Seurat, Georges (1859-1891) Le Chahut 1889–1890 Oil on canvas, 170 x 141 cm Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo Cancan The women and men in this painting are enthusiastically dancing the chahut, or cancan, a risqué dance for that period, whereby the women lift their…
Signac, Paul (1863-1935) La salle à manger, Opus 152 (The Dining Room, Opus 152) 1886–1887 Oil on canvas, 89.5 x 116.5 cm Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo Meeting The young Signac begins his painting career as an impressionist. That changes in 1884 when…
Signac, Paul (1863-1935) Femme à l’ombrelle (Woman with Umbrella) 1893 Oil on canvas, 81 x 65 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris Berthe Roblès in 1895. See also: • Roblès, Berthe (1862-1942)
Valadon, Suzanne (1865-1938) Portrait de Maurice Utrillo (Portrait of Maurice Utrillo) 1921 Oil on canvas Private collection See also: • Maurice Utrillo (1883-1955)
Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Gertrude Stein 1905–1906 Oil on canvas, 100 × 81.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The famous writer and expatriate Gertrude Stein was among the first Americans to respond enthusiastically to European avant-garde art. She held weekly salons…