"arrived in Montmartre at the turn of the century. Drawn by the reputation of Paris as the world capital of art, Pablo Picasso came from Barcelona in 1900 to share an apartment with the poet Max Ernst and began by painting the cabarets and prostitutes of the neighborhood. Amedeo Modigliani and other artists lived and worked in a building called Le Bateau-Lavoir during the years 1904–1909. In 1909, Picasso painted one of his most important masterpieces, ""Les Demoiselles d'Avignon"", in Le Bateau-Lavoir. Led by Picasso and Georges Braque, the artistic movement cubism was born in Paris. Henri Matisse came to"
"many French museums, as well as the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo, New York, the North Carolina Museum of Art, the Kunsthalle, Hamburg, and the Tate Gallery, London. Most of the artist's notebooks are preserved in the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris. Jean Hélion Jean Hélion (April 21, 1904October 27, 1987) was a French painter whose abstract work of the 1930s established him as a leading modernist. His midcareer rejection of abstraction was followed by nearly five decades as a figurative painter. He was also the author of"
"Louis La Caze Dr. Louis La Caze (6 May 1798 — 28 September 1869) was a successful French physician and collector of paintings whose bequest of 583 paintings to the Musée du Louvre was one of the largest the museum has ever received. Among the paintings, the most famous are likely to be ""Pierrot"" (""""Gilles"""") by Antoine Watteau, or Rembrandt's ""Bathsheba at Her Bath"". Born to a family of social standing, he retreated to simple rooms in the Latin Quarter of Paris. A dedicated student devoted to the theory of medicine, he demonstrated during the cholera epidemic of 1831-32 that"
"to his wife in 1929. It was briefly owned by the collaborationist writer and art collector Émile Roche, who sold it ""before the war"" to , a prominent French-Jewish lawyer and acting director of the Alliance Israélite Universelle until his death in 1941; Leven's heirs consigned the painting to an unknown Geneva gallery between 1941 and 1945. Although well-known to art historians and scholars, the painting was privately owned after World War II by a Swiss collector who, after 1946, lent it only once for an obscure domestic exhibition. After eight years of negotiations, the J. Paul Getty Museum in"
"on 12 November 1979, alone and destitute in his studio in the Quai des Grands-Augustins, where his final illness set in. Gard's relatively discreet originality passed almost unnoticed in the thrusting times for art that he lived in. He remained distant from 20th century movements laying claim as the heirs of the impressionists, be it Paul Cézanne or Vincent van Gogh, and his art was deep and authentically attached to the French painters of the 19th century who had been able to get through the midst of official red tape and reconcile pictorial art with truth, freshness, and nature. In"
"four years in prison. Ponti did not attend the hearing, as his French nationality made him immune from extradition. He was finally cleared of the charges in 1990. Ponti owned works by, among others, Picasso, Georges Braque, Renoir, René Magritte (including his ""Lumière du pole"" from 1927), Salvador Dalí, Henry Moore (including his ""Figure"" from 1933), Barbara Hepworth, Giorgio de Chirico and Canaletto. His collection was renowned for containing ten works by Francis Bacon. These included examples from his early Van Gogh series, triptychs, self-portraits and pope paintings, which were rarely publicised or lent to public exhibitions. In 1977 the"
"La Nymphe surprise La Nymphe surprise, or Nymph Surprised, is a painting by the French impressionist painter Édouard Manet, created in 1861. The model was Suzanne, a pianist and his secret beloved for years, whom he married two years later. The painting is a key work in Manet's production, marking the beginning of a new period in his artistic career and generally in the history of modernism in French painting. It is in National Museum of Fine Arts in Buenos Aires and it is considered as one of the collection's highlights. Manet had special feelings for this painting, and ""La"
"collection since 1848. It was sold for 15 million Euros at Christie's in London on 8 July 2008. The Surprise (painting) The Surprise is a c.1718 oil on panel painting by Antoine Watteau, showing a man dressed as Mezzetino playing a guitar whilst a couple embrace and a small dog watches. It was a pendant to ""Perfect Harmony"" (Los Angeles County Museum of Art). Both works were originally owned by Nicolas Hénin, but they were sold separately by his heir, who published an engraving of both works. ""Surprise"" then disappeared between 1770 and 1848 and again between 1848 and 2007."
