Rembrandt (1606-1669) Musical Company 1626 Oil on panel, 63.5 x 48 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam The subject of this painting is a mystery: is it an exhortation to praise God through singing and string music, or a scene of seduction with…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Philemon and Baucis 1658 Oil on panel transferred to panel, 54.5 x 68.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington After learning the fundamentals of drawing and painting in his native Leiden, Rembrandt van Rijn went to Amsterdam in 1624 to study for six months with…
Derain, André (1880-1954) Nature morte au crâne (Still Life with a Skull) 1912 Oil on canvas, 72 x 119 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
Derain, André (1880-1954) Table et chaises (Table and Chairs) 1912 Oil on canvas, 88 x 86.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
Derain, André (1880-1954) Nature morte (Still Life. Bread-basket and Red Wine) c.1912 Oil on canvas, 100.5 x 118 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
Derain, André (1880-1954) Nature morte avec cruche de faïence et serviette blanche (Nature morte (Still Life with Earthenware Jug and White Napkin) c.1912 Oil on canvas, 61 x 50 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
Fantin-Latour, Henri (1836-1904) Coin de table (By the Table) 1872 Oil on canvas, 161 x 223.5 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris Standing: 1. Pierre Elzéar (1849-1916) 2. Émile Blémont (1839-1927) 3. Jean Aicard (1848-1921) Seated: 4. Paul Verlaine (1844-1896) 5. Arthur…
Aalto, Alvar (1898-1976) Vase 1936 Mold-blown glass, 29.2 x 31.1 x 28.6 cm Museum of Modern Art, New York
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Au café (At the café) 1878 Pastel on canvas, 77 x 83 cm Sammlung Oskar Reinhart, Winterthur This is the left side of a larger painting. The right half, titled Coin d’un café-concert, is in the National Gallery, London. Right…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Chez le Père Lathuille (At Père Lathuille’s) 1879 Oil on canvas, 92 x 112 cm Musée des Beaux-Arts de Tournai, Tournai “The modern life I spoke of, here it is” (Joris-Karl Huysmans) With Édouard Manet, painting enters modernity.…