Allori, Alessandro (1535-1607) Il giudizio di Paride (The Judgement of Paris) 1583 Pen and ink on paper, 36.6 x 47.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York On his father’s death in 1540, the young Alessandro Allori was adopted by Bronzino…
Abbéma, Louise (1853-1927) Portrait de Sarah Bernhardt (Portrait of Sarah Bernhardt) 19th–early 20th Century Drypoint, 16 × 12 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York See also: • Bernhardt, Sarah (1844-1923)
Aalto, Alvar (1898-1976) 31 Armchair 1931–1932 Laminated and painted birch plywood and bentwood Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Aalto created this lightweight, economical, and comfortable chair by suspending a scrolled seating panel between two U-shaped wood frames. It is built…
Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Les Cyprès (Cypresses) 1889 Brown ink and graphite on paper, 61.9 x 47.3 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York This drawing dates from Vincent van Gogh’s 1889 stay at a psychiatric asylum in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, during a period when…
Utrillo, Maurice (1883-1955) Rue Norvins, Paris 1918 Oil on cardboard mounted on panel, 53.5 x 64 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York Compare: Utrillo, Maurice (1883-1955) La Rue Norvins à Montmartre c.1910–1912 Private collection See also: • Montmartre | Paris (France) | Rue Norvins
Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de (1864-1901) Femme fumant une cigarette (Woman Smoking a Cigarette) 1890 Oil, watercolor, and graphite over charcoal on paper board, 47 x 29.8 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York Around 1890 Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec produced a number of works depicting…
Tissot, James (1836-1902) La présentation de Jésus au Temple (The Presentation of Jesus in the Temple) 1886–1894 Watercolor on paper, 22.2 x 15.2 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York Forty days after the birth of Jesus, the Holy Family travels to Jerusalem…
Sisley, Alfred (1839-1899) Inondation à Moret (Flood at Moret) 1879 Oil on canvas, 54 x 71.8 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York In the 1870s, the Seine and its tributaries, including the Loing, were flooded several times as a consequence of increased…
Sargent, John Singer (1856-1925) The Bridge of Sighs c.1903–1904 Watercolor on paper, 25.4 x 35.6 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York Sargent used multiple techniques to create light and highlights in this work. The most obvious is the application of white impasto…
Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) Late Afternoon, New York, Winter 1900 Oil on canvas, 93.8 x 73.7 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York Frederick Childe Hassam here used a veil of pale blue paint, punctuated by daubs of pink and yellow, to re-create the…