Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Jeune fille rousse en robe de soir (Redheaded Girl in Evening Dress) 1918 Oil on canvas, 116 × 73 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Modigliani‘s portrait of an unidentified sitter, with her vivid hair and strapless dress, suggests how…
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…
Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Jeune femme tenant une cigarette (Young Woman Holding a Cigarette) 1901 Oil on canvas, 73.7 x 51.1 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Picasso painted this picture of a sickly-looking prostitute during a trip to Paris in the fall of…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) La Famille Henriot (Henriot Family) c.1875 Oil on canvas, 115.6 x 164.1 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Daytrips to the countryside around Paris became a popular form of leisure during the late 19th century. Renoir alludes to this kind…
Munch, Edvard (1863-1944) The Girl by the Window 1893 Oil on canvas, 96.5 × 65.4 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Edvard Munch’s life and art — particularly his iconic work The Scream (1893; National Museum, Oslo) — have come to epitomize modern notions of…
Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806) La Bascule (The See-Saw) c.1750–1752 Oil on canvas, 120 x 94.5 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid This canvas forms the pair to a painting in the Toledo Museum of Art entitled Blind Man’s Buff (Le Colin-Maillard). Both were in…
Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Les enfants du pêcheur (The Fisherman’s Children) 1867 Oil on canvas, 54 x 65 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid The special appeal of this rather small canvas is threefold: It combines a calm beach at low tide with an…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) L’Excursionniste (The Excursionist) c.1888 Oil on canvas, 61.5 x 50 cm Musée d’art moderne André Malraux, Le Havre
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Jeune femme assise, décolletée (Young woman seated, with neck and shoulders uncovered) 1891 Oil on canvas, 33.2 × 20.9 cm National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Tissot, James (1836-1902) Une histoire intéressante (An interesting story) c.1872 Oil on canvas, 59.7 × 76.6 cm National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Compare: Tissot, James (1836-1902) Le Thé 1872 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Tissot, James (1836-1902) Mauvaises nouvelles,…