Kahlo, Frida (1907-1954) Autorretrato con mono (Self-Portrait with Monkey) 1938 Oil on masonite, 40.64 x 30.48 cm Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo Frida Kahlo’s story is one of both tragedy and perseverance. Kahlo contracted polio at the age of six. The disease…
Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) Casa de Nazareth (Christ and the Virgin in the House at Nazareth) c.1640 Oil on canvas, 165 x 218.2 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Stories of Christ’s childhood and adolescence became increasingly popular during the Counter-Reformation…
Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) Limones, naranjas y rosa (Still Life with Lemons, Oranges and a Rose) 1633 Oil on canvas, 62.2 x 109.5 cm Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena This extraordinary painting by Zurbarán, the only signed and dated still life by…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Louis Gauthier-Lathuille 1879 Pastel on canvas, 54 x 45.7 cm Private collection See also: • Gauthier-Lathuille, Louis
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Une botte d’asperges (A Bunch of Asparagus) 1880 Oil on canvas, 46 x 55 cm Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Cologne
Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) La Fenêtre ouverte, Collioure (Open Window, Collioure) 1905 Oil on canvas, 55.25 × 46.04 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Matisse‘s Open Window, Collioure is an icon of early modernism. A small but explosive work, it is celebrated…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Diane chasseresse (Diana) 1867 Oil on canvas, 199.5 x 129.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Renoir wrote that he had produced this painting as a study of a nude, the sort of exercise that was a mainstay of…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Fruits du Midi (Fruits of the Midi) 1881 Oil on canvas, 51 x 65 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago See also: • Le Midi (France)
Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) L’Yerres, effet de pluie (The Yerres, Effect of Rain) 1875 Oil on canvas, 80.3 x 59.1 cm Eskenazi Museum of Art, Bloomington
Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) Fruits à l’étalage (Fruit displayed on a stand) c.1881–1882 Oil on canvas, 76.5 x 100.6 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Caillebotte delighted in unusual vantage points and compositions. This close-up view of fruit stacked on a market…