Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Le Ruisseau du Puits-Noir, vallée de la Loue (The Puits Noir Stream, Loue Valley) 1855 Oil on canvas, 104 x 137 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Courbet painted events and scenery primarily from his native Ornans, a village…
Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) La gara tra Apollo e Marsia (The Contest between Apollo and Marsyas) c.1545 Oil on canvas, 139.7 x 240 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford
De Morgan, Evelyn (1855-1919) A Soul in Hell probably 1901–1902 Oil on canvas, 67.5 x 87.5 cm De Morgan Collection In the painting a seated man in rich robes is clearly in torment. There is nothing around him to suggest…
Magritte, René (1898-1967) L’Art de la Conversation (The Art of Conversation) 1950 Oil on canvas, 81 x 65 cm New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans Compare: Magritte, René (1898-1967) L’Art de la Conversation 1955 Private collection
Bouguereau, William-Adolphe (1825-1905) Les murmures de l’Amour (Whisperings of Love) 1889 Oil on canvas, 203.2 x 138.43 x 17.78 cm New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans
Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Les Saisons: Le Printemps (Seasons: Spring) c.1860 Oil on canvas Petit Palais, Paris Cézanne as a young painter signed “Ingres” on several works. In 1860, Cézanne, still a student at the law faculty in Aix, started out as…
Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Tête (Head) 1911–1912 Limestone, 65.4 x 17.1 x 21.3 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis A protaganist of the vibrant artistic community in Paris around 1910, the Italian Amedeo Modigliani sought to establish a new sculptural language, inspired…
Daubigny, Charles-François (1817-1878) Paysage près de Crémieu (Landscape near Crémieu) c.1849 Oil on canvas, 62.87 x 90.81 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis See also: • Crémieu (France)
Bouguereau, William-Adolphe (1825-1905) Innocence 1898 Oil on canvas, 93.3 x 58 cm Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester
Bouguereau, William-Adolphe (1825-1905) Homère et son guide (Homer and His Guide) 1874 Oil on canvas, 208.92 x 142.88 cm Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee See also: • Homer (fl. 9th or 8th century BC)