Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Femme à la fenêtre (Woman at a Window) 1871 Oil on paper, 78 x 63 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London This scene of a woman profiled against a bright window seems serene. However, the English artist Walter Sickert,…
Bonnard, Pierre (1867-1947) Portrait d’Ambroise Vollard au chat (Portrait of Ambroise Vollard with a Cat) c.1924 Oil on canvas, 96.5 x 111 cm Petit Palais, Paris In the center of a room cluttered with paintings, Ambroise Vollard (1866-1939) sits on a chair…
Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Portrait d’Ambroise Vollard (Portrait of Ambroise Vollard) 1910 Oil on canvas, 92 x 66 cm Pushkin Museum, Moscow See also: • Vollard, Ambroise (1866-1939)
Derain, André (1880-1954) Madame Jean Renoir (Catherine Hessling) c.1923 Oil on canvas, 90.4 x 75.2 cm National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo This painting depicts the actress Catherine Hessling, wife of the film director Jean Renoir. Catherine Hessling was her stage name,…
Derain, André (1880-1954) Portrait du marchand Léopold Zborowski (Portrait of the merchant Leopold Zborowski) c.1923–1924 Oil on canvas, 44.5 x 37.1 cm Private collection See also: • Léopold Zborowski (1889-1932)
Claudel, Camille (1864-1943) La Petite Châtelaine (Little Chatelaine) 1892–1893 Patinated plaster, 32.3 x 28.9 x 21.2 cm Musée Camille Claudel, Nogent-sur-Seine © Musée Camille Claudel, photo by Marco Illuminati During the summer of 1892, Camille Claudel, while staying at the Château de…
Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Portrait d’une femme polonaise (Portrait of a Polish Woman) 1919 Oil on canvas, 100.3 × 64.8 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia Notorious for his fiery temper, his passionate love affairs, and his severe poverty, Amedeo Modigliani was the consummate…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Le Bon Bock (The Good Bock) 1873 Oil on canvas, 94.6 × 83.3 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia Bock is a dark, rich beer made in the spring. This vivid depiction of a drinker recalls the animated portraits by…
Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Madame Cézanne au chapeau vert (Madame Cézanne with Green Hat) 1891–1892 Oil on canvas, 100.3 x 81.3 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Cézanne painted at least 29 portraits of his wife, Marie-Hortense Fiquet. Here she appears in a green upholstered…
Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Zingara con bambino (Roma Woman with Baby) 1919 Oil on canvas, 115.9 x 73 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington