Redon, Odilon (1840-1916) Pandore (Pandora) c.1914 Oil on canvas, 143.5 x 62.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York In classical mythology, Pandora was a supremely beautiful woman created by the gods and sent to Earth to live among mortals. Redon…
Bernhardt, Sarah (1844-1923) Portrait funéraire de Jacques Damala (Funerary Portrait of Jacques Damala) c.1889 Marble, 27.9 x 46 x 31.1 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The great tragic actress, Sarah Bernhardt, was also a gifted sculptor. She carved this…
(1855–1889) Aristides Damalas Aριστεíδης Δαμαλάς Jacques Damala in Art: Bernhardt, Sarah (1844-1923) Portrait funéraire de Jacques Damala c.1889 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Born January 15 1855 Piraeus (Greece) Died August 18 1889 Paris (France) Cause of death Drug overdose…
Soutine, Chaïm (1893-1943) Vue de Cagnes (View of Cagnes) c.1924–1925 Oil on canvas, 60.3 × 73.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Soutine made his way to Paris in 1913 in pursuit of a career as a painter. There, he became…
Bouguereau, William-Adolphe (1825-1905) Les murmures de l’Amour (Whisperings of Love) 1889 Oil on canvas, 203.2 x 138.43 x 17.78 cm New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Couturière à la fenêtre (Seamstress at Window) c.1908–1910 Oil on canvas, 64.77 x 54.61 cm New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans
Valadon, Suzanne (1865-1938) Femme penchée en avant (Woman Bending Forward) c.1920 Black and colored chalk, 16.3 x 14.3 cm Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati
Laurencin, Marie (1883-1956) Deux femmes au piano (Two Women at Piano) c.1913 Oil on canvas, 61.3 x 66.4 cm Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati
Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806) La lettre (The Letter) c.1776 Oil on canvas, 38.1 x 29.5 cm Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati
Daumier, Honoré (1808-1879) Pygmalion 1841–1843 Hand-colored lithograph, 24.1 x 20.3 cm Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati