Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de (1864-1901) Au Cirque Fernando: L’Écuyère (At the Cirque Fernando: The Horsewoman) 1887–1888 Oil on canvas, 100.3 × 161.3 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago This work, set at a circus, captures the tense moment in which a female…
Dalí, Salvador (1904-1989) L’invention des monstres (Invention of the monsters) 1937 Oil on canvas, 51.4 x 78.1 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago © Salvador Dalí, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, 2018 Salvador Dalí, Surrealism’s most…
Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) Fifth Avenue at Washington Square, New York 1891 Oil on canvas, 56 x 40.6 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Carmen Thyssen Collection Following his return from Paris in 1889, Hassam lived at 95 Fifth Avenue, a few steps from…
Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) Cavalier arabe (Arab Rider) c.1854 Oil on panel, 35 x 26.5 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid The taste for Oriental and exotic themes had spread across France during the 18th century and became more pronounced with the advent of…
Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Corrida de toros (Bullfight) 1934 Oil on canvas, 54 x 73 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Sucesión Pablo Picasso, VEGAP, Madrid The close relationship between the world of bullfighting and Picasso’s oeuvre is unquestionable. From his childhood days in…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) La corrida (Bullfight) 1865–1866 Oil on canvas, 48 × 60.4 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Édouard Manet’s trip to Spain in the fall of 1865 lasted only about 10 days, though it had a profound impact on…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Les Courses à Longchamp (The Races at Longchamp) 1866 Oil on canvas, 44 × 84.2 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago With a characteristic focus on the pleasures of modern life, Édouard Manet depicted this scene of the…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Les Grands Boulevards (The Grands Boulevards) 1875 Oil on canvas, 52.1 × 63.5 cm Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia Perhaps Renoir‘s most famous view of Paris is this archetypical image of its newest and most fashionable district in…
Tissot, James (1836-1902) La Demoiselle de magasin (The Shop Girl) c.1883–1885 Oil on canvas, 146.1 x 101.6 cm Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
De Chirico, Giorgio (1888-1978) La tour rouge (The Red Tower) 1913 Oil on canvas, 73.5 x 100.5 cm Guggenheim Museum, New York Giorgio de Chirico’s enigmatic works of 1911 to 1917 provided a crucial inspiration for the Surrealist painters. The dreamlike…