O’Keeffe, Georgia (1887-1986) Narcissa’s Last Orchid 1940 Pastel, 54.5 x 69.1 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Here, O’Keeffe exploits the directness and tactility of drawing in pastel, using her finger to massage the color into the paper to create painterly…
Gris, Juan (1887-1927) Verre, couteau et assiette de fruits (Tumbler, Knife, and Plate of Fruit) 1918 Graphite, 25.8 x 33.4 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton The Spanish-born painter and draftsman Juan Gris studied mathematics and engineering in Madrid for two…
Fantin-Latour, Henri (1836-1904) Vase de fleurs (Vase of Flowers) 1861 Oil on canvas, 44.4 x 36 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton The painter and critic Jacques-Émile Blanche (1861–1942) compared Fantin-Latour’s studies of the flower—”its grain, its tissue”—to the observation of…
Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Nature morte (Still Life) 1867 Oil on canvas, 81 x 99.7 cm Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo “Don’t bother trying to look for something new: you won’t find novelty in the subject matter, but in the way you…
Chagall, Marc (1887-1985) Le vase de fleurs (The Vase of Flowers) 1940 Gouache, 64 x 46.5 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Le lapin (The Rabbit) 1881 Oil on canvas, 97.5 x 61 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff
Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Nature morte à la théière (Still life with teapot) 1902–1906 Oil on canvas, 61.4 x 74.3 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff
Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) Una taza de agua y una rosa (A Cup of Water and a Rose) c.1630 Oil on canvas, 21.2 × 30.1 cm National Gallery, London In this small and intimate painting – it only measures around 20 by…
Vuillard, Édouard (1868-1940) La Cheminée (The Mantelpiece) 1905 Oil on cardboard, 51.4 × 77.5 cm National Gallery, London This picture – a combination of interior scene and still-life painting – shows Vuillard’s room at Château-Rouge in Amfreville, Normandy. His friends Jos and…
Scholderer, Otto (1834-1902) Oysters (Austern) 1891 Oil on canvas, 25 x 42 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff