Gauguin’s ceramic Goddess of Death survives to this day thanks to the negligence of his flaky friend.
Ben Pollitt
Featuring a frightened, nude fourteen-year-old, this painting shows the dark side of Gauguin’s Tahitian fixation.
A-Level: Paul Gauguin, Spirit of the Dead ...
The insults hurled at this “inappropriate” concert scene would set the tone for Manet’s controversial career.
A-Level: Édouard Manet, Music in the Tuileries ...
Manet’s subject and technique reflect on the hectic, ambiguous, interconnected nature of modern life.
A-Level: Édouard Manet, The Railway
An optimistic message to his doctors, or a farewell letter to his utopian artistic dream? We’re all ears.
A-Level: Vincent van Gogh, Self-Portrait with Bandaged ...
Beautifully rendered details of the Dieppe harbor are second only to Turner’s true love—the sublime sun.
A-level: J. M. W. Turner, The Harbor ...
Beautifully rendered details of the Dieppe harbor are second only to Turner’s true love—the sublime sun.
J. M. W. Turner, The Harbor of ...
The novelist Stendhal called this sculpture “the greatest work of modern times.” Canova disagreed.
Antonio Canova, Penitent Magdalene
This Neoclassical monument to Napoleon’s army was modeled on an ancient Roman temple in Nîmes, just much bigger.
Vignon, Church of La Madeleine
Napoleon’s sister courted controversy and posed semi-nude for Canova, who sculpted her as a modern-day Venus.
Antonio Canova, Paolina Borghese as Venus Victorious
Was this the beginning of the end for David—or a new dawn? As far as portraits of Napoleon go, there’s none better.
Jacques-Louis David, Napoleon Crossing the Alps
Though initially forced to find sponsorship from a wealthy general, Repin’s paintings castigated the upper classes.
Ilya Repin, Krestny Khod (Religious Procession) in ...
Gauguin’s ceramic Goddess of Death survives to this day thanks to the negligence of his flaky friend.
Paul Gauguin, Oviri
Featuring a frightened, nude fourteen-year-old, this painting shows the dark side of Gauguin’s Tahitian fixation.
Paul Gauguin, Spirit of the Dead Watching
An optimistic message to his doctors, or a farewell letter to his utopian artistic dream? We’re all ears.
Vincent van Gogh, Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear
The artist’s biography has sometimes overshadowed her radical and serious achievements as a sculptor.
Camille Claudel, The Age of Maturity
The subject sprawls on a blue chair in this painting that challenges assumptions about childhood and perspective.
Mary Cassatt, Little Girl in a Blue ...
Before childbirth prematurely claimed her life, Gonzàles painted contemplative views into her life in Paris.
Eva Gonzàles, A Loge at the Théâtre ...
Manet’s subject and technique reflect on the hectic, ambiguous, interconnected nature of modern life.
Édouard Manet, The Railway
The insults hurled at this “inappropriate” concert scene would set the tone for Manet’s controversial career.
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