Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Olga Picasso 1923 Oil on canvas, 130 x 97 cm Private collection See also: • Khokhlova, Olga (1891-1955)
Olga Picasso (1923)
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The Day Dream (1880)
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) The Day Dream 1880 Oil on canvas, 158.7 × 92.7 cm Victoria and Albert Museum, London The sitter for this painting was Jane Morris, the wife of William Morris, who often posed for Rossetti. At the time this…
Portrait de Madame de Pompadour (1758)
Boucher, François (1703-1770) Portrait de Madame de Pompadour (Portrait of Madame Pompadour) 1758 Oil on canvas, 57.8 × 52.4 cm Victoria and Albert Museum, London François Boucher (1703-1770) was born in Paris and probably received his first artistic training from his father…
Une couturière (1892)
Vuillard, Édouard (1868-1940) Une couturière (A Seamstress) 1892 Oil on canvas, 64.5 x 53.7 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis The subject of a woman sewing comes directly from Edouard Vuillard‘s own experience in his mother’s dressmaking shop where, as a…
Femme à la fenêtre (1871)
Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Femme à la fenêtre (Woman at a Window) 1871 Oil on paper, 78 x 63 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London This scene of a woman profiled against a bright window seems serene. However, the English artist Walter Sickert,…
Portrait d’Ambroise Vollard au chat (c.1924)
Bonnard, Pierre (1867-1947) Portrait d’Ambroise Vollard au chat (Portrait of Ambroise Vollard with a Cat) c.1924 Oil on canvas, 96.5 x 111 cm Petit Palais, Paris In the center of a room cluttered with paintings, Ambroise Vollard (1866-1939) sits on a chair…
Madame Jean Renoir (c.1923)
Derain, André (1880-1954) Madame Jean Renoir (Catherine Hessling) c.1923 Oil on canvas, 90.4 x 75.2 cm National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo This painting depicts the actress Catherine Hessling, wife of the film director Jean Renoir. Catherine Hessling was her stage name,…
Eugène Manet à l’Ile de Wight (1875)
Morisot, Berthe (1841-1895) Eugène Manet à l’Ile de Wight (Eugène Manet on the Isle of Wight) 1875 Oil on canvas, 38 × 46 cm Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris On December 22, 1874, Berthe Morisot married Eugène Manet at the Church of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce-de-Passy…
Portrait d’une femme polonaise (1919)
Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Portrait d’une femme polonaise (Portrait of a Polish Woman) 1919 Oil on canvas, 100.3 × 64.8 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia Notorious for his fiery temper, his passionate love affairs, and his severe poverty, Amedeo Modigliani was the consummate…
Le Bon Bock (1873)
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Le Bon Bock (The Good Bock) 1873 Oil on canvas, 94.6 × 83.3 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia Bock is a dark, rich beer made in the spring. This vivid depiction of a drinker recalls the animated portraits by…