paintings

The Uncertainty of the Poet , Giorgio de Chirico — 1913

I discovered de Chirico through Marie Darrieussecq

Tate Modern, London · 7 Apr 2026

Gelb-Rot-Blau , Vassily Kandinsky — 1925

Kandinsky 'La musique des couleurs' exhibition at Philharmonie de Paris. 15/10/25 - 01/02/26

Philharmonie de Paris · 11 Jan 2026

Natureza-Morta com Relógios (Still-life with Clocks) , Tarsila do Amaral — 1923

Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao · 8 Apr 2025

The Annunciation , El Greco — c. 1597-1600

Smaller version of the massive Annunciation in Madrid

Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao · 7 Apr 2025

Die Malkunst (The Art of Painting) , Johannes Vermeer — 1666/68

Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna · 25 Jun 2024

Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe (Luncheon on the Grass) , Édouard Manet — 1863

Musée d'Orsay, Paris · 2 Apr 2024

Triptych of the Temptation of St. Anthony , Hieronymus Bosch — c. 1501

Thank you to Sienna who came out of the way to see this with me!

Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, Lisbon · 30 Aug 2023

Abraham et les trois anges , Marc Chagall — 1966

Musée National Marc Chagall, Nice · 3 Jul 2023

Le Mystère de Jean l'Oiseleur (The Mystery of Jean the Birdcatcher) , Jean Cocteau — 1924

Santo Sospir exhibition of Mauro Restiffe / Jean Cocteau. 13/06/2023 - 15/10/2023 in Villa Sauber

Nouveau Musée National de Monaco · 3 Jul 2023

Stelle cadenti (Shooting Stars) , Angelo Dall'Oca Bianca — 1925-1941

Casa di Giulietta (Juliet's House), Verona · 20 Jul 2022

Le Christ Bon Pasteur (The Infant Christ as the Good Shepherd) , Bartolomé Esteban Murillo — c. 1660-65

Supposedly its companion is the St John with a lamb from NG, both displayed on an altar in Plaza de Santa Maria la Blanca in Seville in 1665. Retrospectively, I can't seem to find anything about it being in Oxford, but the tag does say it was lent from a private collection.

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford · 29 Jun 2022

Study for 'Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe' (Luncheon on the Grass) , Édouard Manet — c. 1863

Study for the larger version at Orsay (which I saw 2 years later).

The Courtauld Gallery, London · 30 May 2022

La Cellulue d'Or (The Golden Cell) , Odilon Redon — 1892

Did I go all the way to see this because it is used as the cover for Tolstoy's What is Art? Yes I did.

British Museum, London · 30 May 2022

The Garden of Love (Lainey's Garden) , Walter Sickert — c. 1927-8

Walter Sickert exhibition 28/04/22 – 18/09/22. One of the first art exhibitions I ever visited!

Tate Britain, London · 25 May 2022

Snow Scene at Argenteuil , Claude Monet — 1875

One of my oldest friends

National Gallery, London · 14 May 2022

The Infant Saint John with the Lamb , Bartolomé Esteban Murillo — c. 1660-65

Fond memories looking for this painting lol

National Gallery, London · 30 Apr 2022

Inaugural Gooseflesh , Salvador Dalí — 1928

This picture does the painting no favours... This is the only picture I took, of all the beautiful Dalí... Too young to appreciate... https://catalogues.salvador-dali.org/catalogues/en/heritageobject/3789/

Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, Figueres · 5 Jul 2019