Bonheur, Rosa (1822-1899) La Ferme à l’entrée du bois (The Farm at the Entrance of the Wood) 1860–1880 Oil on fabric, 28.4 x 40.3 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Bonheur‘s artistic work led her to pastures, fairs, and even slaughterhouses—unlikely…
David, Jacques-Louis (1748-1825) Cupidon et Psyché (Cupid and Psyche) 1817 Oil on canvas, 184.2 x 241.6 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Jacques-Louis David included two butterflies in this painting: one above the slumbering Psyche and the other on the base…
Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) The Large Plane Trees (Road Menders at Saint-Rémy) 1889 Oil on fabric, 73.4 x 91.8 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Van Gogh sometimes created what he called “repetitions,” in which he painted the same subject and…
Vuillard, Édouard (1868-1940) Intérieur ensoleillé (Sunlit Interior) c.1920 Distemper on paper on canvas, 83.2 x 63.8 cm Tate Britain, London This picture appears in the Bernheim-Jeune records under the title used here. Jacques Salomon wrote (20 October 1969) that it represents…
Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Farms near Auvers 1890 Oil on canvas, 50.2 x 100.3 cm Tate Britain, London A view at Auvers-sur-Oise, a small town just north of Paris. Van Gogh spent the last few months of his life there, from…
Utrillo, Maurice (1883-1955) La Place du Tertre (Tertre Square) c.1910 Oil on canvas, 50.2 x 73 cm Tate Britain, London A view of the Place du Tertre on the Butte Montmartre in Paris, looking down the Rue Norvins. There is strong…
Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Portrait de Camille Pissarro par lui-même (Self-Portrait) 1903 Oil on canvas, 41 x 33.3 cm Tate Britain, London This is the artist’s last self-portrait, executed in his Paris apartment in the Place Dauphine, overlooking the Pont Neuf. It…
Magritte, René (1898-1967) L’Homme au journal (Man with a Newspaper) 1928 Oil on canvas, 115.6 x 81.3 cm Tate Britain, London Magritte’s deadpan style is seen clearly in these four simply painted scenes. Each section seems to be exactly the same,…
Gris, Juan (1887-1927) Le Pierrot au livre (Pierrot with Book) 1924 Oil on canvas, 65.5 × 50.8 cm Tate Britain, London On display at Tate Modern. Although this painting is resolutely figurative, it is strongly influenced by Cubism. Pierrot’s upper body…
Hunt, William Holman (1827-1910) The Lady of Shalott c.1886–1905 Oil on canvas, 188.3 x 146.4 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford “Do not forsake your duties” is the overall message Hunt wanted to convey in his painting. The Lady, heroine of a Tennyson…