In the collection of Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia — check current display status with the museum.
FROM THE BARNES FOUNDATION’S CATALOG
Cézanne painted at least 29 portraits of his wife, Marie-Hortense Fiquet. Here she appears in a green upholstered chair with her forearm resting on the chair's elongated arm. Although she is fashionably dressed, Marie-Hortense leans at a seemingly uncomfortable angle and presents a stern expression to the viewer. The thrust-out lower lip and blank stare contrast with her whimsical hat; its transparent brim reveals her forehead underneath. With its warped perspective and dour-looking sitter, Cézanne's canvas disrupts the conventions of female portraiture.
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Mary Cassatt — Portrait of a Lady
Vincent van Gogh — Portrait of a Woman
William Glackens — Girl with Fox Furs
Gustave Caillebotte — The Woman with Roses
William Glackens — Woman Seated on Red Sofa
Edgar Degas — Julie Burtey
Édouard Manet
William Glackens — Woman with Green Hat
Paul Gauguin — Woman in Front of a Still Life by Cézanne
George Bellows — Maud Murray Dale (Mrs. Chester Dale)
Jozef Israëls — Study of Sijtje van Bemmel (1880-1963)
Pierre-Auguste Renoir — Bust of a Woman (Buste de femme)
