Raffaello (1483-1520) Madonna del Prato (Madonna of the meadow) 1505–1506 Oil on poplar, 113 × 88.3 × 3.5 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Inscription on the hem of Mary’s dress with the year M.d.V. (perhaps also M.D.V.I. to be read) The group,…
De Chirico, Giorgio (1888-1978) L’angoscia della partenza (The Anguish of Departure) 1913–1914 Oil on canvas, 86.04 x 70.17 cm Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo In his own words, Giorgio de Chirico aspired “to live in the world as an immense museum of…
Gris, Juan (1887-1927) Le Canigou 1921 Oil on canvas, 64.77 x 100.33 cm Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo This painting depicts the view from Juan Gris’s hotel window in the small town of Céret, in the Pyrenees; Le Canigou is one…
Magritte, René (1898-1967) La Voix des airs (The Voice of Space) 1928 Oil on canvas, 64.77 x 49.53 cm Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo Surrealist René Magritte is best known for creating unusual compositions that are wonderfully strange in their illustrative…
O’Keeffe, Georgia (1887-1986) Lake George Reflection c.1921–1922 Oil on canvas, 58 x 34 cm Private collection Compare: O’Keeffe, Georgia (1887-1986) Lake George with White Birch 1921 Private collection
Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Parahi Te Marae (The Sacred Mountain) 1892 Oil on canvas, 101 × 82.5 cm Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia Compare: Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Parahi te marae c.1892 Fogg Museum, Cambridge See also: • Tahiti (French Polynesia)