Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Ambroise Vollard 1908 Oil on canvas, 81.6 x 65.2 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London One of the principal modern art dealers in the early twentieth century and a shrewd businessman, Ambroise Vollard sold much of Renoir’s work after…
Severini, Gino (1883-1966) Nature morte avec mandoline (Still life with mandolin) 1920 Tempera on paper, 32 x 49 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano The painting is a particularly finished still life study of very high quality, made in the early…
Severini, Gino (1883-1966) Grande natura morta con la zucca (Still Life with Pumpkin) 1917 Oil on panel, 92 x 65 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano Painted in 1917, Large Still Life with Pumpkin is a typical example of the paintings…
Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Tête de taureau (Head of a Bull) 1942 Oil on canvas, 116 x 89 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano The expressive brutality of the animal’s bleeding, severed head in such flagrant contrast with the white cloth reminds…
Seurat, Georges (1859-1891) Jeune femme se poudrant (Young Woman Powdering Herself) 1888–1890 Oil on canvas, 95.5 x 79.5 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London In this particular painting, Young Woman Powdering Herself, the modulation of light and shadow on the…
Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) Roses jaunes dans un vase (Yellow Roses in a Vase) 1882 Oil on canvas, 53.34 × 46.36 cm Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas A bouquet of yellow roses is set on a marble table against a dark…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Vase de lilas blancs et roses (Vase of White Lilacs and Roses) 1883 Oil on canvas, 55.88 × 46.04 cm Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas