Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Portrait d’Olga dans un fauteuil (Olga in an Armchair) spring 1918 Oil on canvas, 130 x 88.8 cm Musée Picasso, Paris Olga Khokhlova in Picasso‘s Montrouge studio, spring 1918. Olga Khokhlova was the first woman Picasso married, in the summer of…
Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Olga Picasso 1923 Oil on canvas, 130 x 97 cm Private collection See also: • Khokhlova, Olga (1891-1955)
Van Dyck, Anthony (1599-1641) Portrait of Pieter Brueghel c.1626–1632 Etching, 24.1 x 14.9 cm Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo Pieter Brueghel was the eldest son of the famous Flemish genre painter, Pieter Bruegel the Elder (about 1525–1569). The younger Brueghel painted landscapes, religious…
Van Dyck, Anthony (1599-1641) Portrait of Jan Brueghel c.1626–1632 Etching, 9 3/4 x 6 1/8 in. Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo Jan Brueghel (about 1568–1625) was a very successful Flemish painter active in Antwerp. He was the second son of Pieter Bruegel…
Van Dyck, Anthony (1599-1641) Portrait of a Man c.1630 Oil on canvas, 105.4 × 83.8 cm Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo The man in this painting remains unidentified, but the painting was made during a period when Anthony van Dyck painted portraits…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Man in a Fur-Lined Coat c.1655–1660 Oil on canvas, 114.9 × 88.3 cm Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo Rembrandt’s reputation as one of the greatest artists of the Western world rests largely on his uncanny ability to convey the psychological…
Tissot, James (1836-1902) London Visitors 1874 Oil on canvas, 87 x 62.87 cm Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee Standing underneath the portico of the newly constructed National Gallery in London, with the church of Saint Martin-in-the-Fields framed behind them, a fashionably dressed couple…
Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Le treillis (The Trellis) 1862 Oil on canvas, 109.9 × 135.3 cm Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo Summer flowers are the heart of this painting. Full-blown, they surge across the surface, engulfing the young woman whose dress is even…
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) The Day Dream 1880 Oil on canvas, 158.7 × 92.7 cm Victoria and Albert Museum, London The sitter for this painting was Jane Morris, the wife of William Morris, who often posed for Rossetti. At the time this…
Boucher, François (1703-1770) Portrait de Madame de Pompadour (Portrait of Madame Pompadour) 1758 Oil on canvas, 57.8 × 52.4 cm Victoria and Albert Museum, London François Boucher (1703-1770) was born in Paris and probably received his first artistic training from his father…