"The Surprise (painting) The Surprise is a c.1718 oil on panel painting by Antoine Watteau, showing a man dressed as Mezzetino playing a guitar whilst a couple embrace and a small dog watches. It was a pendant to ""Perfect Harmony"" (Los Angeles County Museum of Art). Both works were originally owned by Nicolas Hénin, but they were sold separately by his heir, who published an engraving of both works. ""Surprise"" then disappeared between 1770 and 1848 and again between 1848 and 2007. The original was rediscovered in March 2008 in a British country house and had been in that family's"
"absence of people gives an other-worldly impression. Le Grand Canal Le Grand Canal is an oil on canvas painting by French Impressionist painter Claude Monet (1840–1926). It is one of six paintings looking down the Grand Canal towards the Salute church. This Grand Canal series is in turn part of a larger series of paintings of Venice which Monet undertook during 1908 on his only visit to the city. The artist is generally regarded by art historians as being at the peak of his powers at this period. The paintings were begun ""en plein air"" and completed in France. This"
"museum for almost thirty years until her dismissal by Hugo Chávez during one of his Aló Presidente programs. Fernando Botero was known to send protest letters to the president. Several pieces have since been reported as missing, including ""Odalisque with Red Pants"" by Henri Matisse, some of which were rumoured to be held by government officials in their private residences. The missing Matisse was replaced by a copy in its original frame. Gallery owner Genaro Ambrosino noticed the forgery and made inquiries in Miami. FBI undercover agents recovered the stolen painting on July 17, 2012 from a hotel room. According"
"who didn't flee perished. A few artists, notably Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, and Pierre Bonnard, remained in France and survived. The 1940s in New York City heralded the triumph of American abstract expressionism, a Modernist movement that combined lessons learned from Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, surrealism, Joan Miró, cubism, Fauvism, and early modernism via great teachers in America like Hans Hofmann and John D. Graham. American artists benefited from the presence of Piet Mondrian, Fernand Léger, Max Ernst and the André Breton group, Pierre Matisse's gallery, and Peggy Guggenheim's gallery ""The Art of This Century"", as well as other factors."
"The Bathers (Cézanne) The Bathers (French: Les Grandes Baigneuses) is an oil painting by French artist Paul Cézanne first exhibited in 1906. The painting, which is exhibited in the Philadelphia Museum of Art, is the largest of a series of ""Bather"" paintings by Cézanne; the others are in the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, National Gallery, London, the Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia, and the Art Institute of Chicago. Occasionally referred to as the Big Bathers or Large Bathers to distinguish it from the smaller works, the painting is considered one of the masterpieces of modern art, and is"
"to being stolen on March 18, 1990. To this day, the painting has not resurfaced. A $10-million reward is offered for the return of the stolen items. Chez Tortoni Chez Tortoni is a painting by the French artist Édouard Manet, painted ca. 1878–1880. The oil-on-canvas painting measures . The painting hung in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum of Boston, Massachusetts, United States, prior to being stolen in 1990. The painting depicts an unidentified gentleman sitting at a table in the while drawing on a sketchpad. A half-empty glass of beer stands on the table. The painting was featured in a"
"who are self-taught, who have not studied art techniques, art history or art theory. Hampton died of stomach cancer on November 4, 1964, at the Veteran's Hospital in Washington, D.C. He is interred at the Warren Chapel Baptist Church in Elloree, South Carolina. The art was not discovered until after Hampton's death in 1964, when the owner of the garage, Meyer Wertlieb, came to find out why the rent had not been paid. He knew that Hampton had been building something in the garage. When he opened the door, he found a room filled with the artwork. Hampton had kept"
"I Can See the Whole Room...and There's Nobody in It! I Can See the Whole Room...and There's Nobody in It! (sometimes I Can See the Whole Room and There's Nobody in It! or simply I Can See the Whole Room!) is a 1961 painting by Roy Lichtenstein. It is a painting of a man looking through a peephole. It formerly held the record for highest auction price for a Lichtenstein painting. The work is based on a William Overgard-drawn comics panel from a ""Steve Roper"" cartoon. Lichtenstein's derivation augments the presentation of the narrative and expands the use of color"
"the latter half of 1911, following Balla's rejection from an art exhibition in Milan. Fellow Futurist Umberto Boccioni encouraged Balla to continue his efforts in Futurism, with an eye to the 1912 Futurist exhibition at the Bernheim-Jeune Gallery in Paris. Though the work is mentioned in the catalog for that exhibition, it was not actually displayed there. The painting was later exhibited by Balla in 1928. The acquisition of the painting by the Museum of Modern Art in New York was publicly announced on October 17, 1954. The painting is catalogued as object number 7.1954. , it was not on"
"Christie's in New York. Based on a 1961 William Overgard drawing for a ""Steve Roper"" cartoon story, Lichtenstein’s ""I Can See the Whole Room!...and There's Nobody in It!"" (1961) depicts a man looking through a hole in a door. It was sold by collector Courtney Sale Ross for $43 million, double its estimate, at Christie's in New York City in 2011; the seller's husband, Steve Ross had acquired it at auction in 1988 for $2.1 million. The painting measures four-foot by four-foot and is in graphite and oil. The comic painting ""Sleeping Girl"" (1964) from the collection of Beatrice and"
"body except the white pearls around her neck and a ring on her little finger. The nymph's glance, contrary to Olympia's provocative glance, is surprised and shy, as if she has found the viewer watching her, invading her privacy, disturbing her. La Nymphe surprise La Nymphe surprise, or Nymph Surprised, is a painting by the French impressionist painter Édouard Manet, created in 1861. The model was Suzanne, a pianist and his secret beloved for years, whom he married two years later. The painting is a key work in Manet's production, marking the beginning of a new period in his artistic"
"in a prominent position in his house at Gennevilliers. On his death in 1894, Caillebotte's will left the painting, with other works, to the French state. It was displayed at the from 1896 to 1929, then at the until 1986 (from 1947, at the ). It was transferred to the in 1986. Surrealist René Magritte painted ""Perspective II: Manet's Balcony"" in 1950, a commentary on the present work. On the balcony are four coffins (one ""seated"") in place of the four people. Michel Foucault said of Magritte's painting, """" (It is this limit of life and death, of light and"
"set aside. The artist removes any clue or comment as to time, place, history or judgement, leaving the viewer’s initial and whole engagement in the exchange of a gaze. Robert McCurdy has been exhibiting his photography and paintings for the past forty years. Select showings and collections include the National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C.; Frye Museum, Seattle; Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida; Le Tresors des Arts, Gstaad, Switzerland; Jack Shainman Gallery, New York; Nancy Solomon Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia; Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington; Venetia Kapernikas Gallery, New York, Berry-Hill Galleries, New York, among others. McCurdy attained"
"would also continue to represent her in New York, Francis Naumann Fine Art. It was the gallery's first exhibition of Contemporary art. Sophie's ""Monna Lisa (Be Back in Five Minutes)"" was featured in this first exhibition along with over twenty others of the artist's ""Absentee Paintings."" Among iconic American artworks from which Sophie ""removed"" the occupants are Grant Wood's ""American Gothic"", in which the pitchfork is left standing alone in the foreground, and Edward Hopper's ""Nighthawks"", in which the diner is replicated devoid of customers and staff. Both of these were painted in 2001. The artwork of Henri Matisse is"
"spotlight on it over several years."" From December 1962 to March 1963, the French government lent it to the United States to be displayed in New York City and Washington, D.C. It was shipped on the new liner SS ""France"". In New York an estimated 1.7 million people queued ""in order to cast a glance at the Mona Lisa for 20 seconds or so."" While exhibited in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the painting was almost drenched in water because of a faulty sprinkler, but the bullet-proof glass case which encased the painting protected it. In 1974, the painting was"
"U.S. show was of his drawings, along with other artists, at the newly opened Museum of Modern Art in 1930. In 1934, he moved from Paris to New York City with his partner, writer Charles Henri Ford. From 1940 to 1947, he provided illustrations for the Surrealist magazine ""View"", edited by Ford and writer and film critic Parker Tyler. His most significant work is the painting ""Hide and Seek"", painted in 1940–42, and currently owned by the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. He became a United States citizen in 1952 and died in Grottaferrata, Italy in 1957."
"museum dedicated to his work, the Matisse Museum in Le Cateau, and this museum is now the third-largest collection of Matisse works in France. According to David Rockefeller, Matisse's final work was the design for a stained-glass window installed at the Union Church of Pocantico Hills near the Rockefeller estate north of New York City. ""It was his final artistic creation; the maquette was on the wall of his bedroom when he died in November of 1954"", Rockefeller writes. Installation was completed in 1956. Matisse died of a heart attack at the age of 84 on 3 November 1954. He"
"of time and space extending into infinity, while the nude lies bored and restless underneath a bleak sign advertising the endless cycle of arrivals and departures. Night Train (painting) Night Train (""Le train de nuit"") is a 1947 painting by Belgian artist Paul Delvaux, famous for his paintings of female nudes. The painting is 153 x 210 centimetres and is currently housed in the Museum of Modern Art, Toyama. Trapped in a loveless marriage, Delvaux wished ""to paint boredom, sadness and the desire to get away from it all... There is this nostalgic aspect about waiting rooms where people pass"
"Nelson Rockefeller Bequest, gift of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Weintraub, and Mary Sisler Bequest, all by exchange. Le rideau jaune Le rideau jaune (""The Yellow Curtain"") is a painting by Henri Matisse created in 1915. Its size is 57½ × 38⅛"" (146 × 97 cm). It is currently in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Matisse's original title for the painting, ""Composition"", draws attention to its abstract quality. Interviewed in 1931, Matisse explained that the painting represents a view from a curtained window in his home at Issy-les-Moulineaux, including the blue glass canopy that covered"
"New York by Yvon Lambert Gallery. Barry is included in the permanent collections of renowned museums including the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC; the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; the Musée d’Orsay, Paris; the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; the Musée National D’Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Los Angeles and the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. Robert Barry (artist) Robert Barry (born March 9, 1936 in the Bronx, New York) is an American artist. Since 1967, Barry has produced non-material"
"The Open Window (Bonnard) The Open Window is a work by the French artist Pierre Bonnard, painted in 1921. Depicting a scene in a room, the painting draws the viewer's focus to the natural landscape outside of the window, away from the figures in the bottom right. The work is currently housed in The Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C. The contrast between the exterior blues and greens and the interior red oranges keeps the viewer's focus away from the black cat and woman at the lower right corner of the canvas. Dogs and cats are a signature that are found"
"museum, and it was confirmed that the ""Mona Lisa"" was not with the photographers. The Louvre was closed for an entire week to aid in investigation of the theft. List of some of his works in French national museums: Louis Béroud Louis Béroud (January 17, 1852, Lyon-October 9, 1930, Paris) was a French painter of the late 19th, early 20th century. Some of his paintings are visible at the Musée Carnavalet and The Louvre in Paris. On August 22, 1911, Béroud came to The Louvre to sketch his painting """" but where the famous ""La Joconde"", by Leonardo da Vinci,"
"Blue Nude (Souvenir de Biskra) Blue Nude (Souvenir of Biskra) (""Nu bleu, Souvenir de Biskra""), an early 1907 oil painting on canvas by Henri Matisse, is located at the Baltimore Museum of Art as part of the Cone Collection. Matisse painted the nude when a sculpture he was working on shattered. He later finished the sculpture which is entitled ""Reclining Nude I (Aurore)"". Matisse shocked the French public at the 1907 Société des Artistes Indépendants when he exhibited ""Blue Nude (Souvenir de Biskra)"". The ""Blue Nude"" was one of the paintings that would later create an international sensation at the"
"Sophie Matisse Sophie Alexina Victoire Matisse (born February 13, 1965) is an American contemporary artist. Matisse initially gained notoriety for her series of ""Missing Person"" paintings, in which she appropriated and embellished upon, or subtracted from, recognizable works from art history. Media coverage is often quick to note Sophie Matisse's family background, an art pedigree originating with her great-grandfather, the famous 20th century painter Henri Matisse. Britain's ""Sunday Telegraph"" newspaper in 2003 referred to Sophie as ""art royalty,"" a term occasionally paraphrased when discussing Sophie and her artwork. Sophie Matisse was born in Boston on February 13, 1965, and was"
"Painting 1946 Painting 1946, also known as Painting or Painting (1946), is an oil-on-linen painting by the Irish-born artist Francis Bacon. It was originally intended to depict a chimpanzee in long grass (parts of which may be still visible); Bacon then attempted to paint a bird of prey landing in a field. Bacon described the work as his most unconscious, the figurations forming without his intention. In an interview with David Sylvester in 1962, Bacon recalls: The previous year Poussin's ""Adoration of the Golden Calf"" had been taken into the National Gallery collection and Bacon almost certainly had this painting"