Pavlos Mathiopoulos’s Portrait of a Lady, painted in 1897, reveals the elegance of pastel portraiture and the refined style of one of Greece’s notable early modern artists.
Renoir’s Peonies
Renoir’s Peonies at the Clark Art Institute shows loose red and pink blossoms against a dark background with blue-shadowed white tablecloth.
Renoir’s Femme au corsage rouge
Renoir’s Femme au corsage rouge, believed to portray Gabrielle Renard, reveals the artist’s late style through intimate composition, warm colour, fluid brushwork and a striking red corsage.
Indigenous Woman with Marigolds
Felipe Santiago Gutiérrez’s Indigenous Woman with Marigolds brings together pregnancy, mortality and the symbolism of the Mexican cempasúchil, inviting us to reflect on life, death and remembrance.
Nikolaos Lytras and John Singer Sargent
Discover how Nikolaos Lytras and John Singer Sargent transformed Mediterranean rooftops in Tinos and Capri into intimate scenes of light, colour, architecture and everyday life.
Back to School with Winslow Homer
Winslow Homer’s The Country School takes us back to an American classroom in 1871, revealing surprising similarities between schoolchildren then and children returning to school today.
Pierre Bonnard’s Paris
Pierre Bonnard transforms an ordinary Paris street into a lively study of movement, pattern and freedom as a man struggles to control two energetic dogs.
Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen’s Le Rêve
Discover how Steinlen’s Le Rêve captures the spirit of Belle Époque Paris through Japonisme, innovative gillotage printing, and a dreamlike poster celebrating art, theatre, and cultural exchange.
John George Brown’s Paintings of Children
Discover how John George Brown portrayed childhood, balancing sentimental street scenes with the quiet intimacy of Playing in the Sand at Southampton Beach, revealing Victorian ideals and artistic intent.
Columns of Olympian Zeus by Vikentios Lanza
Vikentios Lanza’s painting transforms the Temple of Olympian Zeus into a powerful reflection on ruins, memory, and Greek cultural identity in 19th-century Athens.