Constable, John (1776-1837) The Leaping Horse 1825 Oil on canvas, 142 x 187.3 cm Royal Academy of Arts, London The barge lowers its sail, the rope slackens and the tow horse leaps the barrier on the path. John Constable depicts a scene…
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Boulevard Héloise, Argenteuil 1872 Oil on canvas, 33.6 x 57.7 cm Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven Compare: Sisley, Alfred (1839-1899) Boulevard Héloïse, Argenteuil 1872 National Gallery of Art, Washington See also: • Boulevard Héloïse (Argenteuil)
Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Le Peintre dans son atelier (The Painter and His Model) 1916–1917 Oil on canvas, 146.5 x 97 cm Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris The window in the artist’s studio is both a crossing point and a metaphor for painting.…
Vuillard, Édouard (1868-1940) Le jardin hivernal au paon (The Winter Garden with a peacock) c.1940 Glue and gouache on paper mounted on canvas, 211 x 151 cm Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris
Munch, Edvard (1863-1944) Evening Talk 1889 Oil on canvas, 175.6 x 216 x 9.1 cm Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen Munch’s lifelong obsession with loneliness and psychologically twisted love relationship began with this large picture. This was the first time that he…
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Ritratto del pittore veneziano Giovanni Bellini (Portrait of the Venetian Painter Giovanni Bellini) 1511–1512 Oil on canvas, 80 x 66 cm Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen According to the Italian artist and historiographer Giorgio Vasari’s (1511-1574) biography from 1568, Titian…
Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Paysage près de Collioure. Etude pour “La Joie de Vivre” (Landscape near Collioure. Study for “The Joy of Life”) 1905 Oil on canvas, 46 x 55 cm Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen Compare: Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Le bonheur de vivre…
Mantegna, Andrea (c.1431-1506) Cristo in pietà sorretto da due angeli (Christ as the Suffering Redeemer supported by two angels) 1495–1500 Tempera on panel, 78 x 48 cm Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen The Gospel according to St. Luke begins its account of…
Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Melancholy 1532 Oil on panel, 61 x 97 cm Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen The sixteenth-century artist Lucas Cranach has become very popular in recent years, prompting a steady succession of exhibitions featuring his mysterious images. SMK…
Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) La Rue de Gisors à Pontoise (Street in Pontoise, Rue de Gisors) 1868 Oil on canvas, 38.5 × 46.2 cm Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna See also: • Pontoise (France)