Bonnard, Pierre (1867-1947) La Symphonie pastorale (The Pastoral Symphony) 1916–1920 Oil on canvas, 130 × 160 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris
La Symphonie pastorale (1916-1920)
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Course de chevaux (c.1817)
Géricault, Théodore (1791-1824) Course de chevaux (Horse Race) c.1817 Oil on paper mounted on canvas, 44 x 59 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Théodore Géricault was from a wealthy Rouen family that moved to Paris in 1796 for professional reasons. Géricault was…
Le baiser (c.1816-1817)
Géricault, Théodore (1791-1824) Le baiser (The Kiss) c.1816–1817 Charcoal, wash and gouache on brown paper, 20 x 27.4 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Having failed to win the Academy prize that would finance a study trip to Italy, in 1816 Géricault decided…
Ritratto d’uomo (c.1520)
Correggio (c.1489-1534) Ritratto d’uomo (Portrait of a Man) c.1520 Oil on canvas, 55 x 40 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Correggio was one of the great fresco painters of the 16th century. In his Lives, Vasari provides some insight into his personality,…
Le Christ et la Madeleine (c.1894)
Rodin, Auguste (1840-1917) Le Christ et la Madeleine (Christ and Magdalene) c.1894 Plaster, wood, fabric, 84.5 x 74 x 44.2 cm Musée Rodin, Paris This is one of the rare testimonies that remains of a religious inspiration in Rodin. The work…
Le Louvre, matin, soleil (1901)
Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Le Louvre, matin, soleil (The Louvre, Morning, Sunlight) 1901 Oil on canvas, 73.7 x 92.7 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis As a young man, Camille Pissarro advised that the best way to advance French art would…
Le Colin-Maillard (c.1750-1752)
Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806) Le Colin-Maillard (Blind Man’s Buff) c.1750–1752 Oil on canvas, 116.8 x 91.4 cm Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo In the 18th century the game of blind man’s buff (or bluff) became the symbolic arena for courtship, chance, and the…
Portrait of a Stout Man (c.1425)
Campin, Robert (c.1378-1444) Portrait of a Stout Man (Robert de Masmines?) c.1425 Oil on panel, 35.4 x 23.7 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Robert Campin was a renowned painter of his day whose workshop trained important artists such as Jacques Daret and…
Ritratto di un giovane come San Sebastiano (c.1533)
Bronzino (1503-1572) Ritratto di un giovane come San Sebastiano (Portrait of a young Man as Saint Sebastian) c.1533 Oil on panel, 87 x 76.5 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Agnolo di Cosimo di Mariano Tori, known as Bronzino, was one of the…
Dinamismo di un corpo umano: pugile (1913)
Boccioni, Umberto (1882-1916) Dinamismo di un corpo umano: pugile (Dynamism of the Human Body: Boxer) 1913 Ink on paper, 29 x 25 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Just as Fortunato Depero developed a special interest in puppets and automata, at the beginning…