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La masía (1921-1922)

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.…

The Garden of Eden (c.1610-1612)

Brueghel, Jan the Elder (1568-1625) The Garden of Eden c.1610–1612 Oil on panel, 59.4 x 95.6 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Colección Carmen Thyssen Brueghel was born into a famous dynasty of artists and, together with Rubens, he was generally regarded as…

The Adoration of the Kings (1598)

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…

La Crucifixion (1940)

Chagall, Marc (1887-1985) La Crucifixion (The Crucifixion) 1940 Oil on canvas, 34 x 29.4 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia During the late 1930s Marc Chagall became increasingly aware of the plight of his fellow Jews in Europe and embarked on a…

Coq (1866)

Bracquemond, Félix (1833-1914) Coq (Rooster) 1866 Pen and ink on paper, 21.5 x 18.9 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris

Le coq (1928)

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…

Madame Monet et son fils Jean (1874)

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…