Braque, Georges (1882-1963) Les Arbres (Trees) 1908 Oil on canvas, 73 x 60 cm Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen We can still recognize the shapes and colors of the trees, and we know that the artist painted in the area of the…
Braque, Georges (1882-1963) Le Port d’Anvers (The Port of Antwerp) 1906 Oil on canvas, 49.8 x 61.2 cm National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa Georges Braque worked in several distinct styles during his career; this painting is characteristic of his Fauve period. In…
Braque, Georges (1882-1963) Le Viaduc de l’Estaque (The Viaduct at L’Estaque) 1907 Oil on canvas, 65.1 x 80.6 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis Between 1906 and 1910, Georges Braque made several trips to the south of France and the port at…
Braque, Georges (1882-1963) Paysage à la Ciotat (Landscape in La Ciotat) 1907 Oil on canvas, 51 x 62 cm Private collection Braque’s magnificent depiction of La Ciotat in the south of France is a seminal image of the Fauve revolution at…
Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898) Venise, le Molo (Venice, the Molo) 1895 Oil on canvas, 33.5 x 57 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff See also: • Venezia (Italia)
Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) La Maternité (Motherhood) 1901 Oil on fibre board, 100.1 × 72.9 cm National Gallery, London On loan from a private collection. A mother cradles a naked child, its long limbs folded into her embrace as if still in…
Lorenzo di Credi (c.1459-1537) Madonna col Bambino (The Virgin and Child) c.1480–1485 Oil on wood, 71.1 × 49.5 cm National Gallery, London The Virgin Mary is seated directly in front of us. Together with swathes of drapery, she covers almost the…
Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) Avignon vue de Villeneuve-lès-Avignon (Avignon from the West) 1836 Oil on canvas, 34 × 73.2 cm National Gallery, London Corot visited the medieval city of Avignon in the south of France several times. This panoramic view of the city…
Mondrian, Piet (1872-1944) Apple Tree, Pointillist Version 1908–1909 Oil on composition board, 56.83 × 74.93 cm Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas This tree is composed of radiating branches of intense color and slashing lines. For Mondrian, the precise depiction of a specific…