Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) The Flag Outside her Window, April, 1918 (The Boys Marching By) 1918 Oil on canvas, 81.3 x 72.1 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford A young woman turns her attention to the parade for Preparedness Day, an event marking America’s participation…
Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Baigneuse au bord de la mer (Bather by the sea) 1939 Gouache on laid paper, 64.1 × 46.4 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit Bather by the Sea is readily identified as Dora Maar by the shoulder-length dark hair,…
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,…
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 See also: • Seneca, Lucius Annaeus minor (4 BC-65 AD)
Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Le Sommeil (The Sleep) 1866 Oil on canvas, 135 x 200 cm Petit Palais, Paris
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
Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban (1617-1682) Ecce Homo 1660–1670 Oil on canvas, 56 x 44 cm Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, Bristol
Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588) Venere disarma Cupido (Venus Disarming Cupid) 1550–1555 Oil on canvas, 158.8 x 138.4 cm Worcester Art Museum, Worcester