograph Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland See also: • Saint-Tropez (France)
Severini, Gino (1883-1966) Metropolitana di Parigi, ruota panoramica e Torre Eiffel (Paris Subway, Ferris Wheel and Eiffel Tower) c.1912–1913 Pastel and charcoal, 59.6 x 48.2 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Gino Severini joined the Futurist movement, which emphasized the dynamism,…
Seurat, Georges (1859-1891) Au Concert Parisien (At the Concert Parisien) 1887–1888 Conté crayon heightened with white chalk on paper, 31.4 x 23.6 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Despite Georges Seurat‘s brief lifespan, he created a large number of drawings, working…
Rodin, Auguste (1840-1917) Étude d’Honoré de Balzac (Study of Honoré de Balzac) 1891–1892 Bronze, 52.7 x 39.4 x 32.4 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland In 1891 Rodin was commissioned to create a monument honoring the celebrated French writer Honoré de…
Redon, Odilon (1840-1916) Orphée (Orpheus) c.1903–1910 Pastel on brown paper, 68.8 x 56.8 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Drawn in vivid layers of pastel crayon, this work depicts the head of the poet and musician Orpheus. The story of the…