Miró, Joan (1893-1983) La terre labourée (The Tilled Field) 1923–1924 Oil on canvas, 66 x 92.7 cm Guggenheim Museum, New York During the summer of 1923 Joan Miró began painting The Tilled Field, a view of his family’s farm in Montroig, Catalonia.…
Miró, Joan (1893-1983) La casa de la palmera (House with Palm Tree) 1918 Oil on canvas, 65 x 73 cm Museo Reina Sofía, Madrid Joan Miró’s searches for new plastic solutions between 1916 and 1918 led to the creation of four ‘detailist’…
Brueghel, Pieter the Younger (1564-1638) Adoration of the Magi 2nd half of the 16th century Oil on canvas, 36 x 56 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Peter Brueghel the Younger based this painting on a work by his father, the great…
Post, Frans (1612-1680) Plantation Settlement in Brazil 1656 Oil on panel, 36.9 x 54 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Carmen Thyssen Collection This panoramic view of a plantation settlement in Brazil was recollected by Frans Post one dozen years after he had…
Klee, Paul (1879-1940) Night Feast (Nächtliches Fest) 1921 Oil on paper, mounted on cardboard painted with oil, mounted on board, 36.9 x 49.8 cm Guggenheim Museum, New York
Braque, Georges (1882-1963) Le port de l’Estaque (The Harbour at L’Estaque) 1906 Oil on canvas, 60.5 x 73 cm Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen The painting of the small town of L’Estaque in the Bay of Marseille depicts the landscape as a…
Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) Avignon vue de Villeneuve-lès-Avignon (Avignon from the West) 1836 Oil on canvas, 34 × 73.2 cm National Gallery, London Corot visited the medieval city of Avignon in the south of France several times. This panoramic view of the city…
Gachet, Paul (1828-1909) La Vieille Route à Auvers-sur-Oise (The Old Road in Auvers-sur-Oise) 1881 Oil on canvas, 40.5 x 54.5 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris See also: • Auvers-sur-Oise (France)
Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Le Jardin au grand soleil, Pontoise (Garden in Full Sunlight, Pontoise) 1876 Oil on canvas, 46.5 x 54.4 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia With its picturesque vista and assemblage of light and textures, this composition demonstrates Pissarro‘s move toward…
Ruskin, John (1819-1900) View of S. Anastasia at Verona, across the Adige s.d. Watercolor, pencil and brush, 14.8 x 22.5 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam See also: • Verona (Italia)