Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Jeanne Hébuterne 1919 Oil on canvas, 100 × 65 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia The model here is Jeanne Hébuterne, Amedeo Modigliani‘s lover during the last three years of his life. Hébuterne was an art student when she and…
Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) L’Ascète (The Ascetic) 1903 Oil on canvas, 118.4 x 80.6 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Between 1901 and 1904, during what is now called his Blue Period, Picasso pursued the themes of suffering and alienation, taking the sick, the…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Femme à l’éventail (Woman with Fan) 1886 Oil on canvas, 55.9 x 45.7 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia This painting exemplifies the drastic shift in Renoir‘s style during the mid-1880s. After several years of working in an impressionist mode…
Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Portrait de Jeanne Hébuterne (Portrait of Jeanne Hébuterne) 1918 Oil on canvas, 99.7 x 64.8 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Jeanne Hébuterne, Modigliani‘s last mistress, is recognizable by her auburn hair, blank blue eyes, and swanlike neck. Painted the…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Jeune femme assise, décolletée (Young woman seated, with neck and shoulders uncovered) 1891 Oil on canvas, 33.2 × 20.9 cm National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Bazille, Frédéric (1841-1870) Portrait de Verlaine (Portrait of Verlaine) 1867 Oil on canvas, 57.2 x 45.1 cm Private collection A false signature Gustave Courbet covered the real Frédéric Bazille. Signed F. Bazille, dated 1867 and dedicated “à mon cher ami le…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) La Baigneuse au griffon, Lise au bord de la Seine (Bather with a Griffon Dog, Lise on the Bank of the Seine) 1870 Oil on canvas, 183.5 x 115 cm Museu de Arte, São Paulo Lise Tréhot (1848-1922) posed…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Aline Charigot c.1885 Oil on canvas, 65.4 × 54 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia Renoir first met Aline Charigot in late 1879. She soon became a favorite model and, in 1890, the artist’s wife. Charigot probably posed for this…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Jeune fille au chapeau de paille (Young Woman in a Straw Hat) c.1866 Oil on canvas, 47 x 38.4 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia The model is Renoir‘s mistress, Lise Tréhot, who wears a day dress and straw hat…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) En été, la Bohémienne (In Summer, the Bohemian) 1868 Oil on canvas, 85 x 59 cm Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin See also: • Tréhot, Lise (1848-1922)