Bazille, Frédéric (1841-1870) Rue de village, Chailly (Village Street, Chailly) 1865 Oil on canvas 32.5 х 24.5 cm Musée Fabre, Montpellier This 1865 painting created in the Chailly forest is one of the first testimonies to Frédéric Bazille‘s interest in landscape.…
Bazille, Frédéric (1841-1870) La diseuse de bonne aventure (The fortune teller) 1869 Oil on canvas 61 x 46 cm Private collection
Waterhouse, John William (1849-1917) ‘I am half sick of shadows,’ said The Lady of Shalott (Alfred, Lord Tennyson, The Lady of Shalott, Part II) 1915 Oil on canvas, 100.3 x 73.7 cm Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto See also: • Tennyson, Alfred (1809-1892)
Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Jeanne Hébuterne 1919 Oil on canvas, 100 × 65 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia The model here is Jeanne Hébuterne, Amedeo Modigliani‘s lover during the last three years of his life. Hébuterne was an art student when she and…
Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Portrait de Jeanne Hébuterne (Portrait of Jeanne Hébuterne) 1918 Oil on canvas, 99.7 x 64.8 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Jeanne Hébuterne, Modigliani‘s last mistress, is recognizable by her auburn hair, blank blue eyes, and swanlike neck. Painted the…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Maison à Rueil (House at Rueil) 1882 Oil on canvas, 71.5 × 92.3 cm Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin Édouard Manet spent the last summer of his life, already marked by a serious illness, in the country house of the comedy…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Le Suicidé (The Suicide) c.1877 Oil on canvas, 38 x 46 cm Bührle Collection, Zürich
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) L’exécution de l’empereur Maximilien (The Execution of Emperor Maximilian) 1868–1869 Oil on canvas, 252 x 302 cm Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim Photograph of the execution of Maximilian (right) Miramón (center) and Mejía (left). Photograph of the Mexican firing squad that…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Femme à la perruche (Woman with Parrot) 1871 Oil on canvas, 92.1 x 65.1 cm Guggenheim Museum, New York The woman holding the parakeet is Lise Tréhot, an artist’s model and Renoir’s close companion of six years. Tréhot…
Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) Sant’Antonio di Padova con Gesù Bambino (St. Anthony of Padua and the Child Jesus) 1767–1769 Oil on canvas, 225 x 176 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Saint Anthony of Padua (1195-1231) wears a Franciscan habit and meditates…