Sargent, John Singer (1856-1925) Madame Gautreau Drinking a Toast 1882–1883 Oil on wood, 32 x 41 cm Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston Madame Pierre Gautreau, born Virginie Avegno (1859–1915), was Madame X, the statuesque sitter in Sargent’s most notorious portrait…
Sargent, John Singer (1856-1925) Self-Portrait 1906 Oil on canvas, 69.8 × 53 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze The famous collection of artists’ self-portraits housed in the Vasari Corridor in Florence, which links the Uffizi Gallery with the Palazzo Pitti, goes…
Severini, Gino (1883-1966) La Modiste (The Milliner) 1910–1911 Oil on canvas, 64.8 x 48.3 cm Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia This effervescent painting of a young hatmaker strolling in the street was included in the first Futurist exhibition in Paris,…
Whistler, James Abbott McNeill (1834-1903) Arrangement in Gray: Portrait of the Painter c.1872 Oil on canvas, 74.9 x 53.3 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit In this painting, Whistler explores problems in technique and composition, as well as his own…
Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) La Femme à la perle (Woman with a Pearl) c.1868–1870 Oil on canvas, 70 x 55 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris
Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) Autoportrait ou Corot, la palette à la main (Self Portrait or Corot, palette in hand) c.1835 Oil on canvas, 33 × 25 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze The Uffizi asked Corot for a self-portrait in 1872. Shortly after…
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Jean Monet endormi (Jean Monet Sleeping) c.1868 Oil on canvas, 42.5 x 50 cm Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen See also: • Monet, Jean (1867-1914)
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Mademoiselle Sicot 1865 Oil on canvas, 116 x 89.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Shown from about the knees up, a woman with pale, pink skin and cinnamon-brown hair sits with her hands in her lap…
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Jacques, Suzanne, Blanche et Germaine Hoschedé c.1880 Pastel, 97 cm Private collection See also: • Hoschedé, Germaine (1873-1968) | Hoschedé, Jacques (1869-1941) | Hoschedé Butler, Suzanne (1863-1899) | Hoschedé Monet, Blanche (1865-1947)
Desboutin, Marcellin (1823-1902) Ernest Hoschedé c.1875 Etching and drypoint, 16.3 x 12.1 cm Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris See also: • Hoschedé, Ernest (1837-1891)