Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Lady Lilith 1867 Watercolor and gouache, 51.3 x 44 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Fascinated by women’s physical allure, Rossetti here imagines a legendary femme fatale as a self-absorbed nineteenth-century beauty who combs her hair…
Magritte, René (1898-1967) La légende des siècles (The Legend of the Centuries) 1952 Gouache on card, 17.8 × 14.9 cm Menil Collection, Houston
Morisot, Berthe (1841-1895) Sur la falaise (On the Cliff) 1873 Watercolor and gouache, 18 x 23 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris The watercolor on display was executed in Fécamp in 1873, and represents Madame Pontillon and her daughter Jeanne. The following…
Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Nu bleu IV (Blue Nude IV) 1952 Blue gouache and charcoal on paper, 103 x 76 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Blue gouache and charcoal sketch on Canson paper cut out, assembled and glued directly onto white Canson…
Chagall, Marc (1887-1985) Nu (Nude) 1913 Gouache on paper, 34 x 24 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Marc Chagall first lived in Paris from 1911 to 1914 and it was there that he painted the present Nude in the Thyssen-Bornemisza collection. The…
Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Danseuse verte, Danseuse basculant (Dancer in Green, Swaying Dancer) 1877–1879 Pastel and gouache on paper, 64 x 36 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Degas was fascinated by the world of ballet; hence, it figured prominently in many of his…
Utrillo, Maurice (1883-1955) La Croix du Breuil, rendez-vous de chasse d’Henri IV, Bessines-sur-Gartempe (Haute-Vienne) 1923 Gouache on paper, 36.5 x 46.5 cm Private collection La Croix du Breuil, Bessines-sur-Gartempe. See also: • Bessines-sur-Gartempe (France) | Henri IV, King of France (1553-1610)
Cassatt, Mary (1844-1926) Portrait of the Artist 1878 Watercolor, gouache on wove paper laid down to buff-colored wood-pulp paper, 60 x 41.1 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Mary Cassatt painted this self-portrait, one of only two known, a…
Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Portrait d’Edmond Duranty (Portrait of Edmond Duranty) 1879 Gouache with pastel enlivenment on linen, 100 x 100.4 cm Burrell Collection, Glasgow See also: • Duranty, Edmond (1833-1880)
Magritte, René (1898-1967) Le mal du pays (Homesickness) c.1948 Watercolor and gouache on paper, 45.5 x 35.1 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago © 2013 C. Herscovici, London / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York