Cassatt, Mary (1844-1926) The Cup of Tea c.1880–1881 Oil on canvas, 92.4 x 65.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Taking afternoon tea was a social ritual for many upper-middle-class women. Committed to portraying the ordinary events of everyday…
Waterhouse, John William (1849-1917) Sleep and his Half-brother Death (Hypnos and Thanatos) 1874 Oil on canvas, 69.8 x 90.8 cm Private collection
Waterhouse, John William (1849-1917) Hylas and the Nymphs 1896 Oil on canvas, 98.2 x 163.3 cm Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester Mythological scene from the ancient Greek tale of Jason and the Argonauts, showing Hylas being tempted to his death by…
Waterhouse, John William (1849-1917) Ophelia 1910 Oil on canvas, 101.6 x 63.5 cm Private collection See also: • Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Waterhouse, John William (1849-1917) Ophelia 1894 Oil on canvas, 124.5 x 73.7 cm Private collection See also: • Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Gris, Juan (1887-1927) Hommage à Pablo (Portrait of Pablo Picasso) 1912 Oil on canvas, 93.3 x 74.4 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago In 1906 Juan Gris traveled to Paris, where he met Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque and participated in…
Gris, Juan (1887-1927) Arlequin à la guitare (Harlequin with a Guitar) 1917 Oil on panel, 100.3 × 65.1 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Like many European artists before them, Cubists often depicted Harlequin, a stock character in the Italian…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Lola de Valence 1862 Oil on canvas, 123 x 92 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris See also: • Lola de Valence, née Dolores Melea
Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Lola de Valence 1915 Oil on paper, mounted on wood, 52.1 × 33.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Modigliani consistently integrated stylistic features of African art into his distinctive portraits. This work represents Lola de Valence,…
Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Nu couché (Reclining Nude) 1917 Oil on canvas, 60.6 x 92.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Modigliani’s celebrated series of reclining nudes, begun in 1916, is influenced by Italian Renaissance representations of Venus and other idealized…