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Cecilia Beaux

On May 1, 2025 - 19th Century, 20th Century, American, may 1

Cecilia Beaux, American artist, May 1, 1855 – September 17, 1942

Cecilia Beaux, circa 1888

New England Woman, 1895 Oil on canvas, 43 x 24 1/4 in // Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia

Twilight Confidencess, 1888 Oil on canvas, 23 1/2 x 28 in // Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, Georgia

Georges Clemenceau, 1920 Oil on canvas, 47 in x 36.7 in // Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC

Maurice Brazil Prendergast

On April 30, 2025 - 19th Century, 20th Century, American, october 10

Maurice Brazil Prendergast, American artist, October 10, 1858 – February 1, 1924

Prendergast in 1913, photo by Gertrude Käsebier

Grand Canal, Venice, c.1898 - c.1899 Watercolor on paper, 9 x 13.6 in

Boston Harbor, c.1900 - c.1905 Watercolor on paper, 28.26 x 39.37 cm // Private Collection

Santa Maria Formosa, Venice, c.1911 - c.1912 Pencil, watercolor, paper, 23.16 x 15.25 in // Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

The Flying Horses, c.1900 - c.1901 Watercolor on paper, 13.6 x 21 in Private Collection

At the Shore (Capri), c.1898 - c.1899 Watercolor on paper, 10 x 14 in // Private Collection

Untitled (Kneeling Man), 1891 Watercolor and pencil on paper, 6 ¾ x 3 ¾ inches // Private Collection

Lake, New Hampshire, c.1910 - c.1913 Watercolor on paper, 8.75 x 11.75 cm // Private Collection

Theodor Severin Kittelsen

On April 27, 2025 - 19th Century, 20th Century, april 27, Norwegian

Theodor Severin Kittelsen, Norwegian artist, 27 April 1857 – 21 January 1914

Self-Portrait, 1891 Oil on canvas, 23.6 in x 17.9 in // National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo

Troll Who Washes His Brat

Troll Who Wonders How Old He Is, 1911 Illustration

Echo, 1888 Oil on canvas Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum, Tromso, Norway

Soria Moria Castle, 1900 Oil on canvas, 17.8 in x 27 in // National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo

Self-Portrait, 1884

Boy on white horse, between 1890 and 1909 Color pencil on paper Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum, Tromsø

Theodor Kittelsen, Jutulkamp (“Giant Fight”)

Askeladden's Adventure

Peer Gynt In the Hall of the Mountain King, 1913

Forest Troll, 1906

Theo Kittelsen “Mom, there’s a witch coming up the hill…”, 1894-95

Theodor Kittelsen: Sjotrollet (Sea Troll), 1887

War Between Frogs and Mice, 1885

17th of May Norwegian Constitution Day

Theodor Severin Kittelsen, The Dragon Awakens

Akseli Gallen-Kallela

On April 26, 2025 - 19th Century, 20th Century, april 26, Finnish

Akseli Gallen-Kallela, Finnish painter, 26 April 1865 – 7 March 1931

Akseli Gallen-Kallela, 1906

Great Black Woodpecker, 1894 Oil on canvas, 57 in x 35.8 in // Musée d'Orsay, Paris

Kalela on a Winter Night, 1896 Oil on canvas, 13.3 in x 10.2 in // Private collection

The Artist's Mother, 1896 Tempera on canvas, 12.9 in x 11.4 in // Nationalmuseum, Stockholm

Joan Miró

On April 20, 2025 - 20th Century, Spanish

Joan Miró i Ferrà, Catalan artist, April 20, 1893 – December 25, 1983

Prades, the Village, 1917 Oil on canvas, 25 5/8 x 28 5/8 in // Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York

Painting, 1953 Oil on canvas, 6 feet 4 3/4 x 12 feet 4 3/4 in // Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York

Signs and Meteors, 1958 Lithograph, 17 x 19 in // Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York

Edward Hopper

On April 20, 2025 - 20th Century, American

Robert Henri

On April 17, 2025 - 19th Century, 20th Century, American, july 12

Robert Henri, American painter, June 24, 1865 – July 12, 1929

"There are mighty few people who think what they think they think." — Robert Henri

