Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Femme à l’éventail (Woman with Fan) 1886 Oil on canvas, 55.9 x 45.7 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia This painting exemplifies the drastic shift in Renoir‘s style during the mid-1880s. After several years of working in an impressionist mode…
Cassatt, Mary (1844-1926) The Child’s Bath 1893 Oil on canvas, 100.3 × 66.1 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago In this work, Mary Cassatt addressed the theme for which she is best known—women and children—while also experimenting with compositional elements of…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) L’Amazone (The Horsewoman) c.1882 Oil on canvas, 73 x 52 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid First Manet then the Impressionists followed the road paved by Courbet in representing reality in painting and went even further by initiating new research…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Fillette sur un banc (Young Girl on a Bench) 1880 Oil on canvas, 61.6 x 50.5 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia The young girl depicted in this portrait was the daughter of one of Manet‘s acquaintances in the Parisian…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Aline Charigot c.1885 Oil on canvas, 65.4 × 54 cm Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia Renoir first met Aline Charigot in late 1879. She soon became a favorite model and, in 1890, the artist’s wife. Charigot probably posed for…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Pierre Renoir en costume marin (Pierre Renoir in a Sailor Suit) 1890 Oil on canvas Private collection Compare: Renoir, Auguste (1841-1919) Portrait de Pierre Renoir en costume marin 1890 Private collection See also: • Renoir, Pierre (1885-1952)
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Portrait de Pierre Renoir en costume marin (Portrait of Pierre Renoir in a Sailor Suit) 1890 Oil on canvas, 41.3 x 32.4 cm Private collection Compare: Renoir, Auguste (1841-1919) Pierre Renoir en costume marin 1890 Private collection …
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Acrobates au cirque Fernando (Acrobats at the Cirque Fernando) 1879 Oil on canvas, 131.2 × 99.2 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago The two little circus girls in this painting are Francisca and Angelina Wartenberg, who performed as acrobats…
Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Buste de femme (Female bust) s.d. Oil on canvas, 73 x 50 cm Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires Throughout his career, Modigliani demonstrated an almost exclusive devotion to single figures, which he described as a…
Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Figure féminine (Female figure) s.d. Oil on canvas, 61 x 46 cm Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires