Alma-Tadema, Lawrence (1836-1912) An Egyptian in a Doorway 1865 Oil on wood, 55.9 x 39.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York In the mid-1860s, Alma-Tadema painted a number of subjects set in ancient Egypt, in which convincing archaeological precision and uncanny…
Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588) Sacra Conversazione (Holy Conversation) c.1560–1570 Oil on canvas, 122.87 x 148.91 x 8.89 cm New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans
De Chirico, Giorgio (1888-1978) Villa sul mare (Villa by the Sea) 1929 Color lithograph, 32.7 x 41.28 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis
Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Paysage tahitien (Tahitian Landscape) 1891 Oil on canvas, 67.95 x 92.39 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis Paul Gauguin went to Tahiti in 1891 in search of new, exotic motifs, but also to escape European civilization, which he felt…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Tamaris, France c.1885 Oil on canvas, 45.72 x 54.93 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis Tamaris, a neighborhood in La Seyne-sur-Mer on the French Riviera, was a site of refuge and relaxation for Renoir, who visited from…
Alma-Tadema, Lawrence (1836-1912) Egyptian Chess Players 1865 Oil on wood, 39.8 × 55.8 cm Private collection
Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Intérieur à Nice (Interior at Nice) c.1919 Oil on canvas, 66.7 x 54.9 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis In this canvas, Henri Matisse evoked the relaxed atmosphere of Nice, France, a seaside city where the artist lived…
Ghirlandaio, Domenico (1448-1494) Santo Stefano Protomartire (Saint Stephen Protomartyr) c.1490–1493 Tempera and gold on wood, 191 × 56 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) Étude des palmiers (Study of Palm Trees) 1855–1856 Oil on canvas, laid down on board, 26.7 × 32.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Gérôme painted this study during his first trip to Egypt in 1855–56. The same…
Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) Vue de Médinet el-Fayoum (View of Medinet El-Fayoum) c.1868–1870 Oil on wood, 38 x 56 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824–1904) was the most publicly honored and financially successful French artist of the second half of…