Rodin, Auguste (1840-1917) Adam 1881 Bronze, 182.9 cm Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
Tag: nude
Nu féminin assis (c.1916)
Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Nu féminin assis (Seated Female Nude) c.1916 Oil on canvas, 92.4 x 59.8 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London This is one of a series of celebrated female nudes which Modigliani painted in 1916 and 1917. His unusual…
Nevermore (1897)
Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Nevermore 1897 Oil paint on canvas, 60.5 x 116 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London Paul Gauguin painted Nevermore in February 1897, during his second and final stay in Tahiti, an island in the southern Pacific colonised by France. Intended…
Il Sogno (c.1533)
Michelangelo (1475-1564) Il Sogno (The Dream) c.1533 Black chalk on laid paper, 27.8 x 39.8 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London One of the finest Renaissance drawings, The Dream is amongst The Courtauld’s greatest treasures. The meaning of this enigmatic work is elusive,…
Adam and Eve (1526)
Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Adam and Eve 1526 Oil on panel, 117 x 80 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London Adam and Eve are depicted at the fateful moment when they disobey God and commit the first sin. The story…
La Femme aux bas blancs (1864)
Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) La Femme aux bas blancs (Woman with White Stockings) 1864 Oil on canvas, 65 x 81 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Traditionally, European painters made the nude subject decorous by presenting it as part of an edifying mythological narrative.…
Mauvaise surprise (1899-1901)
Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Mauvaise surprise (Unpleasant Surprise) 1899–1901 Oil on canvas, 194.5 x 129.5 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia The large-scale jungle scenes of Henri Rousseau are rife with violent struggles between wild animals such as lions, tigers, and horses. Here, a…
Haere Pape (1892)
Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Haere Pape 1892 Oil on canvas, 91.4 x 67.3 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Fed up with industrialized Europe, Paul Gauguin went to Tahiti in 1891 seeking a simpler, more “primitive” way of life, one uncorrupted by modern technology…
La Leçon de musique (1917)
Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) La Leçon de musique (The Music Lesson) 1917 Oil on canvas, 245.1 x 210.8 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Matisse set this portrait of his wife, daughter, and two sons in the living room of the family home in…
Nu couché (1923-1924)
Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Nu couché (Reclining Nude) 1923–1924 Oil on canvas, 60 x 92 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Matisse painted this work in Nice, a city in the South of France that he visited frequently in the 1920s. The canvas is…