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Posts in Category: 20th Century

John Henry Twachtman

On July 5, 2025 - 19th Century, 20th Century, American, august 4

John Henry Twachtman, American painter, August 4, 1853 - August 8, 1902

Gertrude Käsebier, John Henry Twachtman, c 1900

Arques-la-Bataille, 1885 Oil on canvas, 60 x 78 7/8 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Snow Scene, ca. 1890 - 1895 Oil on canvas. 16 x 20 in // Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum

Icebound, c. 1889 Oil on canvas, 25 5/16 × 30 3/16 in // Art Institute of Chicago

Marc Chagall

On June 29, 2025 - 20th Century, july 6, Russian

Marc Chagall, Russian painter, July 6, 1887 - March 28, 1985

Cow with a Parasol, 1946 Oil on canvas, 32 x 42 1/2 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

The Dream, 1939 Pastel with gouache on paper Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, Massachusetts

The Red Rooster, 1940 Oil on canvas, 28 3/4 x 36 in // Cincinnati Art Museum

The Painter to the Moon Gouache on paper, 12.6 x 11.8 in // Private Collection

The Poet Reclining, 1915 Oil on cardboard, 30.3 x 30.5 in // Tate Modern, London

Blue Lovers, 1914 Oil on cardboard, 19.3 x 17.3 in // Private Collection

Marc Chagall, Self Portrait with Brushes, 1909

Self Portrait with Brushes, 1909 by Marc Chagall

The Drunkard, 1912 Oil on canvas 33.5 x 45.3 in // Private collection

The Cattle Dealer, 1912 Oil on canvas, 38.2 x 79.7 in // Kunstmuseum Basel

Still-Life, 1912 Oil on canvas Private collection

Adolph von Menzel

On June 28, 2025 - 19th Century, 20th Century, december 8, German

Adolph von Menzel, German painter, December 8, 1815 – February 9, 1905

Adolph von Menzel in 1900

Blind Man's Buff, 1867 Oil on canvas, 11.6 x 8.9 in // National Gallery, London

Afternoon in the Tuileries Gardens, 1867 Oil on canvas, 19.2 x 27.5 in // National Gallery, London

At the Beer Garden, 1883 Gouache on paper, 5.3 x 7 in // Collection Georg Schäfer

The Studio Wall, 1872 Oil on canvas, 43.7 x 31.1 in // Hamburger Kunsthalle, Germany

Student Torchlight Procession, 1859 Oil on paperboard, 12.2 x 21.3 in // Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin

The Bedroom of the Artist in the Ritterstraße, 1847 Oil on canvas, 22 x 18.1 in // Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin

Living Room With the Artist's Sister, 1847 Oil on paper mounted on millboard, 18.1 x 12.4 in // Neue Pinakothek, Munich

The Balcony Room, 1845 Oil on canvas, 22.8 x 18.5 in // Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin

Menzel's Sister Emilie, Sleeping, circa 1848 Oil on paper mounted on canvas, 18.4 x 23.6 in // Hamburger Kunsthalle, Germany

The Iron Rolling Mill (Modern Cyclopes), 1875 Oil on canvas, 62.2 x 100 in // Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin

Berlin: Backs of Houses in the Snow, 1847 Oil on paper mounted on millboard, 5.1 x 9.4 in Kunst Museum Winterthur, Germany

The Back Garden, between 1850 and 1860 Oil on canvas, 19 x 27 in // Detroit Institute of Arts

Staircase Hallway With Night Lighting, 1848 Oil on paper, board backing, 14.2 x 8.5 in // Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany

Thunderstorm at Tempelhofer Hill, 1846 Oil on paper, 12.2 x 18.5 in // Wallraf–Richartz Museum, Cologne, Germany

Gwen John

On June 27, 2025 - 19th Century, 20th Century, English, june 26

Gwen John, Welsh painter, June 22, 1876 – September 18, 1939

Self-portrait, 1902 Oil on canvas, 17.6 x 13.7 in // Tate Britain, London

Portrait of Chloë Boughton-Leigh, between 1904 and 1908 Oil on canvas, 23 × 15 in // Tate Britain, London

Self-portrait, 1902 Oil on canvas, 17.6 x 13.7 in // Tate Britain, London

Girl Holding a Rose, 1915 to 1925 Oil on canvas, 17 7/8 × 14 5/8 in // Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

Isaac Israëls,

On June 22, 2025 - 19th Century, 20th Century, Dutch, february 3

Dorothea Tanning

On June 21, 2025 - 20th Century, 21st Century, American, august 25

Dorothea Tanning, American artist, August 25, 1910-January 31, 2012

Midi et Demi (Half past Noon), 1956-1957 Oil on canvas, 51 3/8 x 64 in // Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia

Still in the Studio, 1979 Oil on canvas, 51 3/16 in x 38 3/16 in // Mount Holyoke Museum of Art, South Hadley, Massachusetts

The Civilizing Influence, 1944 Oil on canvas

Laura Knight

On June 21, 2025 - 19th Century, 20th Century, august 4, English

Laura Knight, English painter, August 4, 1877 – July 7, 1970

Laura Knight, Self Portrait aka The Model, 1913 Oil on canvas, National Portrait Gallery, London

Self Portrait aka The Model, 1913 Oil on canvas, 60 x 50.2 in National Portrait Gallery, London

The Fishing Fleet, c. 1900 Oil on Canvas, 48.4 x 33.1 in // Bolton Museum & Art Gallery, UK

Ethel Bartlett, 1926 Oil on canvas, 30 x 25 in // Atkinson Art Gallery, Bensenville, Illinois

The Last Act, 1929 Oil on canvas, 55 x 42 in // Dundee Art Galleries and Museums, Scotland

Auguste Rodin

On June 14, 2025 - 19th Century, 20th Century, French, november 12

Mary Cassatt

On June 14, 2025 - 19th Century, 20th Century, American, may 22

Paul Signac

On June 5, 2025 - 19th Century, 20th Century, French, november 11

Paul Victor Jules Signac, French painter, November 11, 1863 – August 15, 1935

Signac with his palette, c. 1883

Place des Lices, Saint-Tropez, 1893 Oil on canvas, 25.7 x 32.2 in // Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh

Paul Signac, The Gas Tanks at Clichy, 1886 Pen and iron gall ink over graphite on Japan paper on cardboard, 9 5/8 x 14 7/16 in Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

The Gas Tanks at Clichy, 1886 Pen and iron gall ink over graphite on Japan paper on cardboard, 9 5/8 x 14 7/16 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

The Town Beach, Collioure, Opus 165, 1887 Oil on canvas, 24 3/4 x 31 1/2 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Saint-Tropez, Fontaine des Lices, 1895 Oil on canvas 25 3/5 × 31 9/10 in // Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Spain

Portrait of Félix Fénéon, 1890 Oil on canvas 28.9 × 36.4 in // Museum of Modern Art, New York

Paul Signac, The Buoy (Saint Tropez Harbor), 1894 Color lithograph on off-white wove paper, 15 13/16 x 12 13/16 in Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Cambridge

The Buoy (Saint Tropez Harbor), 1894 Color lithograph on off-white wove paper, 15 13/16 x 12 13/16 in // Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Cambridge

Place de Clichy, 1887 Oil on wood, 10 3/4 in. × 14 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Two Cypresses, Mistral, Opus 241, 1893 Oil on canvas, 31.5 x 25.2 in // Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands

The Dining Room, from 1886 until 1887 Oil on canvas, 35.03 x 45.66 in // Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands

Portrieux, the Lighthouse, Opus 183 Oil on canvas, 18.1 x 26.6 in // Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands

Woman with a Parasol, 1893 Oil on canvas, 31.8 x 25.5 in // Musée d'Orsay, Paris

Road to Gennevilliers, 1883 Oil on canvas, 28.7 x 36 in // Musée d'Orsay, Paris

Comblat-le-Château, the Meadow, Opus 161, 1886 Oil on canvas, 24.8 x 30.3 in // Dallas Museum of Art

Les Andelys, Côte d'Aval, 1886 Oil on canvas, 23 5/8 × 36 1/4 in // Art Institute of Chicago

Gasometers at Clichy, 1886 Oil on canvas, 25.59 x 31.88 in // National Gallery of Victoria, Australia

Sunday, between 1888 and 1890 Oil on canvas, 59 × 59 in // Private collection

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