Redon, Odilon (1840-1916) Paul Gauguin 1903–1905 Oil on canvas, 65 x 54 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris This portrait of Gauguin was in all likelihood inspired by the artist’s death in the Marquesas Islands on May 8, 1903. That November, Redon published an…
Abbéma, Louise (1853-1927) Sarah Bernhardt à table (Sarah Bernhardt at the Table) 1885 Gouache and pastel on paper mounted on canvas, 64 x 91 cm Petit Palais, Paris Louise Abbéma, born in Étampes in 1853 and died in Paris in 1927,…
Vuillard, Édouard (1868-1940) Le petit-déjeuner à Pont-l’Evêque (Breakfast in Pont-l’Evêque) 1930 Oil on board laid down on cradled panel, 75.5 x 101.2 cm Private collection The present work depicts a lively breakfast conversation in the home of Jean Laroche. Laroche made…
Vuillard, Édouard (1868-1940) Autoportrait (Self-Portrait, Aged 21) 1889 Oil on canvas, 22.2 x 17.4 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
Vuillard, Édouard (1868-1940) Théodore Duret 1912 Oil on cardboard on wood, 95.2 x 74.8 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington We look slightly down onto a balding, bearded man with pale, peachy skin and wearing a three-piece suit, seated in a…
Vuillard, Édouard (1868-1940) Personnages dans un intérieur: Le travail (Figures in an Interior: Work) 1896 Glue-based paint on canvas Petit Palais, Paris Work is one of four panels painted by Vuillard for the apartment of Doctor Henri Vaquez (1860-1936) in Paris. This…
Vuillard, Édouard (1868-1940) Vuillard au col blanc (Self-portrait with White Collar) 1888 Oil on canvas, 39.5 x 31 cm Private collection This beautiful 1888 self-portrait of Edouard Vuillard is a prescient expression of the Nabi painter’s intimist talent that would…
Cassatt, Mary (1844-1926) Le Bain (Two mothers and their children in a boat) 1910 Oil on canvas, 99 x 129 cm Petit Palais, Paris Two mothers and their children in a boat, a large canvas demonstrating Mary Cassatt’s allegiance to the Impressionist…
Morisot, Berthe (1841-1895) Jeune fille en décolleté, la fleur aux cheveux (Young girl in a low cut dress with a flower in her hair) 1893 Oil on canvas, 70 x 51.5 cm Petit Palais, Paris Berthe Morisot was the only female…
David, Jacques-Louis (1748-1825) La mort de Sénèque (The Death of Seneca) 1773 Oil on canvas, 123 x 160 cm Petit Palais, Paris The Roman philosopher Seneca was accused of taking part in a conspiracy against Nero, and was ordered to commit suicide.…