Boccioni, Umberto (1882-1916) Forza dinamica del ciclista (Dynamic Force of the Cyclist) 1914 (published 1921) Photolithograph, 21 x 31.1 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia
Chagall, Marc (1887-1985) La Crucifixion (The Crucifixion) 1940 Oil on canvas, 34 x 29.4 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia During the late 1930s Marc Chagall became increasingly aware of the plight of his fellow Jews in Europe and embarked on a…
Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Sunflowers (F 455, JH 1668) 1889 Oil on canvas, 92.4 × 71.1 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia Vincent van Gogh painted this luminous image of sunflowers from memory, in the depths of winter in 1889. Throughout his…
Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Yeux bleus (Blue Eyes) 1917 Oil on canvas, 54.6 x 42.9 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia Born in Livorno, Italy, on the coast of Tuscany, Modigliani moved to Paris in January 1906, where he quickly fell in with…
Gris, Juan (1887-1927) Homme dans un café (Man in a Café) 1912 Oil on canvas, 127.6 x 88.3 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia Juan Gris was the only artist included in the 1912 Salon de la Section d’Or who actually used…
Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Nous autres musiciens (Three Musicians) 1921 Oil on canvas, 204.5 × 188.3 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia Pablo Picasso had a large ambition for this monumental canvas: to look back at and say farewell to a key period…
Sisley, Alfred (1839-1899) La Seine à Billancourt (The Seine at Billancourt) 1877 Oil on canvas, 45.7 x 54.9 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia See also: • Boulogne-Billancourt (France)
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Le Départ du vapeur de Folkestone (The Folkestone Boat, Boulogne) c.1868–1872 Oil on canvas, 60 x 73.5 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia This image of the steam ferry that carried passengers from Boulogne to Folkestone, on the Channel…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Le Kearsarge à Boulogne (The Kearsarge at Boulogne) 1864 Oil on canvas, 81.6 x 100 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York During the American Civil War, the United States warship Kearsarge made headlines after sinking the Confederate…