Waterhouse, John William (1849-1917) ‘I am half sick of shadows,’ said The Lady of Shalott (Alfred, Lord Tennyson, The Lady of Shalott, Part II) 1915 Oil on canvas, 100.3 x 73.7 cm Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto See also: • Tennyson, Alfred (1809-1892)
Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806) Le bluff de l’aveugle (Blind man’s Bluff) c.1775–1780 Oil on canvas, 62.5 x 45.1 cm Timken Museum of Art, San Diego Jean Honore Fragonard trained in the studio of François Boucher, who painted Lovers in the Park, hanging…
Guercino (1591-1666) Il ritorno del figliol prodigo (The Return of the Prodigal Son) 1654–1655 Oil on canvas, 155.6 x 146.1 cm Timken Museum of Art, San Diego The parable depicted by Il Guercino (a nickname meaning “squint-eyed”) is the one most…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) La Sortie du conservatoire (Leaving the Conservatory) 1876–1877 Oil on canvas, 187.5 x 117.5 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Renoir uses subtle body language to convey the flirtatious exchanges among a group of young Parisians gathered outside a music…
Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Mauvaise surprise (Unpleasant Surprise) 1901 Oil on canvas, 194.6 x 129.9 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia The large-scale jungle scenes of Henri Rousseau are rife with violent struggles between wild animals such as lions, tigers, and horses. Here, a…
Seurat, Georges (1859-1891) L’Homme à femmes (The Ladies’ Man) 1890 Oil on panel, 25 x 16 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia This small oil painting was a study for the cover of L’homme à femmes, a satirical novel by Victor Joze published…
Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) La Leçon de musique (The Music Lesson) 1917 Oil on canvas, 245.1 x 210.8 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Matisse set this portrait of his wife, daughter, and two sons in the living room of the family home in…
Daumier, Honoré (1808-1879) Les Ribaudes (The Ribalds) 1848–1849 Oil on canvas, 128.9 x 96.5 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Honoré Daumier was one of the greatest caricaturists of the 19th century, creating thousands of keenly observed images of Parisian social types. This…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) La Famille Henriot (Henriot Family) c.1875 Oil on canvas, 115.6 x 164.1 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Daytrips to the countryside around Paris became a popular form of leisure during the late 19th century. Renoir alludes to this kind…
Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de (1864-1901) Au Cirque Fernando: L’Écuyère (At the Cirque Fernando: The Horsewoman) 1887–1888 Oil on canvas, 100.3 × 161.3 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago This work, set at a circus, captures the tense moment in which a female…