Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) L’Appel (The Call) 1902 Oil on fabric, 131.3 x 89.5 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Although known as one of the founders of modern art, Gauguin found inspiration in ancient Greek, Roman, and Egyptian art. The woman…
Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Te raau rahi (The Large Tree) 1891 Oil on fabric, 74 x 92.8 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Gauguin positions four women in a friezelike sequence seeking shelter under the dark green leaves of a large tree…
Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Dans les Vagues (In the Waves) 1889 Oil on fabric, 92.5 x 72.4 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Gauguin likely painted this work of art during his time in a small coastal village called Pont-Aven where he…
Flinck, Govert (1615-1660) Portrait of a Woman 1646 Oil on wood, 71.5 x 59.5 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Because of an inscription on the back, this painting was long considered a portrait of Anna Maria van Schurman, a prominent…
Fantin-Latour, Henri (1836-1904) Tannhäuser 1886 Oil on canvas, 86.4 x 103.3 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Tannhäuser, the male figure seated on the left, does not seem fully engaged in this merry scene. Among pale bodies and pastel hues, he…
Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre (1824-1898) L’été (Summer) 1891 Oil on fabric, 149.6 x 232.4 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Puvis de Chavannes was considered one of the foremost artists in France in the second half of the 1800, and was…
Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre (1824-1898) Étude de Femme nue assise dessinant (Study of a Seated Nude Female Model Drawing) 1888–1898 Black chalk on paper, 23.7 x 30.5 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland
Dalí, Salvador (1904-1989) Le rêve (The Dream) 1931 Oil on canvas, 96 x 96 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Dalí and other Surrealist artists created images depicting strange juxtapositions that are sometimes referred to as “dreamscapes.” The Dream gives visual…
Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Anna Zborowska 1917 Oil on canvas, 130.2 x 81.3 cm Museum of Modern Art, New York See also: • Anna Zborowska (1885-1978)
Cassatt, Mary (1844-1926) After the Bath 1901 Pastel, 66 x 100 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Mary Cassatt began using pastel in the 1870s and continued to experiment with the medium throughout her career. This drawing depicts a mother and…