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Figure seen from behind

59 works by 21 artists

59 works featuring “Figure seen from behind” by 21 artists, from the 18th to the 20th century, held in 33 museums.

The Meal or Woman Seen from the Back, Henri de Braekeleer

The Meal or Woman Seen from the Back, 1881–1885.

De maaltijd of Vrouw op de rug gezien (museum title)

Henri de Braekeleer (Belgian), oil on wood

Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (KMSKA), Belgium

The Maison Bernot, Maurice Utrillo

The Maison Bernot, 1924.

La Maison Bernot (museum title)

Maurice Utrillo (French), oil on canvas

Musée de l'Orangerie, France

The Teniersplaats in Antwerp, Henri de Braekeleer

The Teniersplaats in Antwerp, 1876.

De Teniersplaats in Antwerpen (museum title)

Henri de Braekeleer (Belgian), oil on canvas

Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (KMSKA), Belgium

Folkwang Cycle: Group with a Figure Climbing Stairs (Folkwang Group IV), Oskar Schlemmer

Folkwang Cycle: Group with a Figure Climbing Stairs (Folkwang Group IV), 1928.

Folkwang-Zyklus: Gruppe mit Treppensteigendem… (museum title)

Oskar Schlemmer (German), tempera on watercolour paper

Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Germany

Figure in church, Gwen John

Figure in church

Gwen John (British), mixed media on paper

National Museum Cardiff, United Kingdom

Madame Hessel and the Manicurist, Édouard Vuillard

Madame Hessel and the Manicurist, c. 1906.

Madame Hessel et la Manucure (museum title)

Édouard Vuillard (French), oil on canvas

Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland

Academic Male Nude, Jacques-Louis David

Academic Male Nude, c. 1780.

Académie d'homme (museum title)

Jacques-Louis David (French), oil on canvas

Thomas Henry Museum, Cherbourg, France

Conversation, Édouard Vuillard

Conversation, 1897–1898.

Édouard Vuillard (French)

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Madame Vuillard by the Fireplace, Édouard Vuillard

Madame Vuillard by the Fireplace, c. 1895.

Madame Vuillard devant la cheminée (museum title)

Édouard Vuillard (French)

Hermitage Museum, Russia

The Flight of Cloelia, Jean-Honoré Fragonard

The Flight of Cloelia, 1763–1764.

La Fuite de Clelie (museum title)

Jean-Honoré Fragonard (French), etching

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Torso, Amrita Sher-Gil

Torso, 1931.

Amrita Sher-Gil (Indian), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, India

The Street Enters the House, Umberto Boccioni

The Street Enters the House, 1911.

La strada entra nella casa (museum title)

Umberto Boccioni (Italian), oil on canvas

Sprengel Museum Hannover, Germany

Man at the Window, Henri de Braekeleer

Man at the Window, 1876.

De man bij het venster (museum title)

Henri de Braekeleer (Belgian), watercolor on paper

Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (KMSKA), Belgium

Two Marken bargemen, Petrus van der Velden

Two Marken bargemen, c. 1873.

Petrus van der Velden (New Zealander), oil on cardboard

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, New Zealand

Girl in a cloche hat, Gwen John

Girl in a cloche hat

Gwen John (British), mixed media on paper

National Museum Cardiff, United Kingdom

Study for The Old on the Beach, Richard Bergh

Study for The Old on the Beach

Studie till De gamla på stranden (museum title)

Richard Bergh (Swedish), charcoal and pastel on paper

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

Rose et or: La Tulipe, James McNeill Whistler

Rose et or: La Tulipe, 1894–1896.

James McNeill Whistler (American), oil on canvas

Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, United Kingdom

The Reading, Jean-Honoré Fragonard

The Reading, c. 1765–1775.

Jean-Honoré Fragonard (French), brown wash on wove paper

National Gallery of Art, United States

The Draped Figure, Back View, James McNeill Whistler

The Draped Figure, Back View, 1893.

James McNeill Whistler (American), lithograph on laid paper

National Gallery of Art, United States

Madame Vuillard in a Drawing Room, Édouard Vuillard

Madame Vuillard in a Drawing Room, c. 1893.

Madame Vuillard dans le salon (museum title)

Édouard Vuillard (French)

Hermitage Museum, Russia

Album of women's customs by Shin Yun-bok, image 2, Shin Yun-bok

Album of women's customs by Shin Yun-bok, image 2

신윤복필 여속도첩 (museum title)

Shin Yun-bok (Korean), ink and color on silk

National Museum of Korea, Corée du Sud

Woman at Bath, Amrita Sher-Gil

Woman at Bath, 1940.

