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A hunched figure on horseback holds a thin shaft as he makes his way through windy, snowy weather suggested by strokes of white, gray, and brown.

Man with Lance Riding through the Snow, c. 1880

Adolphe Schreyer

A painting of strange and surreal scene in a desert landscape with mountains in the background. The scene features a giraffe that is on fire, disembodied forms and faces, and skeletal figures.

Inventions of the Monsters, 1937

Salvador Dalí

A work made of oil on canvas.

Wounded Lioness, 1840/50

Pierre Andrieu

Large painting of cupid being whipped, a woman tries to hold back the a man in red dress.

Cupid Chastised, 1613

Bartolomeo Manfredi

A work made of oil on canvas.

The Resurrection, c. 1619-20

Cecco del Caravaggio

A work made of oil on canvas.

Allegory of Peace and War, 1776

Pompeo Girolamo Batoni

A work made of oil on canvas.

October Day, 1890–93

Jean Charles Cazin

Painting of a woman in white dress with a baby in her lap.

Mother and Child, 1921

Pablo Picasso

Two girls in acrobatic uniforms stand in an arena, one holds oranges.

Acrobats at the Cirque Fernando (Francisca and Angelina Wartenberg), 1879

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Lush tall grasses with small white flowers foreground a grove of bushy trees of varying types and heights, their leaves ranging from deep green to golden. Beneath a dense and heavy yellow sky, a small blue triangle suggesting a mountain peak crests above the treeline at far left.

The Poet's Garden, 1888

Vincent van Gogh

Painting in tones of gray and brown, with some green and blue, of a woman digging with a garden tool before a structure with a thatched roof that descends almost to the ground. Above her the sky is gray and blue, a haze of clouds.

A Peasant Woman Digging in Front of Her Cottage, c. 1885

Vincent van Gogh

Still life painting of dead waterfowl and vegetables in windowsill.

Still Life with Game Fowl, 1600/03

Juan Sánchez Cotán

A work made of oil on panel.

Final Study for "Bathers at Asnières", 1883

Georges Seurat

Portrait of an older woman holding a mirror and makeup pad, sitting in a dark dressing room in a pink slip and a blue and red skirt. Her flesh is mottled and pasty white, its contours in dark shadows that make it appear almost bruised. She gazes to the left forlornly.

Into the World There Came a Soul Called Ida, 1929–30

Ivan Albright

A work made of oil on canvas.

Barks Fleeing Before the Storm, 1870/75

Jules Dupré

Four women with musical instruments lounge in a massive garden courtyard.

The Interior of the Palm House on the Pfaueninsel Near Potsdam, 1834

Carl Blechen

Painting of a scene in a dimly-lit, cavernous room with a bassinet and small table. A shaft of light falls on four figures: a light-skinned woman in a white head covering, a baby on her lap, a male figure at her side, and a small dog at their feet. The couple feeds the fussing baby from a bowl, smiling.

A Mother Feeding her Child (The Happy Mother), 1707

Willem van Mieris

Cubist painting of woman, bright yellow, green, purple colors.

The Red Armchair, December 16, 1931

Pablo Picasso

Abstract painting, black background covered with flicks and smudges of white and other colors.

Greyed Rainbow, 1953

Jackson Pollock

A chaotic but happy kitchen scene: A light-skinned woman in a pink dress at left bends to take a turkey out of the oven, while another at right forms a pie near a small girl playing with a kitten. Behind them, a woman selects dishware as yet another carries a basket of ingredients. A fifth woman in the back puts on a fancy hat and coat near a pair of babies reaching out from their twin high chair.

Thanksgiving, c. 1935

Doris Lee

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