Soutine, Chaïm (1893-1943) La Femme en bleu (Woman in Blue) c.1919 Oil on canvas, 100.3 x 60.3 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Born in Lithuania, Soutine emigrated to Paris in 1913 and settled in the bohemian neighborhood of Montparnasse. The identity of his…
Dalí, Salvador (1904-1989) Figura en una finestra (Figure in a Window) 1925 Oil on papier-mâché, 105 x 74.5 cm Museo Reina Sofía, Madrid
Dalí, Salvador (1904-1989) Retrato de Luis Buñuel (Portrait of Luis Buñuel) 1924 Oil on canvas, 70 x 60 cm Museo Reina Sofía, Madrid See also: • Buñuel, Luis (1900-1983)
Sargent, John Singer (1856-1925) Portrait of Millicent, Duchess of Sutherland 1904 Oil on canvas, 254 x 146 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid John Singer Sargent lived in Paris until 1886. He studied with the painter Carolus Duran and made friends with a…
Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Arlequín con espejo (Harlequin with a Mirror) 1923 Oil on canvas, 100 x 81 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Sucesión Pablo Picasso, VEGAP, Madrid Initially intended as a self-portrait, Harlequin with a Mirror combines three characters from the circus and…
Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) Venus and Cupid c.1606–1611 Oil on canvas, 137 x 111 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Rubens was the most outstanding of all Flemish painters, and a leading exponent of Baroque art. The Toilet of Venus is one of…
Ghirlandaio, Domenico (1448-1494) Giovanna degli Albizzi Tornabuoni 1489–1490 Mixed media on panel, 77 x 49 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid This superb panel is a fine example of fifteenth-century Florentine portraiture. Artists of the time followed classical dictates: body proportions were idealised while…
Van Dyck, Anthony (1599-1641) Paris c.1628 Oil on canvas, 96 x 84 cm Wallace Collection, London
Hals, Frans (c.1582-1666) Portrait of a Man early 1650s Oil on canvas, 110.5 x 86.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York In this canvas of the early 1650s, the figure’s pose follows a pattern Hals employed twenty years earlier, but here…
Hals, Frans (c.1582-1666) Merrymakers at Shrovetide c.1616–1617 Oil on canvas, 131.4 x 99.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Shrovetide, now better known as Mardi Gras, is the traditional period of indulgence before the fasting and self-discipline of Lent. In the…