Paul Gauguin Henri Matisse French artist French artist Description Description Description Description Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin was a French Post-Impressionist artist. Unappreciated until after his death, Gauguin is now recognized for his experimental use of color and Synthetist style that were distinct from Impressionism. Toward the end of his life, he spent ten years in French Polynesia. Henri Émile Benoît Matisse was a French artist, known for both his use of colour and his fluid and original draughtsmanship. He was a draughtsman, printmaker, and sculptor, but is known primarily as a painter. Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? Painting by Henri Matisse Artist: Henri Matisse Period: Fauvism Created: 1905 Location: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Medium: Oil Paint Subject: Hat, Amélie Matisse Painting by Paul Gauguin Artist: Paul Gauguin Period: Post-Impressionism Created: 1897 Movement: Post Impressionism Location: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Support: Canvas Fabric Tahitian Women on the Beach Painting by Paul Gauguin Artist: Paul Gauguin Dimensions: 61 cm x 91 cm Created: 1891 Genre: History painting Medium: Oil Paint Woman with a Hat Portrait of Madame Matisse. The Green Line Painting by Henri Matisse Artist: Henri Matisse Dimensions: 40 cm x 32 cm Period: Fauvism Medium: Oil on canvas Media: Oil Paint, Tempera André Derain Raoul Dufy French artist French painter Description André Derain was a French artist, painter, sculptor and co-founder of Fauvism with Henri Matisse. Charing Cross Bridge Painting by André Derain Description Artist: André Derain Dimensions: 81 cm x 1 m Period: Fauvism Location: Musée d'Orsay Created: 1906 Medium: Oil Paint Valley of the Lot at Vers Painting by André Derain Description Artist: André Derain Dimensions: 73 cm x 92 cm Created: 1912 Medium: Oil Paint Description Description Raoul Dufy was a French Fauvist painter, brother of Jean Dufy. He developed a colorful, decorative style that became fashionable for designs of ceramics and textiles, as well as decorative schemes for public buildings. He is noted for scenes of open-air social events. Still life Artwork Description Artist: Raoul Dufy Created: 1928 Period: Naïve art Genre: Still life Bather Artwork Description Artist: Raoul Dufy Created: 1908 Period: Cubism Giorgio de Chirico Italian artist Description Description Giorgio de Chirico was an Italian artist and writer born in Greece. In the years before World War I, he founded the scuola metafisica art movement, which profoundly influenced the surrealists. His most well-known works often feature Roman arcades, long shadows, mannequins, trains, and illogical perspective. The Song of Love Painting by Giorgio de Chirico Artist: Giorgio de Chirico Dimensions: 79 cm x 59 cm Location: The Museum of Modern Art Created: 1915 Medium: Oil Paint Periods: Surrealism, Metaphysical painting Salvador Dalí Spanish artist Description Description Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech, 1st Marquess of Dalí de Púbol was a Spanish surrealist artist renowned for his technical skill, precise draftsmanship and the striking and bizarre images in his work. Born in Figueres, Catalonia, Dalí received his formal education in fine arts in Madrid. The Persistence of Memory Painting by Salvador Dalí Artist: Salvador Dalí Period: Surrealism Medium: Oil on canvas Location: The Museum of Modern Art (since 1934) Created: 1931 The Disquieting Muses Painting by Giorgio de Chirico Description Artist: Giorgio de Chirico Dimensions: 97 cm x 66 cm Period: Metaphysical painting Medium: Oil Paint Created: 1916–1918 Max Ernst Alberto Giacometti Painter Swiss sculptor Description Description Description Description Max Ernst was a German painter, sculptor, graphic artist, and poet. A prolific artist, Ernst was a primary pioneer of the Dada movement and surrealism. Alberto Giacometti was a Swiss sculptor, painter, draftsman and printmaker. Beginning in 1922, he lived and worked mainly in Paris but regularly visited his hometown Borgonovo to see his family and work on his art. Giacometti was one of the most important sculptors of the 20th century. The Elephant Celebes Painting by Max Ernst Artist: Max Ernst Period: Surrealism Created: 1921 Location: Tate Modern, London Dimensions: 125.4 cm × 107.9 cm (49.4 in × 42.5 in) Medium: Oil Paint L'Homme au doigt Sculpture by Alberto Giacometti Artist: Alberto Giacometti Dimensions: 1.79 m x 1.03 m x 42 cm Created: 1947–1947 Medium: Bronze Europe after the Rain II Spoon Woman Painting by Max Ernst Sculpture by Alberto Giacometti Description Description Artist: Max Ernst Created: 1941 Period: Surrealism Artist: Alberto Giacometti Dimensions: 1.45 m x 51 cm x 21 cm Medium: Bronze Created: 1926–1927 Marcel Duchamp Gustave Caillebotte American-French painter French painter Description Description Description Description Henri-Robert-Marcel Duchamp was a FrenchAmerican painter, sculptor, chess player, and writer whose work is associated with Cubism, Dada, and conceptual art. Gustave Caillebotte was a French painter who was a member and patron of the Impressionists, although he painted in a