Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Le Déjeuner dans l’atelier (Luncheon in the Studio) 1868 Oil on canvas, 118.3 x 154 cm Neue Pinakothek, Munich The title of the painting, “Le déjeuner dans l’atelier”, distracts from the fact that this is a portrait of…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Léonard Renoir, le père de l’artiste (Léonard Renoir, the Artist’s Father) 1869 Oil on canvas, 62.2 x 47 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis Painted when the artist was twenty-eight, Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s work represents his seventy year-old father,…
Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Autoportrait à l’âge de 24 ans (Self-portrait at age 24) 1804 Oil on canvas, 77 x 63 cm Musée Condé, Chantilly An early work, painted in 1804, was exhibited in its initial state at the Salon…
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…
Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) Partie de bateau, dit Canotier au chapeau haut de forme (Boating Party, or Canotier with the top hat) c.1877–1878 Oil on canvas, 89.5 x 116.7 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris « Partie de bateau » or « Canotier au…
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…
Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) La muse inspirant le poète (The Muse Inspiring the Poet) 1909 Oil on canvas, 146.2 x 96.9 cm Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel The portrait of Guillaume Apollinaire and his partner, the painter Marie Laurencin, is one of the most famous…