Tag: portrait

Study for a Portrait (1952)

Bacon, Francis (1909-1992) Study for a Portrait 1952 Oil paint and sand on canvas, 66.1 × 56.1 × 1.8 cm Tate Britain, London © Estate of Francis Bacon. All Rights Reserved, DACS 2025 Francis Bacon painted directly onto the raw, unprimed side of the…

Four Mona Lisas (1978)

Warhol, Andy (1928-1987) Four Mona Lisas 1978 Acrylic and silkscreen ink on linen, 127 × 101.7 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago © 2018 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Compare: Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) La…

Madame Bonnard (1895-1900)

Vuillard, Édouard (1868-1940) Madame Bonnard 1895–1900 Oil on cardboard, 41.7 x 31.9 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Inscription upper left: à Bonnard / EVuillard See also: • Bonnard, Marthe (1869-1942)

Madame de Pompadour (1759)

Boucher, François (1703-1770) Madame de Pompadour 1759 Oil on canvas, 91 x 68 cm Wallace Collection, London Pompadour has been famous for the important position as a patron and in politics that she obtained as Louis XV’s mistress. Because of her great…

Profil de jeune fille (c.1880)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Profil de jeune fille (Young girl profile) c.1880 Oil on canvas, 32.7 x 24.7 cm Private collection A towering figure in the second half of the nineteenth century, Édouard Manet was a serious and dedicated artist strongly committed…

Nu couché sur le côté gauche (1917)

Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Nu couché sur le côté gauche (Nude lying on the left side) 1917 Oil on canvas, 89.5 x 146.7 cm Private collection “There is only one painter of the modern nude” – André Salmon. Fifteen Francs a day.…

Tête de femme (1916)

Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Tête de femme, Lorette (Head of a woman, Lorette) 1916 Oil on panel, 21.9 x 15.5 cm Private collection Models were hard to come by in World War I Paris. However, at the recommendation of fellow artist Georgette…

Three Seated Women (1942)

Moore, Henry (1898-1986) Three Seated Women 1942 Pencil, wax crayon, charcoal, wash and pen and ink on paper, 44.6 x 55.2 cm Private collection Three Seated Women exemplifies the highly important technical and stylistic developments Moore achieved in the 1940s. During…