Soutine, Chaïm (1893-1943) L’Homme en bleu (Man in Blue) c.1921 Oil on canvas, 130.8 x 65.7 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Though conventional in format, this portrait of an unidentified man is uniquely Soutine‘s in its gestural brushwork and fiery colors. As in…
Soutine, Chaïm (1893-1943) La Femme en bleu (Woman in Blue) c.1919 Oil on canvas, 100.3 x 60.3 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Born in Lithuania, Soutine emigrated to Paris in 1913 and settled in the bohemian neighborhood of Montparnasse. The identity of his…
Soutine, Chaïm (1893-1943) Le Pâtissier (The Pastry Chef, Baker Boy) c.1919 Oil on canvas, 66 x 51 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia When Albert Barnes first visited Chaim Soutine‘s Paris studio in 1922, the struggling artist was known only in the city’s…
Dalí, Salvador (1904-1989) Figura en una finestra (Figure in a Window) 1925 Oil on papier-mâché, 105 x 74.5 cm Museo Reina Sofía, Madrid
Dalí, Salvador (1904-1989) Gitano de Figueres (Gypsy from Figueres) 1923 Oil and gouache on cardboard, 104 x 75 cm Museo Reina Sofía, Madrid See also: • Figueras (España)
Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Mujer en azul (Woman in Blue) 1901 Oil on canvas, 133 x 100 cm Museo Reina Sofía, Madrid
Sargent, John Singer (1856-1925) Portrait of Millicent, Duchess of Sutherland 1904 Oil on canvas, 254 x 146 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid John Singer Sargent lived in Paris until 1886. He studied with the painter Carolus Duran and made friends with a…
Hals, Frans (c.1582-1666) Family Group in a Landscape 1645–1648 Oil on canvas, 202 x 285 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Frans Hals is widely considered the most brilliant exponent of Dutch portraiture, a genre that enjoyed immense popularity in the seventeenth century.…
Ghirlandaio, Domenico (1448-1494) Giovanna degli Albizzi Tornabuoni 1489–1490 Mixed media on panel, 77 x 49 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid This superb panel is a fine example of fifteenth-century Florentine portraiture. Artists of the time followed classical dictates: body proportions were idealised while…
Van Dyck, Anthony (1599-1641) Paris c.1628 Oil on canvas, 96 x 84 cm Wallace Collection, London