Maar, Dora (1907-1997) Père Ubu 1936 Gelatin silver print, 39.7 x 29.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The Surrealist artist Dora Maar is better known as Picasso‘s dark-haired model and companion in the late 1930s than for her astonishing…
Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Dora Maar dans un fauteuil (Dora Maar in an Armchair) 1939 Oil on canvas, 73.3 × 60.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Picasso painted this portrait of Surrealist photographer Dora Maar (1907–1997), then his lover, during…
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) La testa della Vergine di tre quarti rivolta a destra (The Head of the Virgin in Three-Quarter View Facing Right) 1510–1513 Black, red and white chalk and charcoal, 20.3 x 15.6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York…
Bracquemond, Félix (1833-1914) Portrait d’Alphonse Legros (Portrait of Alphonse Legros) 1875 Etching, 16.7 × 11.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Ever the restless printmaker, fourteen years after producing a portrait of his friend Alphonse Legros, Bracquemond modified the copper plate…
Legros, Alphonse (1837-1911) Torse (Torso) 1892 Plaster, h. 54.6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Laurencin, Marie (1883-1956) L’Amazone (The Amazon) 1923 Oil on canvas, 92.1 x 65.1 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
La Gandara, Antonio de (1861-1917) Femme assise (Seated Woman) 1894 Lithograph, 26 × 12 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Klimt, Gustav (1862-1918) Mäda Primavesi 1912–1913 Oil on canvas, 149.9 x 110.5 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Mäda Primavesi’s expression and posture convey a remarkable degree of confidence for a nine-year-old girl, even one who was, by her own…
Kisling, Moïse (1891-1953) Masque mortuaire de Modigliani (Death Mask of Modigliani) c.1920 Bronze, 21.6 × 14 × 12.1 cm, 1.8 kg Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York See also: • Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920)
Guardi, Francesco (1712-1793) Piazza San Marco late 1760s Oil on canvas, 68.9 x 85.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This view can be compared to Canaletto’s of the same location painted forty years prior. Guardi’s technique is far looser…