Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Le vieux guitariste (The Old Guitarist) late 1903–early 1904 Oil on panel, 122.9 × 82.6 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago © 2018 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Pablo Picasso made The…
El Greco (1541-1614) La Asunción de la Virgen (The Assumption of the Virgin) 1577–1579 Oil on canvas, 403.2 × 211.8 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago This painting was the central element of the altarpiece that was El Greco’s first major…
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Meules de blé, fin de l’été (Stacks of Wheat, End of Summer) 1890–1891 Oil on canvas, 60 × 100.5 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago The monumental stacks that Claude Monet depicted in his series Stacks of Wheat…
Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Les Demoiselles à la rivière (Bathers by a River) 1909–1910 & 1916–1917 Oil on canvas, 260 × 392 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Henri Matisse considered Bathers by a River to be one of the five most…
Rivera, Diego (1886-1957) Hilando (Weaving) 1936 Tempera and oil on canvas, 66 × 106.7 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Laboring at a backstrap loom in this painting is Luz Jiménez, a master weaver and Nahua, one of the largest Indigenous…
Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) The Bedroom 1889 Oil on canvas, 73.6 × 92.3 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Vincent van Gogh so highly esteemed his bedroom painting that he made three distinct versions: the first, now in the collection of…
Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) Plaza de la Merced, Ronda 1910 Oil on panel, 64.6 x 52 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Carmen Thyssen Collection After travelling through northern Europe in the summer of 1910, Childe Hassam and his wife journeyed to Spain, where…
Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) The French Breakfast 1910 Oil on canvas, 73 x 50.2 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Carmen Thyssen Collection With his personal finances greatly improving and with the proceeds from the sale of four paintings in May, Childe Hassam was…
Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) September Clouds c.1891 Pastel on canvas, 50.8 x 61 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Carmen Thyssen Collection After three years study in Europe, Childe Hassam returned to the United States in the fall of 1889. The following spring he…
Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) Fifth Avenue at Washington Square, New York 1891 Oil on canvas, 56 x 40.6 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Carmen Thyssen Collection Following his return from Paris in 1889, Hassam lived at 95 Fifth Avenue, a few steps from…