Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788) Woody Landscape c.1783–1784 Oil on canvas, 64 x 76.8 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford Although most famous for his portraits, Gainsborough was also one of the originators of English landscape painting in the eighteenth century. Inspired by Dutch landscapes from…
De Chirico, Giorgio (1888-1978) La Maladie du Général (The General’s Disease) 1914–1915 Oil on canvas, 59.1 x 43.8 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford
Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) The Feast of Herod 1531 Oil on panel, 81.3 x 119.7 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford The biblical story of Salome was popular during the Middle Ages and Renaissance, when it was seen as a cautionary tale of…
Guardi, Francesco (1712-1793) Veduta della Piazzetta verso San Giorgio Maggiore (View of the Piazzetta Looking toward San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice) c.1770–1780 Oil on canvas, 46.4 x 75.4 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford See also: • San Giorgio Maggiore | Venezia (Italia)
Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) La Sieste (The Nap) 1877 Pastel on paper, 35 x 50 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford
Bonheur, Rosa (1822-1899) Cheval bai cerise (Cherry Bay Horse) c.1890 Oil on canvas, 45.4 x 55.6 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford
Magritte, René (1898-1967) Les intermittences du coeur (The Fickleness of the Heart) 1950 Oil on canvas, 81.3 x 63.5 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford The Belgian Surrealist Magritte developed a set of symbols that he used in new combinations throughout his career. The…
Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) San Serapio (Saint Serapion) 1628 Oil on canvas, 120.2 x 104 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford Curatorial Narrative: Saint Serapion was a monk who gave his life to liberate Christians captured during the thirteenth century in North Africa. The…
Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) La Baigneuse (The Bather) 1922 Oil on panel, 18.7 x 12.7 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford
Dalí, Salvador (1904-1989) Image paranoïaque-astrale (Paranoiac-astral Image) 1934 Oil on panel, 15.6 x 22.1 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford