Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) La cascade (The Waterfall) 1910 Oil on canvas, 116.2 × 150.2 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Among the very last compositions Henri Rousseau painted, The Waterfall is typical of the large-scale jungle scenes for which he gained…
Ribera, Jusepe de (1591-1652) San Pietro penitente (Penitent Saint Peter) 1628–1632 Oil on canvas, 126.5 × 97 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Emerging from darkness into a blaze of light falling from heaven, Saint Peter’s enraptured upward expression and gesture…
Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) La Place du Havre, Paris (The Place du Havre, Paris) 1893 Oil on canvas, 60.1 × 73.5 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago After a period of experimentation with the Neo-Impressionist style developed by Georges Seurat, Camille Pissarro returned…
Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Femme baignant ses pieds dans un ruisseau (Woman Bathing Her Feet in a Brook) 1894–1895 Oil on canvas, 73 × 92 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Camille Pissarro referred to this painting in a letter of November…
Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Madam Pompadour 1915 Oil on canvas, 61.1 × 50.2 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Born of Jewish parents in the Italian coastal town of Leghorn, Amedeo Modigliani settled in Paris in 1906, where he developed friendships with Pablo…
Millet, Jean-François (1814-1875) Paysans ramenant à la maison un veau né dans les champs (Peasants Bringing Home a Calf Born in the Fields) 1864 Oil on canvas, 81.1 × 100 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Compare: Millet, Jean-François (1814-1875) Ramenant à…
Millais, John Everett (1829-1896) Bridge of Sighs 1858 Etching on ivory chine, laid down on ivory wove paper, 17.6 × 12.5 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago The etching was made as an illustration to Thomas Hood’s poem ‘The Bridge of Sighs’,…
Legros, Alphonse (1837-1911) Portrait de Tolstoï (Portrait of Tolstoy) s.d. Drypoint on ivory laid paper, 27.3 × 19.9 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago See also: Tolstoy, Leo (1828-1910)
Klimt, Gustav (1862-1918) Male Nude with Left Foot on a Pedestal 1879 Graphite and white heightening on brown wove paper, 40.8 x 26.7 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Charles Gounod 1841 Graphite on ivory wove paper, 29.9 x 23.3 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago See also: • Gounod, Charles (1818-1893) | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)