Miró, Joan (1893-1983) La masía (The Farm) 1921–1922 Oil on canvas, 123.8 x 141.3 x 3.3 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Miró moved from Barcelona to Paris in 1920, determined to participate in the artistic vanguard of the French capital.…
Brueghel, Jan the Elder (1568-1625) The Adoration of the Kings 1598 Bodycolour on vellum, 32.9 × 48 cm National Gallery, London Jan Brueghel seems to have squeezed a whole world into his tiny picture. A crowd waits patiently for a turn…
Chagall, Marc (1887-1985) Le coq (The Cock) 1928 Oil on canvas, 81 x 65.5 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid The first owner of The Cock now in the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza was the dealer Georges Bernheim, with whom Chagall signed a contract In 1927, marking…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) La famille Monet dans leur jardin à Argenteuil (The Monet Family in Their Garden at Argenteuil) 1874 Oil on canvas, 61 x 99.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York In July and August 1874 Manet vacationed…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Madame Monet et son fils Jean (Madame Monet and Her Son Jean) 1874 Oil on canvas, 50.4 x 68 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington In July and August 1874 Manet vacationed at his family’s house in…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Enfant aux jouets, Gabrielle et Jean (Child with Toys, Gabrielle and the Artist’s Son, Jean) 1895–1896 Oil on canvas, 54.3 x 65.4 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Shown from about the waist up, a woman with…