Memling, Hans (c.1430-1494) The Annunciation 1480–1489 Oil on panel, transferred to canvas, 76.5 x 54.6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Memling modeled this Annunciation on the left wing of Rogier van der Weyden’s Saint Columba Altarpiece (now in Munich), but…
Memling, Hans (c.1430-1494) The Annunciation c.1465–1470 Oil on wood, 186.1 x 114.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York One of the largest surviving depictions of the Annunciation, this imposing painting was most likely commissioned by Ferry de Clugny, whose family coat…
Valadon, Suzanne (1865-1938) Nue arrangeant ses cheveux (Nude Arranging Her Hair) c.1916 Oil on canvasboard, 104.77 x 75.24 cm National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington Suzanne Valadon painted female nudes throughout her career and was one of only a few…
Vuillard, Édouard (1868-1940) À la revue blanche, Portrait de Félix Fénéon (At the Revue Blanche, Portrait of Félix Fénéon) c.1896–1901 Oil on paperboard, 46.4 x 57.5 cm Guggenheim Museum, New York See also: • Fénéon, Félix (1861-1944)
Bonnard, Pierre (1867-1947) Femme nue se baissant (Nude Bending Down) 1923 Oil on canvas, 57.1 × 52.7 cm Tate Britain, London A woman is glimpsed quietly wiping her leg. The informality of the pose suggests that the model has been caught unawares…
Bonnard, Pierre (1867-1947) Le bol de lait (The Bowl of Milk) c.1919 Oil on canvas, 116.2 × 121 cm Tate Britain, London Bonnard painted this work in the south of France. He moved there during the First World War with his partner…
Moore, Henry (1898-1986) Three Seated Women 1942 Pencil, wax crayon, charcoal, wash and pen and ink on paper, 44.6 x 55.2 cm Private collection Three Seated Women exemplifies the highly important technical and stylistic developments Moore achieved in the 1940s. During…
Chagall, Marc (1887-1985) Fleurs de printemps, La Cruche aux fleurs de printemps (Spring Flowers, The Jug of Spring Flowers) 1930 Oil on canvas, 72 x 60.6 cm Private collection Executed in 1930 during Chagall’s transformative second period in France, Fleurs de…
Butler, Theodore Earl (1861-1936) La Maison Bleue de Claude Monet à Giverny (Claude Monet’s Blue House in Giverny) 1924 Oil on canvas, 55.9 x 45.7 cm Private collection Theodore Earl Butler’s La Maison Bleue de Claude Monet à Giverny captures the…
Ensor, James (1860-1949) Ensor au chevalet (Ensor at his Easel) 1886? Oil on canvas, 58.5 × 40.5 cm Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp