Seurat, Georges (1859-1891) Les Poseuses (The Models) 1886–1888 Oil on canvas, 200 x 249.9 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia In this scene set inside the artist’s studio, Seurat depicts models posing in front of A Sunday on La Grande Jatte—1884 (1884–86;…
Seurat, Georges (1859-1891) Jeune femme se poudrant (Young Woman Powdering Herself) 1888–1890 Oil on canvas, 95.5 x 79.5 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London In this particular painting, Young Woman Powdering Herself, the modulation of light and shadow on the…
Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Garçon en culottes courtes (Boy in Short Pants) c.1918 Oil on canvas, 99.69 x 64.77 cm Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas Amedeo Modigliani devoted his short and troubled life to creating paintings. He primarily made portraits of…
Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Rue de l’Hermitage, Pontoise 1873–1875 Watercolor, pencil and gouache on paper, 16.83 × 22.86 cm Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas This previously unpublished watercolor is unique in Pissarro‘s career, as it is the only watercolor depicting the…
Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) Along the Seine, Winter 1887 Oil on wood, 20.32 x 27.94 cm Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas By 1886, Childe Hassam was enjoying artistic success with his atmospheric paintings of Boston street scenes. That same year he…
Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Buste de femme (Female bust) s.d. Oil on canvas, 73 x 50 cm Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires Throughout his career, Modigliani demonstrated an almost exclusive devotion to single figures, which he described as a…
Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Figure féminine (Female figure) s.d. Oil on canvas, 61 x 46 cm Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires
Morisot, Berthe (1841-1895) La Coiffure (The Hairstyle) 1894 Oil on canvas, 55 x 46 cm Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires In 1893, with the modesty that characterised all her work, Berthe Morisot addressed the subject of hairdressing for…
Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) Aparición de San Isidoro al Rey Fernando el Santo ante los muros de Sevilla (Apparition of Saint Isodoro to Saint King Fernando in front of the walls of Seville) 1798–1800 Oil on canvas, 36.3 x 40.1…
Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851) Mortlake Terrace 1827 Oil on canvas, 92.1 x 122.2 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington This painting, one of two views of Mortlake Terrace painted by Turner, is a view from the house, looking directly…