Dalí, Salvador (1904-1989) Le rêve (The Dream) 1931 Oil on canvas, 96 x 96 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Dalí and other Surrealist artists created images depicting strange juxtapositions that are sometimes referred to as “dreamscapes.” The Dream gives visual…
Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) Étang à Ville-d’Avray (Pond at Ville-d’Avray) late 1860s Oil on fabric, 58.1 x 99.4 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland The dreamlike quality of the painting reflects Corot’s desire to reproduce the “first Impression” of the landscape. Corot…
Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Vue panoramique sur les Alpes, Les Dents du Midi (Panoramic View of the Alps, Les Dents du Midi) 1877 Oil on fabric, 151.2 x 210.2 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland This late, unfinished painting reveals some of…
Chagall, Marc (1887-1985) Les Fables de La Fontaine: Le Cerf et la Vigne (The Fables of La Fontaine: The Deer and the Vine) 1927–1930 Etching and roulette Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland See also: • La Fontaine, Jean de (1621-1695)
Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Anna Zborowska 1917 Oil on canvas, 130.2 x 81.3 cm Museum of Modern Art, New York See also: • Anna Zborowska (1885-1978)
Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) La tour des pigeons à Bellevue (The Pigeon Tower at Bellevue) 1890 Oil on fabric, 95.5 x 113 x 7 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Cézanne’s method of compressing space and simplifying forms into flattened, geometric shapes…
Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Paul Cézanne 1874 Etching Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Compare: Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Portrait de Cézanne 1874 National Gallery, London See also: • Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906)
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Paul Cézanne 1902 Lithograph Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland See also: • Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906)
Cassatt, Mary (1844-1926) After the Bath 1901 Pastel, 66 x 100 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Mary Cassatt began using pastel in the 1870s and continued to experiment with the medium throughout her career. This drawing depicts a mother and…
Canaletto (1697-1768) Capriccio: Un palazzo con cortile sulla laguna (Capriccio: A Palace with a Courtyard by the Lagoon) c.1750–1755 Pen, ink and brush on paper, 26.9 x 42.1 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Privileged young Europeans embarking on the Grand…