Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) Portrait of Isabella Brant c.1620–1625 Oil on wood, 53 x 46 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Isabella Brant was Rubens’s first wife. He painted her many times in many different ways before she died at the…
Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) Venus and Adonis probably mid-1630s Oil on canvas, 197.5 x 242.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Rubens took the subject of this painting from the Roman poet Ovid’s Metamorphoses. Accidently pricked by one of Cupid’s…
Rodin, Auguste (1840-1917) Eve, après la faute (Eve, After the Fall) 1881 (cast executed 1913) Bronze, 172.72 x 53.34 x 63.5 cm Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo Auguste Rodin was deeply inspired by tradition, yet rebelled against idealized forms. He introduced…
Moore, Henry (1898-1986) Reclining Figure 1935–1936 Elm wood, 48.26 x 93.34 x 44.45 cm Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo In 1924 Henry Moore began exploring the theme of the reclining figure, and he eventually began seeing parallels between the motif and…
Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) La Musique (Music) 1939 Oil on canvas, 115.25 x 115.25 cm Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo Music was a constant part of Henri Matisse’s life and an endless source of enjoyment and inspiration. He played the violin daily,…
Daumier, Honoré (1808-1879) Une laveuse au Quai d’Anjou (Laundress on the Quai d’Anjou) c.1860 Oil on wood, 28.57 x 19.68 cm Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo Through light and shadow, Honoré Daumier empathetically responded to the effects of increasing industrialization in…
Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) Rue de Meknès (Street in Meknes) 1832 Oil on canvas, 46.35 x 64.13 cm Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo See also: • Meknes (Morocco)
Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Manaò tupapaú (Spirit of the Dead Watching) 1892 Oil on jute mounted on canvas, 73.02 x 92.39 cm Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo In 1891, after many years without commercial success in France, Paul Gauguin traveled to the…