Tag: man

Arabes en voyage (1855)

Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) Arabes en voyage (Arabs Traveling) 1855 Oil on canvas, 54.1 x 65.1 cm Rhode Island School of Design, Providence

La mort de Sardanapale (1844)

Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) La mort de Sardanapale (The Death of Sardanapalus) 1844 Oil on canvas, 73.7 × 92.6 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia The subject of this painting was inspired by Lord Byron‘s dramatic poem of 1821 about the life of an…

Paysage à Ornans (c.1868)

Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Paysage à Ornans (Landscape at Ornans) c.1868 Oil on canvas, 47.3 x 56.4 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia See also: • Ornans (France)

Liberación del peón (1931)

Rivera, Diego (1886-1957) Liberación del peón (Liberation of the Peon) 1931 Fresco on cement, 185.4 × 239.4 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia Diego Rivera’s Liberation of the Peon makes visible the cruel and exploitative Mexican peonage system, which kept agricultural workers…

A Scholar in His Study (c.1652)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) A Scholar in His Study (‘Faust’) c.1652 Etching, engraving and drypoint, 20.9 x 16 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia Compare: Rembrandt (1606-1669) Faust c.1652 Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee    

A Balcony in Seville (1873)

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…

Il poeta e la sua musa (c.1925)

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…

La Calèche (c.1881)

Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de (1864-1901) La Calèche (Carriage) c.1881 Oil on panel, 32.4 × 23.8 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia

Homme dans un café (1912)

Gris, Juan (1887-1927) Homme dans un café (Man in a Café) 1912 Oil on canvas, 127.6 x 88.3 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia Juan Gris was the only artist included in the 1912 Salon de la Section d’Or who actually used…

San Buenaventura en el Concilio de Lyon (c.1629)

Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) San Buenaventura en el Concilio de Lyon (Saint Bonaventure at the Council of Lyon) c.1629 Oil on canvas, 250 x 225 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Church of Saint Bonaventure College, Seville, circa 1629; deposited, by order of…