Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) L’Italienne (The Italian Woman) 1916 Oil on canvas, 116.7 x 89.5 cm Guggenheim Museum, New York Henri Matisse often painted the same subject in versions that range from relatively realistic to more abstract or schematic. At times the transition…
Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Dans la vanillère, homme et cheval (In the Vanilla Grove, Man and Horse) 1891 Oil on jute canvas, 73 x 92 cm Guggenheim Museum, New York Prior to his first voyage to Tahiti in 1891, Paul Gauguin claimed—from a…
Miró, Joan (1893-1983) La terre labourée (The Tilled Field) 1923–1924 Oil on canvas, 66 x 92.7 cm Guggenheim Museum, New York During the summer of 1923 Joan Miró began painting The Tilled Field, a view of his family’s farm in Montroig, Catalonia.…
Klee, Paul (1879-1940) Night Feast (Nächtliches Fest) 1921 Oil on paper, mounted on cardboard painted with oil, mounted on board, 36.9 x 49.8 cm Guggenheim Museum, New York
Klee, Paul (1879-1940) Hat, Lady and Little Table (Hut, Dame und Tischchen) 1932 Gouache and watercolor on plaster-primed burlap, mounted on board, 63.5 x 35.6 cm Guggenheim Museum, New York
Klee, Paul (1879-1940) Red Balloon (Roter Ballon) 1922 Oil on chalk-primed gauze, mounted on board, 31.8 × 31.1 cm Guggenheim Museum, New York Paul Klee’s persistent shifts in style, technique, and subject matter indicate a deliberate and highly playful evasion of…
Braque, Georges (1882-1963) Violon et palette (Violin and palette) 1909 Oil on canvas, 91.7 x 42.8 cm Guggenheim Museum, New York When Georges Braque abandoned a bright Fauve palette and traditional perspective in 1908, it was the inspiration of Paul Cézanne’s geometrized…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Femme à la perruche (Woman with Parrot) 1871 Oil on canvas, 92.1 x 65.1 cm Guggenheim Museum, New York The woman holding the parakeet is Lise Tréhot, an artist’s model and Renoir’s close companion of six years. Tréhot…
De Chirico, Giorgio (1888-1978) La tour rouge (The Red Tower) 1913 Oil on canvas, 73.5 x 100.5 cm Guggenheim Museum, New York Giorgio de Chirico’s enigmatic works of 1911 to 1917 provided a crucial inspiration for the Surrealist painters. The dreamlike…
Chagall, Marc (1887-1985) Paris par la fenêtre (Paris Through the Window) 1913 Oil on canvas, 136 x 141.9 cm Guggenheim Museum, New York After Marc Chagall moved to Paris from Russia in 1910, his paintings quickly came to reflect the latest…