Tag: table

L’Ascète (1903)

Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) L’Ascète (The Ascetic) 1903 Oil on canvas, 118.4 x 80.6 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Between 1901 and 1904, during what is now called his Blue Period, Picasso pursued the themes of suffering and alienation, taking the sick, the…

Le Coffret chinois (1922)

Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Le Coffret chinois (Chinese Casket) 1922 Oil on canvas, 60.4 x 74 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Henri Matisse‘s love of decoration is evident here, as the patterned tablecloth and wallpapers flow together into a dizzying composition that almost…

Nature morte aux coloquintes (1916)

Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Nature morte aux coloquintes (Still Life with Gourds) 1916 Oil on canvas, 100 x 81.3 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Matisse made some of his most experimental work between 1913 and 1917. In this still life from the end…

La Lecture interrompue (c.1870)

Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) La Lecture interrompue (Interrupted Reading) c.1870 Oil on canvas mounted on board, 92.5 × 65.1 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Interrupted Reading is among the most compelling of Camille Corot’s late figure paintings. Corot almost never exhibited…

Intérieur à Nice (1919-1920)

Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Intérieur à Nice (Interior at Nice) 1919–1920 Oil on canvas, 131.5 × 90.7 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Beginning in 1917, Henri Matisse spent most winters in Nice, on the Mediterranean coast. He often stayed at the…

Femme devant un aquarium (1921-1923)

Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Femme devant un aquarium (Woman before an Aquarium) 1921–1923 Oil on canvas, 81.2 × 100.2 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago In the first two decades of the 20th century, Henri Matisse visited exhibitions of Islamic art and…

L’invention des monstres (1937)

Dalí, Salvador (1904-1989) L’invention des monstres (Invention of the monsters) 1937 Oil on canvas, 51.4 x 78.1 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago © Salvador Dalí, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, 2018 Salvador Dalí, Surrealism’s most…

Le panier de pommes (c.1893)

Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Le panier de pommes (The Basket of Apples) c.1893 Oil on canvas, 65 × 80 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Art, Paul Cézanne once claimed, is “a harmony running parallel to nature,” not an imitation of nature.…

Au Moulin Rouge (1892-1895)

Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de (1864-1901) Au Moulin Rouge (At the Moulin Rouge) 1892–1895 Oil on canvas, 123 × 141 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec has been associated with the Moulin Rouge since its opening in 1889: the owner…