De Chirico, Giorgio (1888-1978) Conversazione tra le rovine (Conversation among the Ruins) 1927 Oil on canvas, 130.5 x 97.2 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A man, woman, a small table, chair, and two fragments of walls float on an octagonal, straw-colored…
Gris, Juan (1887-1927) Le moulin à café (The Coffee Mill) 1916 Oil on canvas, 55 x 38 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland A member of Picasso‘s intimate circle, Gris began painting austere Cubist compositions around 1910. After 1915, his compositions…
Abbéma, Louise (1853-1927) Portrait de Sarah Bernhardt (Portrait of Sarah Bernhardt) 1921 Oil on canvas, 87 x 120 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris See also: • Bernhardt, Sarah (1844-1923)
Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) La Cena de Emaús (The Supper at Emmaus) 1622–1623 Oil on canvas, 123.2 x 132.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This painting depicts the moment after the Resurrection when Jesus is recognized by two disciples as…
Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806) Le Baiser dérobé (The Stolen Kiss) c.1760 Oil on canvas, 48.3 x 63.5 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York A masterfully executed, incandescent glow highlights fitful hands and a kiss won in a card game. While Fragonard…
Bracquemond, Marie (1840-1916) Le goûter (The tea in the afternoon) c.1880 Oil on canvas, 99.5 x 79 cm Petit Palais, Paris See also: • Quivoron, Louise (1849-?)
Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Portrait d’homme (Portrait of a Man) c.1866 Oil on canvas, 86.4 x 64.8 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York In this enigmatic painting, an unidentified man in modern bourgeois attire sits in a chair among cuts of meat. A…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Nature morte aux fraises (Still Life with Strawberries) 1914 Oil on canvas, 24.4 x 44.8 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York Still-life paintings often suggest a human presence, implying the viewer’s bodily relationship to a tabletop and investing inanimate…
Morisot, Berthe (1841-1895) Femme cousant (Woman Sewing) c.1879 Oil on canvas, 65.405 x 54.61 cm Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo One of the few female painters associated with Impressionism, Berthe Morisot created a niche for herself with instinctive paintings of domestic…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Pivoines (Peonies) c.1880 Oil on canvas, 55.3 x 65.7 cm Clark Art Institute, Williamstown