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Eva Gonzalès (1870)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Eva Gonzalès 1870 Oil on canvas, 191.1 x 133.4 cm National Gallery, London Eva Gonzalès (1849–1883), Manet’s only formal pupil, was a successful artist and a regular exhibitor at the Salon. This portrait was probably started in February…

Madame Roulin (1888)

Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Madame Roulin 1888 Oil on canvas, 50.5 x 63.5 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis Paul Gauguin produced this portrait during a tempestuous two months spent in the company of Vincent van Gogh at Arles in the south…

Elvira reposant à une table (c.1918-1919)

Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Elvira reposant à une table (Elvira Resting at a Table) c.1918–1919 Oil on canvas, 92.7 × 60.5 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis This woman was one of Amedeo Modigliani’s favorite models, a young worker known only…

Le Bal à Suresnes (1903)

Derain, André (1880-1954) Le Bal à Suresnes (At the Suresnes Ball) 1903 Oil on canvas, 180 × 145.1 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis A man in an infantry uniform dances with a taller woman, the splayed fingers of his…

Chaim Soutine (1918)

Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Chaim Soutine 1918 Oil on canvas, 91.7 x 59.7 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Born in 1884 to an aristocratic family in Livorno, Italy, Amedeo Modigliani settled in the Montmartre neighborhood of Paris in 1906 and began…

Le Lupanar (1888)

Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Le Lupanar (The Brothel) 1888 Oil on canvas, 33 x 41 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Van Gogh painted this sketch of a brothel parlor while working in close dialogue with fellow artist Paul Gauguin. In the fall of…

Christ Carrying the Cross (1480s)

Memling, Hans (c.1430-1494) Christ Carrying the Cross (Calvary Triptych, left shutter) 1480s Oil on oak, 58 × 27.5 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest Exterior: Memling, Hans (c.1430-1494) The Archangel Gabriel 1480s Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest     Calvary Triptych, right shutter: Memling,…

Squelettes voulant se chauffer (1889)

Ensor, James (1860-1949) Squelettes voulant se chauffer (Skeletons Wanting to Warm Themselves) 1889 Oil on canvas, 74.8 x 60 cm Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth James Ensor was one of the most original painters of the late nineteenth century. Populated with…