more realistic manner than many others in the group. Caillebotte was noted for his early interest in photography as an art form. The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even Glass by Marcel Duchamp and Rrose Sélavy Artists: Marcel Duchamp, Rrose Sélavy Period: Dada Created: 1915–1923 Location: Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia Media: Varnish, Wire, Oil Paint, Foil Bicycle Wheel Sculpture by Marcel Duchamp Artist: Marcel Duchamp Dimensions: 1.3 m x 64 cm x 42 cm Period: Dada Medium: Metal wheel mounted Location: The Israel Museum, Jerusalem Created: 1913 Paris Street; Rainy Day Painting by Gustave Caillebotte Artist: Gustave Caillebotte Dimensions: 2.12 m x 2.76 m Location: School of the Art Institute of Chicago Subject: Paris Created: 1877–1877 Periods: Impressionism, Modern art The Floor Scrapers Painting by Gustave Caillebotte Artist: Gustave Caillebotte Created: 1875 Medium: Oil Paint Periods: Impressionism, Modern art, Realism Mary Cassatt Edgar Degas American painter French impressionist Description Description Description Description Mary Stevenson Cassatt was an American painter and printmaker. She was born in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, but lived much of her adult life in France where she befriended Edgar Degas and exhibited with the Impressionists. Edgar Degas was a French Impressionist artist famous for his pastel drawings and oil paintings. Degas also produced bronze sculptures, prints and drawings. Degas is especially identified with the subject of dance; more than half of his works depict dancers. Little Girl in a Blue Armchair The Ballet Class Painting by Mary Cassatt Artist: Mary Cassatt Location: Musée d'Orsay station Period: Impressionism Created: 1878 Medium: Oil Paint Painting by Edgar Degas Artist: Edgar Degas Location: Musée d'Orsay (since 1986) Created: 1871–1874 Medium: Oil Paint Periods: Impressionism, Modern art Young Mother Sewing Painting by Mary Cassatt Artist: Mary Cassatt Period: Impressionism Location: Metropolitan Museum of Art Medium: oil paint, canvas Created: 1900 In a Café Painting by Edgar Degas Artist: Edgar Degas Location: Musée d'Orsay Created: 1875–1876 Medium: Oil Paint Periods: Impressionism, Modern art Édouard Manet Impression, Sunrise French painter Painting by Claude Monet Artist: Claude Monet Period: Impressionism Created: 1872–1872 Medium: Oil Paint Description Édouard Manet was a French modernist painter. He was one of the first 19th-century artists to paint modern life, and a pivotal figure in the transition from Realism to Impressionism. Olympia Painting by Édouard Manet Artist: Édouard Manet Location: Musée d'Orsay Created: 1863 Periods: Impressionism, Modern art, Realism Woman with a Parasol Madame Monet and Her Son The Railway Painting by Claude Monet Artist: Claude Monet Created: 1875 Medium: Oil Paint Periods: Impressionism, Modern art Painting by Édouard Manet Artist: Édouard Manet Medium: Oil Paint Created: 1873 Periods: Impressionism, Modern art Claude Monet French painter Description Oscar-Claude Monet was a French painter, a founder of French Impressionist painting and the most consistent and prolific practitioner of the movement's philosophy of expressing one's perceptions before nature, especially as applied to plein air landscape painting. Berthe Morisot French painter Description Berthe Marie Pauline Morisot was a French painter and a member of the circle of painters in Paris who became known as the Impressionists. In 1864, Morisot exhibited for the first time in the highly esteemed Salon de Paris. The Cradle Painting by Berthe Morisot Artist: Berthe Morisot Dimensions: 56 cm x 46 cm Medium: Oil Paint Location: Musée d'Orsay Created: 1872 Periods: Impressionism, Modern art including Gustave Courbet and Jean-BaptisteCamille Corot. The Boulevard Montmartre at Night Painting by Camille Pissarro Artist: Camille Pissarro Period: Impressionism Created: 1897 Le Pont Neuf Woman at Her Toilette Painting by Camille Pissarro Artist: Camille Pissarro Location: Museum of Fine Arts (since 1907) Created: 1902 Period: Impressionism Subject: Paris, Pont Neuf Painting by Berthe Morisot Description Artist: Berthe Morisot Period: Impressionism Created: 1875–1880 Medium: Oil Paint Pierre-Auguste Renoir Camille Pissarro Danish-French painter Description Camille Pissarro was a Danish-French Impressionist and Neo-Impressionist painter born on the island of St Thomas. His importance resides in his contributions to both Impressionism and Post-Impressionism. Pissarro studied from great forerunners, French artist Description Pierre-Auguste Renoir was a French artist who was a leading painter in the development of the Impressionist style. As a celebrator of beauty and especially feminine sensuality, it has been said that "Renoir is the final representative of a tradition which runs directly from Rubens to Watteau. Luncheon of the Boating Party Painting by Pierre-Auguste Renoir Artist: Pierre-Auguste Renoir Created: 1880–1881 Medium: Oil Paint Periods: Impressionism, Modern art La Grenouillère Painting by Pierre-Auguste Renoir Artist: Pierre-Auguste Renoir Created: 1869–1869 Medium: Oil Paint Periods: Impressionism, Modern art
