Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Nature morte aux coloquintes (Still Life with Gourds) 1916 Oil on canvas, 100 x 81.3 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Matisse made some of his most experimental work between 1913 and 1917. In this still life from the end…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Femme à l’éventail (Woman with Fan) 1886 Oil on canvas, 55.9 x 45.7 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia This painting exemplifies the drastic shift in Renoir‘s style during the mid-1880s. After several years of working in an impressionist mode…
Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Portrait de Jeanne Hébuterne (Portrait of Jeanne Hébuterne) 1918 Oil on canvas, 99.7 x 64.8 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Jeanne Hébuterne, Modigliani‘s last mistress, is recognizable by her auburn hair, blank blue eyes, and swanlike neck. Painted the…
Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Nu couché (Reclining Nude) 1923–1924 Oil on canvas, 60 x 92 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Matisse painted this work in Nice, a city in the South of France that he visited frequently in the 1920s. The canvas is…
Léger, Fernand (1881-1955) Femme allongée (Reclining Woman) 1922 Oil on canvas, 64.5 × 92 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Fernand Léger first saw the work of the Cubists Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso at the Paris gallery of Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler.…
Vorobieff, Marie (1892-1984) Maria Marevna, Self Portrait 1931 Oil on panel, 41 × 33 cm Private collection
Rivera, Diego (1886-1957) Retrato de Marevna (Portrait of Marevna) c.1915 Oil on canvas, 145.7 × 112.7 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Early in his career, Diego Rivera enjoyed a brief but sparkling period as a Cubist painter. After years of…
Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) La Lecture interrompue (Interrupted Reading) c.1870 Oil on canvas mounted on board, 92.5 × 65.1 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Interrupted Reading is among the most compelling of Camille Corot’s late figure paintings. Corot almost never exhibited…
De Chirico, Giorgio (1888-1978) La conquista del filosofo (The Philosopher’s Conquest) 1913–1914 Oil on canvas, 125.1 × 99.1 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago The work of Giorgio de Chirico represents an unexpected form of classicism in early avant-garde painting. This…
Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Intérieur à Nice (Interior at Nice) 1919–1920 Oil on canvas, 131.5 × 90.7 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Beginning in 1917, Henri Matisse spent most winters in Nice, on the Mediterranean coast. He often stayed at the…