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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…

The Potato Eaters (1885)

Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) The Potato Eaters 1885 Lithograph on paper, 26.5 x 32.5 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid The series on the Potato Eaters, executed in Nuenen in spring 1885, is one of the most significant of Vincent van Gogh’s first…

Portrait of a Man (1640)

Flinck, Govert (1615-1660) Portrait of a Man 1640 Oil on panel, 67.1 x 55.1 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Son of a cloth merchant, Govert Flinck began his training in the studio of the painter and preacher Lambert Jacobsz. in Leeuwarden, where…

Portrait of the Emperor Charles V (1533)

Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Portrait of the Emperor Charles V 1533 Oil on panel, 51.2 x 36 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Lucas Cranach the Elder was one of the most important artists of the German Renaissance together with Albrecht Dürer.…

Baigneurs sur la Seine (1874-1876)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Baigneurs sur la Seine (Bathers in the Seine) 1874–1876 Oil on canvas, 134 x 100 cm Museu de Arte, São Paulo The alternative title “Study from the Nude,” as Camesasca notes (1987, p. 67), is an indication of…

Jeune femme dans un jardin (1879)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Jeune femme dans un jardin (Young Woman in a Garden) 1879 Oil on canvas, 110.5 x 72.4 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia In this depiction of a fashionable young woman in a Parisian garden, reflective of his painting style…

Berthe Morisot (c.1869-1873)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Berthe Morisot c.1869–1873 Oil on fabric, 74 x 60 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Manet kept this portrait of Morisot throughout his life, and it was listed in the inventory of his studio after his death. This…

La Baigneuse au griffon (1870)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) La Baigneuse au griffon, Lise au bord de la Seine (Bather with a Griffon Dog, Lise on the Bank of the Seine) 1870 Oil on canvas, 183.5 x 115 cm Museu de Arte, São Paulo Lise Tréhot (1848-1922) posed…