Van Eyck, Jan (c.1390-1441) The Annunciation Diptych c.1433–1435 Oil on panel, left wing: 38.8 x 23.2 cm; right wing: 39 x 24 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid This diptych is an outstanding example of grisaille painting. Here, van Eyck deliberately rejects the…
Morisot, Berthe (1841-1895) Le Miroir Psyché (The Psyche mirror) 1876 Oil on canvas, 65 x 54 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Berthe Morisot was closely associated with French Impressionism and actively participated in all the group’s exhibitions. She maintained close and creative…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Portrait d’Henri Rochefort (Portrait of Henri Rochefort) 1881 Oil on canvas, 81.5 x 66.5 cm Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg See also: • Rochefort, Victor Henri (1831-1913)
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Georges Clemenceau 1879–1880 Oil on canvas, 94 x 73.8 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris Compare: Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Portrait de Georges Clemenceau 1879–1880 Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth See also: • Clemenceau, Georges (1841-1929)
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Portrait de Georges Clemenceau (Portrait of Georges Clemenceau) 1879–1880 Oil on canvas, 115.9 x 88.2 cm Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth Shortly after he became prime minister of France in 1906, Georges Clemenceau (1841–1929) ordered Manet’s controversial painting…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Mendiant en manteau, Le Philosophe (Beggar with a Duffle Coat, Philosopher) 1865–1867 Oil on canvas, 187.7 × 109.9 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago This painting and Beggar with Oysters were probably conceived as companion pieces. Édouard Manet…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Le Petit Lange (Little Lange) 1862 Oil on canvas, 143 x 100 cm Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) La Japonaise (Camille Monet in Japanese Costume) 1876 Oil on canvas, 231.8 x 142.3 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Monet exhibited this work at the second group show of the Impressionist painters in 1876, where it attracted…
Klimt, Gustav (1862-1918) Portrait of Friedericke Maria Beer 1916 Oil on canvas, 168 x 130 cm Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv Friederike Maria Beer-Monti and Gustav Klimt, Summer 1916 in Weißenbach am Attersee. See also: • Beer, Friedericke Maria (1891-1980)
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Femme à la perruche (Woman with Parrot) 1871 Oil on canvas, 92.1 x 65.1 cm Guggenheim Museum, New York The woman holding the parakeet is Lise Tréhot, an artist’s model and Renoir’s close companion of six years. Tréhot…