Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Sur la plage de Boulogne (On the Beach, Boulogne-sur-Mer) 1868 Oil on canvas, 32.39 × 66.04 cm Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond As early as 1863, Manet’s submissions to the Salon were either rejected by the jury…
Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Les Grandes Baigneuses (Bathers) c.1894–1905 Oil on canvas, 127.2 x 196.1 cm National Gallery, London Around 200 of Cézanne’s works depict male and female nude bathers, either singly or in groups, in a landscape. The earliest dates from…
Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) La mort de Sardanapale (The Death of Sardanapalus) 1844 Oil on canvas, 73.7 × 92.6 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia The subject of this painting was inspired by Lord Byron‘s dramatic poem of 1821 about the life of an…
Rivera, Diego (1886-1957) Liberación del peón (Liberation of the Peon) 1931 Fresco on cement, 185.4 × 239.4 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia Diego Rivera’s Liberation of the Peon makes visible the cruel and exploitative Mexican peonage system, which kept agricultural workers…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) A Scholar in His Study (‘Faust’) c.1652 Etching, engraving and drypoint, 20.9 x 16 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia Compare: Rembrandt (1606-1669) Faust c.1652 Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee
Cassatt, Mary (1844-1926) A Balcony in Seville 1873 Oil on canvas, 101.7 × 82.4 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia After her studies at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia, Mary Cassatt traveled to Europe in 1866 to complete…
El Greco (1541-1614) Pietà (Lamentation) Early 1570s Oil on panel, 28.9 × 20 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia El Greco was born in the Venetian territory of Crete and trained in Venice before moving to Rome. There he encountered the work…
Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851) The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons, October 16, 1834 1834–1835 Oil on canvas, 92.1 × 123.2 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia “Shortly before 7 o’clock last night the inhabitants of Westminster, and of…
Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Nous autres musiciens (Three Musicians) 1921 Oil on canvas, 204.5 × 188.3 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia Pablo Picasso had a large ambition for this monumental canvas: to look back at and say farewell to a key period…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Le Départ du vapeur de Folkestone (The Folkestone Boat, Boulogne) c.1868–1872 Oil on canvas, 60 x 73.5 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia This image of the steam ferry that carried passengers from Boulogne to Folkestone, on the Channel…