Tag: portrait

Le Juif priant (1923)

Chagall, Marc (1887-1985) Le Juif priant (The Praying Jew) 1923 Oil on canvas, 116.8 × 89.4 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago © 2018 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris Signed, l.r.: “MArc / ChAgAll” Marc Chagall had…

Femme devant un aquarium (1921-1923)

Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Femme devant un aquarium (Woman before an Aquarium) 1921–1923 Oil on canvas, 81.2 × 100.2 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago In the first two decades of the 20th century, Henri Matisse visited exhibitions of Islamic art and…

The Fountain, Villa Torlonia, Frascati, Italy (1907)

Sargent, John Singer (1856-1925) The Fountain, Villa Torlonia, Frascati, Italy 1907 Oil on canvas, 71.4 × 56.5 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago The year 1907 was a turning point for John Singer Sargent, as he daringly stepped away from his successful…

Le fauteuil rouge (1931)

Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Le fauteuil rouge (The Red Armchair) 1931 Oil and Ripolin on panel, 131.1 × 98.7 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Pablo Picasso painted numerous portraits of the many women in his life. Often the circumstances surrounding his…

Le vieux guitariste (1903-1904)

Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Le vieux guitariste (The Old Guitarist) late 1903–early 1904 Oil on panel, 122.9 × 82.6 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago © 2018 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Pablo Picasso made The…

Frances, Countess of Dartmouth (1756)

Reynolds, Joshua (1723-1792) Frances, Countess of Dartmouth 1756 Oil on canvas, 127 x 102 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid The present portrait of Frances, Countess of Dartmouth was acquired for the Thyssen-Bornemisza collection in 1977 from the UK art market. As with…

Evening (1888)

Munch, Edvard (1863-1944) Evening 1888 Oil on canvas, 75 x 100.5 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Munch Museum / Munch-Ellingsen Group / VEGAP, Madrid From very early on in his career Edvard Munch aimed to convey the angst and isolation characteristic of…

Testa di donna (1915)

Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Testa di donna (Head of a Woman) 1915 Oil on paper, 43 x 26 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Modigliani was above all a portraitist. According to Werner Schmalenbach, his need to “take possession of those around him” stemmed…

El fumador (1913)

Gris, Juan (1887-1927) El fumador, Frank Haviland (The Smoker) 1913 Oil on canvas, 73 x 54 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid The Smoker in the Thyssen-Bornemisza collection was painted at Céret in September 1913. Juan Gris had spent from the beginning of August…