Monet, Claude (1840-1926) La plage de Trouville (The Beach at Trouville) 1870 Oil on canvas, 54 x 64.8 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford Curatorial Narrative: Monet spent the summer of 1870 at Trouville, the popular French resort along the English Channel. This…
Ernst, Max (1891-1976) L’Europe après la pluie (Europe after the Rain II) 1940–1942 Oil on canvas, 54.8 × 147.8 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford Curatorial Narrative: Ernst began this work in occupied France during World War II. He finished it in New York…
Ernst, Max (1891-1976) La nuit (The Night) s.d. Oil on canvas, 61 × 46 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford The Night (Act 2, Scene 4: Balcony Scene) from “Romeo and Juliet“. See also: • Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Ernst, Max (1891-1976) Pietà ou La révolution la nuit (Pietà or Revolution by Night) 1923 Oil on canvas, 116.2 × 88.9 cm Tate Britain, London
Ernst, Max (1891-1976) Gala Éluard 1924 Oil on canvas, 81.3 × 65.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This evocative portrait reveals the deeply intertwined personal and artistic lives of members of the Surrealist circle and depicts the movement’s fascination…
Schiele, Egon (1890-1918) Self-Portrait with Splayed Fingers (Selbstdarstellung mit gespreizten Fingern) 1911 Pencil and gouache, heightened with white, on paper, 28 x 52.5 cm Leopold Museum, Vienna
Schiele, Egon (1890-1918) Lovemaking (Liebesakt) 1915 Pencil and gouache on paper, 49.6 x 31.7 cm Leopold Museum, Vienna
Schiele, Egon (1890-1918) Self-Portrait with Physalis (Selbstbildnis mit Lampionfrüchten) 1912 Oil on canvas, 32.2 x 39.8 cm Leopold Museum, Vienna
Schiele, Egon (1890-1918) Self-Portrait 1911 Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on paper, 51.4 x 34.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Egon Schiele‘s career was short, intense, and amazingly productive. Before succumbing to influenza in 1918 at the age of twenty-eight,…
Boccioni, Umberto (1882-1916) Mia madre che lavora (My Mother Working) 1907 Drypoint printed in black on wove paper, 36.2 × 31 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington See also: • Boccioni, Cecilia Forlani (?)