1976.69 Anders Leonard Zorn, Self-Portrait in a Fur Coat
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Anders Zorn was considered one of the best etchers of his day. Trained under the Swedish artist Axel Herman Haig while they were both living in London, Zorn took as his example the 17th-century work of Rembrandt van Rijn.
2000.105.FA Raoul Dufy, Self-portrait
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
This self-portrait by Raoul Dufy was created as the frontispiece for a book by French historian and museum conservator René Héron de Villefosse.
1985.R.63 Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Portrait of Camille Pissarro
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Camille Pissarro and Pierre-Auguste Renoir were friends and colleagues working within the Impressionist movement.
1956.78 Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Portrait of Paul Cézanne
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Pierre-Auguste Renoir designed this lithograph portrait of Paul Cézanne in 1880 when both artists were living in Paris.
1951.44 Paul Cézanne, Self Portrait Before an Easel
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
In this lithograph, Paul Cézanne portrays himself with the markers of his trade, including a painter’s beret and canvas.
2000.228.FA Charles Camoin, Artist in Her Studio
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Along with Henri Matisse, Charles Camoin was among the group of young artists who exhibited in Paris at the historic Salon d’Automne of 1905.
2016.24.A-B Rebecca Warren, Pas de Deux
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Pas de Deux (Plaza Monument) consists of two biomorphic forms, each more than twelve feet tall, cast in bronze and hand-painted in shimmering pastel washes.
2007.9, Jorg Immendorff, Electric Painting - Singender Panzer, 1985, oil on canvas
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
One of the most revered artists of post-war Germany, Jörg Immendorff's paintings confront the legacy of Nazism and the societal divisions afflicting his home country during the Cold War.
2015.12 Man's Kente, "Oyokoman" pattern
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Kente is the best known and most popular of the Asante textiles. Oral traditions credit a spider’s web-making with having inspired two hunters to create the first kente. Osei Tutu I, the first king of the Asante, reserved the cloth for royals.
2007.53.34 Oliver, Autoritratto
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Although Kermit Oliver earned high praise during his early career in 1970s Houston, the experience left him feeling like an outsider due to the racial divide between himself and his patrons.