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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Nature morte avec des pivoines (1884)
Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Nature morte avec des pivoines (Still Life with Peonies) 1884 Oil on canvas, 59.7 x 73 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington About a dozen ruby-red and bright pink peonies in a gold and green vase sit…
Hylas and the Nymphs (1896)
Waterhouse, John William (1849-1917) Hylas and the Nymphs 1896 Oil on canvas, 98.2 x 163.3 cm Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester Mythological scene from the ancient Greek tale of Jason and the Argonauts, showing Hylas being tempted to his death by…
Nature morte aux roses (c.1866)
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Nature morte aux roses (Still Life with Roses) c.1866 Oil on canvas, 74.9 x 55.4 cm Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA
Bouquet printanier (1866)
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Bouquet printanier (Spring Bouquet) 1866 Oil on canvas, 104.8 x 80.3 cm Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA For many French artists during the 1860s, the floral still life persisted as a test of pure painterly ability. This exuberant…
La route dans les bois (1879)
Sisley, Alfred (1839-1899) La route dans les bois (The Road in the Woods) 1879 Oil on canvas, 46.3 x 55.8 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
Autoportrait aux sept doigts (1912-1913)
Chagall, Marc (1887-1985) Autoportrait aux sept doigts (Self-Portrait with Seven Fingers) 1912–1913 Oil on canvas, 135.5 x 117 x 6 cm Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam Marc Chagall‘s Self-Portrait with Seven Fingers is not a naturalistic image, yet it describes a great deal…
Il sogno del cavaliere (c.1504)
Raffaello (1483-1520) Il sogno del cavaliere (Vision of a Knight) c.1504 Oil on poplar, 17.1 x 17.3 cm National Gallery, London This painting was inspired by a passage in the Punica, an epic poem by Silius Italicus (AD 25–101) recounting the…
Pensando en la Muerte (1943)
Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) Pensando en la Muerte (Thinking about Death) 1943 Oil on canvas on masonite, 45.1 x 36.8 cm Private collection
Autorretrato con mono (1938)
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…