Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Elvira reposant à une table (Elvira Resting at a Table) c.1918–1919 Oil on canvas, 92.7 × 60.5 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis This woman was one of Amedeo Modigliani’s favorite models, a young worker known only…
Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Chaim Soutine 1918 Oil on canvas, 91.7 x 59.7 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Born in 1884 to an aristocratic family in Livorno, Italy, Amedeo Modigliani settled in the Montmartre neighborhood of Paris in 1906 and began…
Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Le Lupanar (The Brothel) 1888 Oil on canvas, 33 x 41 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Van Gogh painted this sketch of a brothel parlor while working in close dialogue with fellow artist Paul Gauguin. In the fall of…
Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) Faust et Méphistophélès (Faust and Mephistopheles) 1827–1828 Oil on canvas, 45.5 x 37.7 cm Wallace Collection, London See also: • Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von (1749-1832)
Vasari, Giorgio (1511-1574) Le nozze di Cana (The Wedding at Cana) 1566 Oil on wood, 40 x 28 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) La cena di Emmaus (The Supper at Emmaus) c.1542 Oil on canvas, 156 x 212 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest According to the Gospel of Saint Luke, two of Christ’s disciples, while on their way to Emmaus, met…
Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) Almuerzo de campesinos (The Farmers’ Lunch, Tavern Scene with Two Men and a Girl) c.1618–1619 Oil on canvas, 96 × 112 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
Nadar (1820-1910) George Sand 1864 Photograph, 10.5 x 6.5 cm Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris See also: • Sand, George (1804-1876)
Ensor, James (1860-1949) Nature morte au pot bleu (Still life with blue jug) 1890 Oil on panel, 38 x 46 cm Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo
Ensor, James (1860-1949) L’après-midi à Ostende (Afternoon in Ostend) 1881 Oil on canvas, 111 x 134.1 x 2.5 cm Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp See also: • Ostend (Belgium)