Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) La Tragédie (The Tragedy) 1903 Oil on wood, 105.3 x 69 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Painted entirely in shades of blue, this vertical scene shows a woman, an elderly man, and a young child standing close…
Sargent, John Singer (1856-1925) En route pour la pêche (Setting Out to Fish) 1878 Oil on canvas, 78.7 × 122.9 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington En route pour la pêche depicts a scene in the quiet fishing village of Cancale,…
Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de (1864-1901) Femme fumant une cigarette (Woman Smoking a Cigarette) 1890 Oil, watercolor, and graphite over charcoal on paper board, 47 x 29.8 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York Around 1890 Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec produced a number of works depicting…
Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Femme tahitienne (Tahitian Woman) c.1894 Charcoal and pastel on paper, mounted on millboard, 54.9 x 49.5 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York In 1890 Paul Gauguin wrote of his attraction to the French colony of Tahiti in a manner…
Bouguereau, William-Adolphe (1825-1905) La soeur aînée, réduction (The Elder Sister, reduction) c.1864 Oil on panel, 55.6 x 45.6 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York Signed lower right on chest: “W Bouguereau” This painting portrays a young woman dressed in garments that seem…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) L’Amazone (The Equestrienne) c.1875–1876 Watercolor on paper, 20.8 x 27 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York In the mid-nineteenth century, the term amazone mockingly referred to fashionable Parisian women who preferred to ride on horseback instead of inside a…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Les Vignes à Cagnes (The Vineyards at Cagnes) 1908 Oil on canvas, 46.4 x 55.2 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York Here, Pierre-Auguste Renoir depicts a woman reading beneath an olive tree on his estate near Cagnes, in the…
Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Jeune fille au corsage à pois (Girl with a Polka-Dot Blouse) 1919 Oil on canvas, 115.6 x 73 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia A thin paint surface and clean, decisive lines characterize this portrait of a young woman. The…