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…
Mondrian, Piet (1872-1944) Young Tree Grove Amidst Water Reflections 1902–1905 Watercolor on paper, 30.321 x 39.7 cm Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas
Gachet, Paul (1828-1909) La Vieille Route à Auvers-sur-Oise (The Old Road in Auvers-sur-Oise) 1881 Oil on canvas, 40.5 x 54.5 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris See also: • Auvers-sur-Oise (France)