Tag: painting

The Yellow Room (c.1883-1884)

Whistler, James Abbott McNeill (1834-1903) The Yellow Room c.1883–1884 Watercolor and gouache on paperboard, 24.8 × 17.8 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The Yellow Room is among Whistler’s most accomplished watercolors, a harmonious “arrangement” of violet and yellow, dating…

Capucines avec le tableau “Danse” I (1912)

Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Capucines avec le tableau “Danse” I (Nasturtiums with the Painting “Dance” I) 1912 Oil on canvas, 191.8 × 115.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Matisse‘s representations of his studio often include glimpses of other artwork. Here…

Portrait d’homme (c.1866)

Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Portrait d’homme (Portrait of a Man) c.1866 Oil on canvas, 86.4 x 64.8 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York In this enigmatic painting, an unidentified man in modern bourgeois attire sits in a chair among cuts of meat. A…

Hospital at Granada (1912)

Sargent, John Singer (1856-1925) Hospital at Granada 1912 Oil on canvas, 56.2 × 71.5 cm National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne See also: • Granada (España)

Souvenirs (1840)

Daumier, Honoré (1808-1879) Souvenirs (Memories) 1840 Hand-coloured lithograph and gum arabic on buff paper, 26.8 × 81 cm National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne

Jeanne Hébuterne (1919)

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…

Nature morte aux coloquintes (1916)

Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Nature morte aux coloquintes (Still Life with Gourds) 1916 Oil on canvas, 100 x 81.3 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Matisse made some of his most experimental work between 1913 and 1917. In this still life from the end…

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…

Intérieur à Nice (1919-1920)

Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Intérieur à Nice (Interior at Nice) 1919–1920 Oil on canvas, 131.5 × 90.7 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Beginning in 1917, Henri Matisse spent most winters in Nice, on the Mediterranean coast. He often stayed at the…