Braque, Georges (1882-1963) Le port de l’Estaque (The Harbour at L’Estaque) 1906 Oil on canvas, 60.5 x 73 cm Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen The painting of the small town of L’Estaque in the Bay of Marseille depicts the landscape as a…
Brueghel, Jan the Elder (1568-1625) Christ in the Storm on the Sea of Galilee 1596 Oil on copper, 26.6 x 35 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Jan Brueghel belonged to a dynasty of painters whose first outstanding member was Pieter Bruegel, Jan’s…
Bonheur, Rosa (1822-1899) El Cid 1879 Oil on canvas, 95 x 76 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid During the Franco-Prussian War, Rosa Bonheur developed a singular fondness for lions. According to Anna Klumpke, her partner in the final years of her…
Braque, Georges (1882-1963) Les Arbres (Trees) 1908 Oil on canvas, 73 x 60 cm Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen We can still recognize the shapes and colors of the trees, and we know that the artist painted in the area of the…
Braque, Georges (1882-1963) Grand Nu (Large Nude) 1907–1908 Oil on canvas, 140 × 100 cm Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris [Winter 1907 – June 1908] By virtue of its subject, its dimensions and its audacity, this work constitutes an essential milestone in…