Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) Self-portrait 1916 Etching, 27.6 x 17.7 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Self-portrait (1916)
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Strawberry Tea Set (1912)
Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) Strawberry Tea Set 1912 Oil on canvas, 93.19 x 96.36 cm Los Angeles County Museum of Art, LA Around 1910 Hassam began depicting single female figures set in comfortable domestic interiors. The critic Royal Cortissoz referred to these paintings…
Madame Derain au châle blanc (c.1919-1920)
Derain, André (1880-1954) Madame Derain au châle blanc (Madame Derain in a White Shawl) c.1919–1920 Oil on canvas, 195.5 x 97.5 cm Tate Britain, London In this portrait of his wife Alice, Derain has adopted some of the compositional and stylistic…
Le peintre et sa famille (c.1939)
Derain, André (1880-1954) Le peintre et sa famille (The Painter and his Family) c.1939 Oil on canvas, 176.5 x 123.8 cm Tate Britain, London This symbolic painting represents the life of an artist. It is an invented scene. Despite usually working…
Allegoria dell’Astrologia sferica (1650-1655)
Cagnacci, Guido (1601-1663) Allegoria dell’Astrologia sferica (Allegory of Spheral Astrology) c.1650–1655 Oil on canvas, 75.5 x 65.5 cm Pinacoteca Civica, Forlì
Santa Cecilia (1649)
Guercino (1591-1666) Santa Cecilia (Saint Cecilia) 1649 Oil on canvas, 121.6 x 100.4 cm Dulwich Picture Gallery, London Saint Cecilia was a third-century Roman martyr according to the Christian tradition. Cecilia undertook a religious vow to remain a virgin, promising…
Nature morte avec pommes, une poire et une cruche en forme de tête (1889)
Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Nature morte avec pommes, une poire et une cruche en forme de tête (Still Life with Apples, a Pear, and a Ceramic Portrait Jug) 1889 Oil on cradled panel, 28.6 x 36.2 cm Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA
Woman on a Striped Sofa with a Dog (1876)
Cassatt, Mary (1844-1926) Woman on a Striped Sofa with a Dog 1876 Oil on wood panel, 41.9 x 33.3 cm Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA After studying in the United States and traveling throughout Europe, Cassatt settled in Paris in 1874.…
Le thé (c.1880)
Cassatt, Mary (1844-1926) Le thé (The Tea) c.1880 Oil on canvas, 64.77 x 92.07 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Cassatt’s paintings often document the social interactions of well-to-do women like herself. The activities they depict—tea drinking, going to the…
Sleep and his half-brother Death (1874)
Waterhouse, John William (1849-1917) Sleep and his Half-brother Death (Hypnos and Thanatos) 1874 Oil on canvas, 69.8 x 90.8 cm Private collection