Schiele, Egon (1890-1918) Self-Portrait 1911 Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on paper, 51.4 x 34.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Egon Schiele‘s career was short, intense, and amazingly productive. Before succumbing to influenza in 1918 at the age of twenty-eight,…
De Morgan, Evelyn (1855-1919) The Sea Maidens 1885–1886 Oil on canvas, 81.8 x 142.8 cm De Morgan Collection This group of five mermaids is linked to the story of The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Anderson. The little mermaid falls in…
De Morgan, Evelyn (1855-1919) The Little Sea Maid 1880–1888 Oil on canvas, 100.2 x 73.4 cm De Morgan Collection Inspired by Hans Christian Andersen’s The Little Mermaid (1855), which is the much loved story of the Sea King’s daughter who rescues…
De Morgan, Evelyn (1855-1919) Cadmus and Harmonia 1877 Oil on canvas, 148.5 x 89.5 cm De Morgan Collection The subject of the painting is from Ovid‘s ‘Metamorphoses‘ (Book IV, 563–603). After Cadmus is changed into a serpent by Mars, his wife…
Lotto, Lorenzo (1480-1557) Venere e Cupido (Venus and Cupid) 1520s Oil on canvas, 92.4 x 111.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York In his inimitable fashion, in this unique masterpiece Lorenzo Lotto takes one of the most popular subjects of Venetian…
David, Jacques-Louis (1748-1825) La mort de Socrate (The Death of Socrates) 1787 Oil on canvas, 129.5 x 196.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York In this landmark of Neoclassical painting from the years immediately preceding the French Revolution, David took up…
David, Jacques-Louis (1748-1825) La mort de Sénèque (The Death of Seneca) 1773 Oil on canvas, 123 x 160 cm Petit Palais, Paris The Roman philosopher Seneca was accused of taking part in a conspiracy against Nero, and was ordered to commit suicide.…
Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Le Sommeil (The Sleep) 1866 Oil on canvas, 135 x 200 cm Petit Palais, Paris Courbet, who paved the way for Realism in the mid-19th century, remained on the fringes of official art thanks to the support of…
Valadon, Suzanne (1865-1938) La poupée abandonnée (The Abandoned Doll) 1921 Oil on canvas, 129 x 81 cm National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington In The Abandoned Doll, Suzanne Valadon portrays an intimate scene with a strong psychological mood. Seated…
Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban (1617-1682) Ecce Homo 1660–1670 Oil on canvas, 56 x 44 cm Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, Bristol