Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Nature morte: Pommes et poires dans un panier rond (Still Life: Apples and Pears in a Round Basket) 1872 Oil on canvas, 45.7 x 55.2 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton One of Pissarro’s rare still lifes, this…
Daumier, Honoré (1808-1879) Le Cauchemar (The Nightmare) published 1832 Lithograph, 23.3 x 29.4 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Daumier, along with his editor and fellow caricaturist Charles Philipon, scandalized the monarchy of Louis-Philippe through his increasingly critical depictions of the…
Dalí, Salvador (1904-1989) Apparition d’un visage et d’un compotier sur une plage (Apparition of Face and Fruit Dish on a Beach) 1938 Oil on canvas, 114.3 x 143.8 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford Curatorial Narrative: At first glance the spectator sees a desolate…
Derain, André (1880-1954) L’offrande (The Offering) 1913 Oil on canvas, 116 x 89.5 cm Kunsthalle Bremen, Bremen
Dalí, Salvador (1904-1989) Cántaro (Jug) c.1918 Oil on canvas, 53 x 41.5 cm Museo Reina Sofía, Madrid
Ensor, James (1860-1949) Le coq mort (The Dead Rooster) 1894 Oil on canvas, 80 x 100 cm Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim
Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) Diana Returning from Hunt c.1616 Oil on canvas, 136 x 184 cm Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden
Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Nature morte (Still Life) 1871 Oil on canvas, 24 x 32 cm National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Poires (Pears) 1880 Oil on canvas, 19.05 × 24.13 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Two green pears lit from the upper right sit on a pale blue tabletop or ledge against a dark background in this horizontal…
El Greco (1541-1614) La Sagrada Familia con María Magdalena (The Holy Family with Mary Magdalene) c.1590–1595 Oil on canvas, 130 x 100 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland The seemingly weightless figures, the startling color combinations, and the moody, imprecise setting…