Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Enfant aux jouets, Gabrielle et Jean (Child with Toys, Gabrielle and the Artist’s Son, Jean) 1895–1896 Oil on canvas, 54.3 x 65.4 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Shown from about the waist up, a woman with…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Personnages cueillant des fleurs (Picking Flowers) 1875 Oil on canvas, 54.3 x 65.2 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A light-skinned man and woman stand looking at each other, surrounded by blooming flowers and lush green trees…
Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Victor Chocquet c.1877 Oil on canvas, 35.24 x 27.31 cm Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond Early in his artistic career, Cézanne became associated with painters including Pissarro, Monet, Renoir, and Degas. He learned the theories and techniques of…
Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) Autorretrato (Self-Portrait) 1815 Oil on canvas, 45.8 x 35.6 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Goya deliberately presents himself here as vulnerable and fragile, revealing the most serene and welcoming facet of his personality. A dark background painted with…
Van Eyck, Jan (c.1390-1441) Portrait of a Man (Self Portrait?) 1433 Oil on oak, 26 x 19 cm National Gallery, London This man, his face impassive and his gaze intense, is almost certainly Jan van Eyck himself. No other portraits of…
Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Portrait de Joseph Brummer (Portrait of Joseph Brummer) 1909 Oil on canvas, 115.9 × 88.3 cm National Gallery, London Staring straight at us while nonchalantly holding a cigarette is the Hungarian-born art dealer Joseph Brummer (1883‒1947). The portrait was…