Soutine, Chaïm (1893-1943) Le Chapeau blanc (The White Hat) c.1923 Oil on canvas, 41 x 27 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Soutine presents a man with a turnip-shaped head wearing a small white hat. The figure’s black, high-collared coat emphasizes the strange contours…
Soutine, Chaïm (1893-1943) L’Homme en bleu (Man in Blue) c.1921 Oil on canvas, 130.8 x 65.7 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Though conventional in format, this portrait of an unidentified man is uniquely Soutine‘s in its gestural brushwork and fiery colors. As in…
Soutine, Chaïm (1893-1943) La Femme en bleu (Woman in Blue) c.1919 Oil on canvas, 100.3 x 60.3 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Born in Lithuania, Soutine emigrated to Paris in 1913 and settled in the bohemian neighborhood of Montparnasse. The identity of his…
Dalí, Salvador (1904-1989) Figura en una finestra (Figure in a Window) 1925 Oil on papier-mâché, 105 x 74.5 cm Museo Reina Sofía, Madrid
Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Mujer en azul (Woman in Blue) 1901 Oil on canvas, 133 x 100 cm Museo Reina Sofía, Madrid
Gris, Juan (1887-1927) Le citron (The Lemon) 1919 Oil on canvas, 55.2 x 37.8 cm Museo Reina Sofía, Madrid
Carpaccio, Vittore (c.1460-c.1526) Giovane cavaliere in un paesaggio (Young Knight in a Landscape) c.1505 Oil on canvas, 218.5 x 151.5 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid The canvas, signed and dated by Carpaccio on a cartellino to the right of the figure, was…
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Nymphéas (Water Lilies) 1916–1919 Oil on canvas, 130 x 151 cm Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris
Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) Faust et Méphistophélès (Faust and Mephistopheles) 1827–1828 Oil on canvas, 45.5 x 37.7 cm Wallace Collection, London See also: • Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von (1749-1832)
Hals, Frans (c.1582-1666) Merrymakers at Shrovetide c.1616–1617 Oil on canvas, 131.4 x 99.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Shrovetide, now better known as Mardi Gras, is the traditional period of indulgence before the fasting and self-discipline of Lent. In the…