Tag: glass

Suonatore di liuto (1595-1596)

Caravaggio (1571-1610) Suonatore di liuto (Lute-Player) 1595–1596 Oil on canvas, 94 x 119 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg This is an early work by Caravaggio, who sought above all to convey the reality and solidity of the surrounding world. We can…

The Girl by the Window (1893)

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…

La Clef des champs (1936)

Magritte, René (1898-1967) La Clef des champs (The Key to the Fields) 1936 Oil on canvas, 80 x 60 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid “People who look for symbolic meanings [in my work] fail to grasp the inherent poetry and mystery of…

Le foulard rouge (c.1868-1873)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Le foulard rouge (The Red Kerchief) c.1868–1873 Oil on fabric, 99 x 79.8 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland This painting depicts Monet‘s first wife, Camille, outside on a snowy day passing by the French doors of their…