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…
Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Boulevard des Italiens, matin, effet de soleil (Boulevard des Italiens, Morning, Sunlight) 1897 Oil on canvas, 73.2 x 92.1 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington We look down onto a wide, bustling, tree-lined avenue filled with buildings, people, and…
Miró, Joan (1893-1983) La masía (The Farm) 1921–1922 Oil on canvas, 123.8 x 141.3 x 3.3 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Miró moved from Barcelona to Paris in 1920, determined to participate in the artistic vanguard of the French capital.…
Kandinsky, Wassily (1866-1944) Munich (München) c.1901–1902 Oil on canvas board, 23.8 x 32.1 cm Guggenheim Museum, New York Although known for his groundbreaking abstract experiments in painting, Vasily Kandinsky’s early paintings capture his days as a representational artist. After moving to Munich…
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…
Munch, Edvard (1863-1944) Summer Night (Sommernatt) 1902 Oil on canvas, 115.5 by 101.5 cm Private collection “A landscape will alter according to the mood of the person who sees it, and in order to represent that particular scene, the artist will…
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…
Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Le Jardin de Pissarro, quai du Pothuis à Pontoise (Pissarro’s Garden, Quai du Pothuis in Pontoise) 1881 Oil on canvas, 66 x 54.4 cm Private collection Verso: Deux esquisses d’autoportrait Esquisse d’autoportrait I (Self-portrait sketch 1) Esquisse d’autoportrait…
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…