Sargent, John Singer (1856-1925) Stable at Cuenca 1903 Oil on canvas, 57.2 x 72.1 cm Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington See also: • Cuenca (España)
Stable at Cuenca (1903)
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Tanagra (1918)
Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) Tanagra (The Builders, New York) 1918 Oil on canvas, 149.2 x 149 cm Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington In Tanagra (The Builders, New York), Childe Hassam painted an ambivalent image of modern life. At the turn of the twentieth…
Portrait d’Alice Derain (1920-1921)
Derain, André (1880-1954) Portrait d’Alice Derain (Portrait of Alice Derain) 1920–1921 Oil on canvas, 91.5 x 73.5 cm Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris Derain met Alice Géry, then married to the young mathematician and Bergson enthusiast Maurice Princet, in the autumn of…
A Souvenir of Velazquez (1868)
Millais, John Everett (1829-1896) A Souvenir of Velazquez 1868 Oil on canvas, 102.7 x 82.4 cm Royal Academy of Arts, London The expressionistic brushwork and broad colouring of Millais‘s diploma work contrasts with the restrained naturalism of his earlier Pre-Raphaelite paintings. This…
La Muse (1935)
Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) La Muse (The Muse) 1935 Oil on canvas, 130 x 162 cm Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris Returning to a peaceful climate, Picasso painted two Inspiration figures, one drawing its own reflection in the mirror, the other sleeping. The…
Le Peintre dans son atelier (1916-1917)
Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Le Peintre dans son atelier (The Painter and His Model) 1916–1917 Oil on canvas, 146.5 x 97 cm Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris The window in the artist’s studio is both a crossing point and a metaphor for painting.…
Madame Cézanne en bleu (1888-1890)
Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Madame Cézanne en bleu (Madame Cézanne in Blue) 1888–1890 Oil on canvas, 74.1 × 61 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Paul Cézanne produced more than 40 painted portraits of his wife, Hortense Fiquet, during their roughly three decades…
Portrait de deux fillettes (1890-1892)
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Portrait de deux fillettes (Portrait of Two Little Girls) 1890–1892 Oil on canvas, 46.5 x 55 cm Musée de l’Orangerie, Paris Renoir was very fond of representing two young girls enjoying the same pastime together. This was one of…
Giovanni Bellini (1511-1512)
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Ritratto del pittore veneziano Giovanni Bellini (Portrait of the Venetian Painter Giovanni Bellini) 1511–1512 Oil on canvas, 80 x 66 cm Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen According to the Italian artist and historiographer Giorgio Vasari’s (1511-1574) biography from 1568, Titian…
Femme en chemise (1906)
Derain, André (1880-1954) Femme en chemise (Woman in a chemise) 1906 Oil on canvas, 100 x 81 cm Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen Effortless nonchalance and confident mastery. That’s the winning combination which enabled André Derain to create a masterpiece that now…