Redon, Odilon (1840-1916) La Voile jaune (The Yellow Sail) c.1905 Pastel on paper, 23 x 18-1/2 in. Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis Symbolist artist Odilon Redon created images that suggest mental states or spiritual realms rather than imitations of the visible world.…
Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Te Rerioa (The Dream) 1897 Oil on canvas, 95.1 x 130.2 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London Paul Gauguin painted this striking work a few years after settling in Tahiti, a French colony in the southern Pacific, and only…
(1868–1941) Émile Henri Bernard The artist’s works: Baigneuses à la vache rouge 1887 Musée d’Orsay, Paris Intérieur à Pont-Aven 1887 Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Jeux d’enfants 1888 Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Autoportrait au tableau “Baigneuses à la vache rouge” c.1889 Musée d’Orsay, Paris Baigneuses…
(1834–1896) The artist’s works: La Belle Iseult 1858 Tate Britain, London Peacock 1878 Musée d’Orsay, Paris Peacock and Dragon 1878 Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Strawberry Thief 1883 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer 1896 Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo…
(1833–1898) Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, 1st Baronet, ARA The artist’s works: The Annunciation and the Adoration of the Magi 1861 Tate Britain, London King Cophetua and the Beggar Maid 1862 Tate Britain, London Ariadne 1863–1864 National Gallery of Art, Washington Princess Sabra 1865…
Fantin-Latour, Henri (1836-1904) L’Immortalité (Immortality) 1889 Oil on canvas, 116.2 x 87.3 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff The personification of Immortality holds the palm of victory and scatters flowers onto a tomb inscribed ‘DELACROIX’. Behind, the towers of Notre Dame Cathedral…
(1890–1918) Egon Leo Adolf Ludwig Schiele The artist’s works: Portrait of Doctor X 1910 Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford Nude Girl with Arms Outstretched 1911 Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Self-Portrait 1911 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Self-Portrait with Splayed Fingers 1911 Leopold Museum, Vienna Standing Female…
(1855–1919) Evelyn De Morgan, née Mary Evelyn Pickering The artist’s works: Cadmus and Harmonia 1877 De Morgan Collection The Angel of Death I 1880 De Morgan Collection The Little Sea Maid 1880–1888 De Morgan Collection Love’s Passing 1883–1884 De Morgan…
(1840–1916) Bertrand Redon The artist’s works: Village au bord de la mer en Bretagne c.1880 National Gallery of Art, Washington Village breton c.1890 National Gallery of Art, Washington Sita c.1893 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Femme voilée c.1895–1900 Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo Profile de femme…
Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre (1824-1898) La Générosité (Generosity) 1894 Oil and pencil on buff paper mounted on canvas, 142.2 × 284.5 cm Victoria and Albert Museum, London Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (1824-1898) was born in Lyon and only in 1847, after…