Claudel, Camille (1864-1943) L’Abandon (Abandonment) c.1886 Bronze, 42.3 x 39.1 x 20.5 cm Musée Camille Claudel, Nogent-sur-Seine © Musée Camille Claudel, photo by Marco Illuminati This bronze sculpture is a small model produced in 1905 by the foundryman and collector Eugène Blot,…
Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898) La plage de Trouville à l’heure du bain (The beach of Trouville at bath time) 1864 Oil on canvas, 67.5 x 104 cm Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto See also: • Trouville-sur-Mer (France)
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)
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Saint Bartholomew 1657 Oil on canvas, 122.7 x 99.7 cm Timken Museum of Art, San Diego Rembrandt van Rijn is one of the greatest artists of all time and acclaimed for his compelling representations of the human condition. Known…
Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Nu féminin assis (Seated Female Nude) c.1916 Oil on canvas, 92.4 x 59.8 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London This is one of a series of celebrated female nudes which Modigliani painted in 1916 and 1917. His unusual…
Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Jeanne Hébuterne 1919 Oil on canvas, 100 × 65 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia The model here is Jeanne Hébuterne, Amedeo Modigliani‘s lover during the last three years of his life. Hébuterne was an art student when she and…
Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Portrait de Madame Cézanne (Portrait of Madame Cézanne) 1888–1890 Oil on canvas, 92.7 x 73 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Marie-Hortense Fiquet posed frequently for her husband, Paul Cézanne. The two met in Paris in 1869, when Fiquet was…
Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) L’Ascète (The Ascetic) 1903 Oil on canvas, 118.4 x 80.6 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Between 1901 and 1904, during what is now called his Blue Period, Picasso pursued the themes of suffering and alienation, taking the sick, the…
Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) M. Loulou (Mr. Louis Le Ray) 1890 Oil on canvas, 55.2 x 46.4 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Beginning in 1886 Gauguin frequently painted in Le Pouldo, a small town in the Brittany region of France, attracted by what…
Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Jeune fille au corsage à pois (Girl with a Polka-Dot Blouse) 1919 Oil on canvas, 115.6 x 73 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia A thin paint surface and clean, decisive lines characterize this portrait of a young woman. The…