Memling, Hans (c.1430-1494) Workshop Calvary (central panel) 1480s Oil on oak, 56.2 × 62.7 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest Calvary Triptych (1480s) Left shutter: Memling, Hans (c.1430-1494) Christ Carrying the Cross 1480s Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest Right shutter: Memling, Hans (c.1430-1494)…
Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) L’avant-port du Havre, matin, soleil, marée montante (The Outer Harbour of Le Havre, Morning, Sun, Rising Tide) 1903 Oil on canvas, 54.5 x 65 cm Musée d’art moderne André Malraux, Le Havre On arriving in Le Havre, Pissarro wrote…
Bonnard, Pierre (1867-1947) Conversation à Arcachon (Conversation in Arcachon) 1926–1930 Oil on canvas, 56 x 48 cm Petit Palais, Paris Bonnard discovered the Mediterranean Sea and its “reflections as colourful as the light” in 1909, along with Manguin and Signac. From then…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Self-Portrait c.1629 Oil on oak panel, 44 cm × 34 cm Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis Over the course of more than forty years, Rembrandt portrayed his own likeness at least seventy-five times. In this highly unconventional work, painted when…
Millet, Jean-François (1814-1875) Paysan avec brouette (Peasant with a Wheelbarrow) 1848–1852 Oil on canvas, 37.8 x 45.4 cm Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis Millet was a leading member of the Barbizon School of painters, which rose to prominence around 1850. Often working…
Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Landscape at Saint-Rémy (Enclosed Field with Peasant) 1889 Oil on canvas, 30 x 37-1/2 in. Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis Van Gogh‘s spirituality and intense identification with the forces of nature transformed his views of the landscape into…
Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806) Les débuts du modèle (The New model) c.1770 Oil on canvas, 50 x 63 cm Musée Jacquemart-André, Paris Baron Portalis, one of the artist’s greatest connoisseurs, underlined the artist’s brilliant execution: ‘Imagine everything of the fairest, pinkest, and lightest…
Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Buste de femme au chapeau à fleurs (Bust of a Woman with a Flowered Hat) July 11, 1943 Oil on canvas, 81 x 60 cm Private collection See also: • Maar, Dora (1907-1997)
Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Femme au chapeau (Woman with a hat) 1935 Oil on canvas, 61 x 50 cm Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris See also: • Khokhlova, Olga (1891-1955)
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Young Man with a Plumed Hat 1631 Oil on wood panel, 81.3 × 66 cm Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo This young man’s flamboyant feathered cap and gold chain did not reflect contemporary 17th-century Dutch fashion. Rather, the theatricality of…