Magritte, René (1898-1967) Les Amants (The Lovers) 1928 Oil on canvas, 54 x 73.4 cm Museum of Modern Art, New York In this unsettling image—the first in a series of four variations of Les Amants that Magritte painted in 1928—the…
Les Amants (1928)
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Madame Pierre Gautreau (1897)
La Gandara, Antonio de (1861-1917) Madame Pierre Gautreau 1897 Oil on canvas, 213.36 x 91.44 cm Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston On loan from Blair Darnell, L2006.01 See also: • Avegno Gautreau, Virginie Amélie (1859-1915)
Madame Gautreau Drinking a Toast (1882-1883)
Sargent, John Singer (1856-1925) Madame Gautreau Drinking a Toast 1882–1883 Oil on wood, 32 x 41 cm Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston Madame Pierre Gautreau, born Virginie Avegno (1859–1915), was Madame X, the statuesque sitter in Sargent’s most notorious portrait…
Madame X (1883-1884)
Sargent, John Singer (1856-1925) Madame X (Madame Pierre Gautreau) 1883–1884 Oil on canvas, 208.6 x 109.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Madame Pierre Gautreau (the Louisiana-born Virginie Amélie Avegno; 1859–1915) was known in Paris for her artful appearance.…
La Source (1875)
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) La Source (The Source) 1875 Oil on canvas, 131 x 77.5 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia The model here is Henriette Henriot, an actress who posed frequently for Renoir during his impressionist years. Renoir captures her in a…
La Rêverie (1877)
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) La Rêverie, ou Portrait de l’actrice Jeanne Samary (Daydreaming or Portrait of the Actress Jeanne Samary) 1877 Oil on canvas, 56 x 47 cm Pushkin Museum, Moscow Female images occupy a special place in Renoir‘s work, becoming…
Suzanne Valadon (c.1885)
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Suzanne Valadon c.1885 Oil on canvas, 41.3 x 31.8 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington See also: • Valadon, Suzanne (1865-1938)
Jeune femme tressant ses cheveux (1876)
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Jeune femme tressant ses cheveux (Young Woman Braiding Her Hair) 1876 Oil on canvas, 55.5 x 46 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A young woman with peachy skin shaded with ice blue and pale, mint green…
Jeune femme espagnole avec guitare (1898)
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Jeune femme espagnole avec guitare (Young Spanish Woman with Guitar) 1898 Oil on canvas, 55.6 x 65.2 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A young woman with pale, peachy skin and flushed cheeks sits facing our right…
Nu (c.1895)
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Nu (Nude) c.1895 Oil on canvas, 84.3 x 67.1 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington