Magritte, René (1898-1967) Le faux miroir (The False Mirror) 1929 Oil on canvas, 54 x 80.9 cm Museum of Modern Art, New York © 2013 C. Herscovici, Brussels / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York A huge, isolated eye stares out at…
Magritte, René (1898-1967) La condition humaine (The Human Condition) 1933 Oil on canvas, 100 x 81 x 1.6 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Two of Magritte‘s favored themes were the “window painting” and the “painting within a painting.” The Human Condition…
Magritte, René (1898-1967) Golconde (Golconda) 1953 Oil on canvas, 80 × 100.3 cm Menil Collection, Houston See also: • Golconda (India)
Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) Yo y mis pericos (Me and My Parrots) 1941 Oil on canvas, 82 x 62.8 cm Private collection
Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) Retrato de Diego Rivera (Portrait of Diego Rivera) 1937 Oil on wood, 46 x 32 cm Private collection See also: • Rivera, Diego
Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) Pensando en la Muerte (Thinking about Death) 1943 Oil on canvas on masonite, 45.1 x 36.8 cm Private collection
Holbein, Hans the Younger (c.1497-1543) Noli me Tangere 1526–1528 Oil on oak panel, 76.7 x 95.8 cm Royal Collection, Hampton Court Palace, London When the diarist John Evelyn saw this painting in Charles II’s Private Lodgings at Whitehall in 1680 he recorded…
Holbein, Hans the Younger (c.1497-1543) Erasmus 1523 Oil on wood, 73.6 x 51.4 cm National Gallery, London On loan from Longford Castle collection, © Longford Castle Collection Erasmus (1466/9 – 1536) was one of the most famous writers of his day…
Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Pommes et oranges (Apples and Oranges) c.1899 Oil on canvas, 74 x 93 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris Though Cézanne painted still life compositions from the start of his career, it was only in later years that this genre…
Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Portrait de l’artiste au fond rose (Self-Portrait with Pink Background) c.1875 Oil on canvas, 66 x 55.2 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris