Cassatt, Mary (1844-1926) A Balcony in Seville 1873 Oil on canvas, 101.7 × 82.4 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia After her studies at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia, Mary Cassatt traveled to Europe in 1866 to complete…
De Chirico, Giorgio (1888-1978) Il poeta e la sua musa (The Poet and His Muse) c.1925 Oil and tempera on canvas, 91.1 x 73.7 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia Though many of his paintings predate the start of Surrealism, Giorgio de…
Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Portrait de Madame Cézanne (Portrait of Madame Cézanne) 1885–1886 Oil on canvas, 61.9 × 51.1 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia Hortense Fiquet—Cézanne’s mistress, mother of his son, Paul, and later his wife—was the artist’s most frequent model, appearing…
Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851) The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons, October 16, 1834 1834–1835 Oil on canvas, 92.1 × 123.2 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia “Shortly before 7 o’clock last night the inhabitants of Westminster, and of…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Le Départ du vapeur de Folkestone (The Folkestone Boat, Boulogne) c.1868–1872 Oil on canvas, 60 x 73.5 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia This image of the steam ferry that carried passengers from Boulogne to Folkestone, on the Channel…
Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) Exposición del cuerpo de San Buenaventura (Exhibition of the Body of Saint Bonaventure) c.1629 Oil on canvas, 245 x 220 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Painted for the church of the San Buenaventura college in Seville, around 1629;…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Blonde à la rose (Blonde Girl with a Rose) c.1915–1917 Oil on canvas, 64 x 54 cm Musée de l’Orangerie, Paris Renoir painted this portrait of Andrée-Madeleine Heuschling towards the end of his life. She was then aged just…
Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) La baigneuse, dite Baigneuse de Valpinçon (The Bather, known as The Valpinçon Bather) 1808 Oil on canvas, 146 x 97.5 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Body of a woman naked from behind seated on the edge of…
Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788) Portrait of Margaret Gainsborough c.1778 Oil on canvas, 76.6 x 63.8 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London This intimate portrait may have been painted to celebrate the 50th birthday of Thomas Gainsborough’s wife, Margaret (around 1728-1798). He portrayed her…
Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) Femmes d’Alger dans leur appartement (Women of Algiers in their Apartment) 1834 Oil on canvas, 180 × 229 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Compare: Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) Femmes d’Alger dans leur intérieur 1849 Musée Fabre, Montpellier Copies: Fantin-Latour,…