Betalo Rubino, Dramatic Dancer, 1916 Oil on canvas, 77 1/4 × 37 1/4 in // Saint Louis Art Museum

Salome, 1909 Oil on canvas John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, Florida

La Madrileñita, 1910 Oil on canvas, 23 × 19 in // Art Institute of Chicago

Edgar Degas

On April 14, 2025 - 19th Century, 20th Century, French, july 19

Edgar Degas, French Artist, July 19, 1834 – September 27, 1917

"In painting you must give the idea of the true by means of the false." — Degas

Eugène Manet, 1874 Oil on canvas, 25.6 x 33.9 // Private Collection

Three Ukrainian Dancers, 1895 Pastel, 24.5 x 20.9 in // Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden

Edgar Degas, At the Milliner's, 1882 Pastel on pale gray wove paper (industrial wrapping paper), laid down on silk bolting, 30 x 34 in Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

At the Milliner's, 1882 Pastel on pale gray wove paper (industrial wrapping paper), laid down on silk bolting, 30 x 34 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Self Portrait with Evariste de Valernes, c.1865 Oil on canvas, 45.9 x 35.3 in Musée d'Orsay, Paris

Self Portrait Saluting, 1863 92x61cm Oil on canvas, 36.2 x 24 in // Museu Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal

At the Mirror, c. 1889 Pastel on paper, 19.3 x 25.2 in // Kunsthalle, Hamburg

Harlequin and Columbina, 1886

Two Riders by a Lake, c.1861 Pen and ink // Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF), Paris

Paul Lafond and Alphonse Cherfils Examining a Painting, c. 1878–80 Oil on wood panel, 16 3/4 x 19 11/16 in // Cleveland Museum of Art

Dancer in Ukrainian Dress, 1899 Pastel over charcoal on tracing paper, 24.3 in x 17.9 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Lowering the Curtain, c.1880 Pastel Private Collection

Houses at the Foot of a Cliff (Saint-Valéry-sur-Somme.), circa 1895-1898 Oil on canvas, 36.2 in x 28.6 in // Columbus Museum of Art

The Road, 1878 Monotype (black ink) on china paper National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

Portrait of a Woman, 1877 Oil on canvas, 25 1/2 × 21 in // Detroit Institute of Art

Woman with a Bandage, between 1872 and 1873 Oil on canvas, 13 × 9 3/4 in // Detroit Institute of Art

Violinist and Young Woman, ca. 1871 Oil and crayon on canvas, 18 1/4 × 22 in // Detroit Institute of Art

Woman with a Vase, 1872 Oil on canvas, 25.6 x 21.3 in // Musée d'Orsay, Paris

Lorenzo Pagans and Auguste de Gas, 1871 - 1872 Oil on canvas, 21.25x 15.35 in // Musée d'Orsay, Paris

Louis-Marie Pilet, Violoncellist in the Orchestra of the Opéra, 1868-69 Oil on canvas, 19.9 x 24 in // Musée d'Orsay, Paris

James Ensor

On April 13, 2025 - 19th Century, 20th Century, april 13, Belgian

James Sidney Edouard, Baron Ensor, Belgian painter, April 13, 1860 – November 19, 1949

Portrait of James Ensor, 1940s

Still Life with Chinoiseries, circa 1906 Oil on canvas, 30.9 in x 38.7 in // Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp

Self Portrait with Demons, 1898 Lithograph, 21 1/16 x 14 5/8 in // Museum of Modern Art, New York

My Portrait in the Year 1960, 1888 Etching, 6.9 x 12 in Museum of Fine Arts, Ghent

Intrigue, 1890 Oil on canvas, 35.2 in x 58.6 in // Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp

Self Portrait with Demons, 1898 Lithograph, 21 1/16 x 14 5/8 in // Museum of Modern Art, New York

Henry Ossawa Tanner

On April 10, 2025 - 19th Century, 20th Century, American, june 21

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