Waterhouse, John William (1849-1917) A Mermaid 1900 Oil on canvas, 96.5 x 66.6 cm Royal Academy of Arts, London John William Waterhouse presented this painting to the Royal Academy after his election as an Academician. From the 1880s Waterhouse exhibited at…
Waterhouse, John William (1849-1917) Hylas and the Nymphs 1896 Oil on canvas, 98.2 x 163.3 cm Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester Mythological scene from the ancient Greek tale of Jason and the Argonauts, showing Hylas being tempted to his death by…
Waterhouse, John William (1849-1917) The Lady of Shalott 1888 Oil on canvas, 153 x 200 cm Tate Britain, London English poet Alfred Tennyson’s poem ‘The Lady of Shalott’ (1833) describes a heroine confined to a tower and cursed to die…
Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Lola de Valence 1915 Oil on paper, mounted on wood, 52.1 × 33.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Modigliani consistently integrated stylistic features of African art into his distinctive portraits. This work represents Lola de Valence,…
Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Jeanne Hébuterne 1919 Oil on canvas, 91.4 x 73 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Little known outside of Paris during his lifetime, Modigliani is now recognized as one of the greatest figurative painters of the early…
Bouguereau, William-Adolphe (1825-1905) Dante et Virgile (Dante and Virgil) 1850 Oil on canvas, 280.5 x 225.3 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris Having failed on two occasions to win the Prix de Rome (1848 and 1849), Bouguereau was hungry for revenge. His…
Bouguereau, William-Adolphe (1825-1905) Les Nymphes et le Satyre (Nymphs and Satyr) 1873 Oil on canvas, 260.4 x 182.9 cm Clark Art Institute, Williamstown Three nymphs playfully drag a Satyr into a woodland pond, while a fourth calls to her companions…