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…
Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Arlésiennes (Mistral) 1888 Oil on jute canvas, 73 × 92 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago One of seventeen canvases that Paul Gauguin completed during a brief and tumultuous visit with Vincent van Gogh in Arles, this powerful…
Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Conversation sous les oliviers (Conversation under the Olive Trees) 1921 Oil on canvas, 100 x 82 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Succession H. Matisse / VEGAP, Madrid Carmen Thyssen Collection Beneath their tranquil surface, Matisse‘s paintings often conceal a…
Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788) Portrait of Sarah Buxton c.1776–1777 Oil on canvas, 110 x 87 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Together with Joshua Reynolds Thomas Gainsborough was one of the great 18th-century British portraitists. A certain rivalry existed between the two painters, which…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Berthe Morisot à l’éventail (Berthe Morisot with a Fan) 1874 Oil on canvas, 61 x 50 cm Palais des Beaux-Arts, Lille Compare: Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Portrait de Berthe Morisot à l’éventail 1874 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago See…
Chagall, Marc (1887-1985) Solitude 1933 Oil on canvas, 102 x 169 cm Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv
Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) Portrait d’une femme coiffée d’un turban bleu (Portrait of a Woman in a Blue Turban) c.1827 Oil on canvas, 60.33 × 49.21 cm Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas In this portrait, Eugène Delacroix uses the familiar conventions…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Lise au châle blanc (Lise in a White Shawl) c.1872 Oil on canvas, 56.2 × 46.36 cm Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas Emery Reves and Douglas Cooper each considered this superb – and sentimental – portrait of…
Pueyrredón, Prilidiano (1823-1870) Patio porteño en 1850 (Courtyard in Buenos Aires in 1850) c.1860 Oil on copper, 30.2 x 43 cm Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires This small painting has been overrated in its quality, for example the…
Cárcova, Ernesto de la (1866-1927) Retrato de la esposa del autor (Portrait of the Artist’s Wife) 1914 Oil on canvas, 182 x 125 cm Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires See also: • Pérez del Cerro y García de Cossio,…