Millet, Jean-François (1814-1875) Paysan avec brouette (Peasant with a Wheelbarrow) 1848–1852 Oil on canvas, 37.8 x 45.4 cm Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis Millet was a leading member of the Barbizon School of painters, which rose to prominence around 1850. Often working…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Printemps, Chatou (Spring, Chatou) c.1873 Oil on canvas, 59.6 x 73.7 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London The patch of water glimpsed through the trees on the left is the only feature linking this idyllic scene with Chatou. The…
Derain, André (1880-1954) Portrait du marchand Léopold Zborowski (Portrait of the merchant Leopold Zborowski) c.1923–1924 Oil on canvas, 44.5 x 37.1 cm Private collection See also: • Léopold Zborowski (1889-1932)
Bacon, Francis (1909-1992) Self-Portrait 1971 Oil on canvas, 35.5 × 30.5 cm Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris © The Estate of Francis Bacon. All rights reserved. / DACS, London / ARS, NY 2019 The body has long served as an inspiration for…
Bacon, Francis (1909-1992) Study for a Portrait 1952 Oil paint and sand on canvas, 66.1 × 56.1 × 1.8 cm Tate Britain, London © Estate of Francis Bacon. All Rights Reserved, DACS 2025 Francis Bacon painted directly onto the raw, unprimed side of the…
Schiele, Egon (1890-1918) Standing Female in Shirt with Black Stockings and Red Scarf (Stehendes Mädchen im Hemd, mit schwarzen Strümpfen und rotem Tuch) 1911 Gouache, watercolor and pencil on paper, 55.3 x 38.1 cm Private collection Schiele’s early watercolors and drawings…
Ensor, James (1860-1949) Ensor au chevalet (Ensor at his Easel) 1886? Oil on canvas, 58.5 × 40.5 cm Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp
Sargent, John Singer (1856-1925) Henry James 1913 Oil on canvas, 85.1 x 67.3 cm National Portrait Gallery, London See also: • James, Henry (1843-1916)
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Le Bohémien (The Bohemian) 1861–1862, date of rework: 1867 Oil on canvas, 90.5 x 55.3 x 2.5 cm Louvre, Abu Dhabi The pose of this young man with a bent wrist recalls Renaissance painting and endows the work with…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Femme prenant du chocolat (Cup of Chocolate) c.1912 Oil on canvas, 54.1 x 65.1 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Renoir painted this canvas years after he had moved away from impressionism, when he was living in the rural countryside of…