Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Le Coffret chinois (Chinese Casket) 1922 Oil on canvas, 60.4 x 74 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Henri Matisse‘s love of decoration is evident here, as the patterned tablecloth and wallpapers flow together into a dizzying composition that almost…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Femme à l’éventail (Woman with Fan) 1886 Oil on canvas, 55.9 x 45.7 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia This painting exemplifies the drastic shift in Renoir‘s style during the mid-1880s. After several years of working in an impressionist mode…
Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Nu couché (Reclining Nude) 1923–1924 Oil on canvas, 60 x 92 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Matisse painted this work in Nice, a city in the South of France that he visited frequently in the 1920s. The canvas is…
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…
Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Le vase chinois (Chinese Vase) 1922 Oil on canvas, 34 x 55 cm Pola Museum of Art, Hakone
Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Le Luth (The Lute) 1943 Oil on canvas, 60 x 81.5 cm Pola Museum of Art, Hakone
Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) La créole ou Femme à l’écharpe écossaise (Creole or Woman with a Scottish Scarf) 1936 Oil on canvas, 45.9 x 32.8 cm Pola Museum of Art, Hakone
Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Harmonie en violet (Harmony in Violet) 1923 Oil on canvas, 27.6 x 35.4 cm Pola Museum of Art, Hakone
Bazille, Frédéric (1841-1870) La Toilette 1870 Oil on canvas, 130 x 128 cm Musée Fabre, Montpellier Inspired by the orientalist imagination as well as the biblical universe, the painting depicts a modern Bathsheba being prepared by two servants for nuptial union. This…