Amrita Sher-Gil (Indian), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, India

Caress me, darling! … feel how cold and hard my breasts are, Auguste Rodin

Caress me, darling! … feel how cold and hard my breasts are, 1899–1900.

Caresse-moi, chéri! … tâte comme mes seins sont froids et… (museum title)

Auguste Rodin (French), color lithograph

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

She seemed to be returning from a long, anguished sleep …, Auguste Rodin

She seemed to be returning from a long, anguished sleep …, 1899–1900.

Elle semblait revenir d'un long, d'un angoissant sommeil … (museum title)

Auguste Rodin (French), lithograph

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Casting, Number Two, Winslow Homer

Casting, Number Two, 1894.

Winslow Homer (American), watercolor and graphite

National Gallery of Art, United States

Black Sun, Odilon Redon

Black Sun, 1900.

Odilon Redon (French)

Museum of Modern Art, United States

Madame Vuillard Arranging Her Hair, Édouard Vuillard

Madame Vuillard Arranging Her Hair, 1900.

Édouard Vuillard (French), oil on cardboard

Barber Institute of Fine Arts, United Kingdom

The Manicure, Édouard Vuillard

The Manicure, 1897.

La manucure (museum title)

Édouard Vuillard (French), oil on cardboard

Southampton City Art Gallery, United Kingdom

The Luncheon, Édouard Vuillard

The Luncheon, c. 1895.

Édouard Vuillard (French)

Yale University Art Gallery, United States

Gatti's, James McNeill Whistler

Gatti's, 1890.

James McNeill Whistler (American), transfer lithograph on chine collé

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Roman Warrior, Jacques-Louis David

Roman Warrior, 1824.

Jacques-Louis David (French), oil on canvas

Detroit Institute of Arts, United States

Bauhaus Stairway, Oskar Schlemmer

Bauhaus Stairway, 1931–1932.

Bauhaustreppe (museum title)

Oskar Schlemmer (German), watercolor and graphite on laid paper

Städel Museum, Germany

Four Dancers, George Catlin

Four Dancers, 1843–1844.

George Catlin (American), oil on canvas

Smithsonian American Art Museum, United States

Dutch woman as seen from behind, Petrus van der Velden

Dutch woman as seen from behind

Petrus van der Velden (New Zealander), watercolor

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, New Zealand

Two girls standing in church, Gwen John

Two girls standing in church

Gwen John (British), mixed media on paper

National Museum Cardiff, United Kingdom

Three Fates, Odilon Redon

Three Fates, 1900.

Odilon Redon (French)

Museum of Modern Art, United States

Confidences in the Garden, James McNeill Whistler

Confidences in the Garden, 1894.

James McNeill Whistler (American), lithograph on laid paper

National Gallery of Art, United States

At the Café, Édouard Vuillard

At the Café, c. 1897–1899.

Édouard Vuillard (French), oil on board, laid on cradled panel

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

The Tuileries Gardens, Édouard Vuillard

The Tuileries Gardens, 1895.

Édouard Vuillard (French), lithograph printed in green on wove paper

National Gallery of Art, United States

Drover with Calves in a Country Cart, Thomas Gainsborough

Drover with Calves in a Country Cart, c. 1755.

Thomas Gainsborough (British), graphite and gray wash on laid paper

National Gallery of Art, United States

The Town Hall with the Flag, Maurice Utrillo

The Town Hall with the Flag, 1924.

La Mairie au drapeau (museum title)

Maurice Utrillo (French), oil on canvas

Musée de l'Orangerie, France

Folkwang Cycle: Group of Three with a Head in a Window Opening, Oskar Schlemmer

Folkwang Cycle: Group of Three with a Head in a Window Opening, 1930.

Folkwang-Zyklus: Dreiergruppe mit Kopf in Fensterausschnitt (museum title)

Oskar Schlemmer (German), pastel and charcoal on tracing paper

Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Germany

Young Man on a Riverbank (recto); Study of a Wagnerian Scene (verso), Umberto Boccioni

Young Man on a Riverbank (recto); Study of a Wagnerian Scene (verso), 1902.

Umberto Boccioni (Italian), gouache, charcoal and pastel on paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Conversation in the Garden, Édouard Vuillard

Conversation in the Garden, 1908.

Conversation dans le jardin (museum title)

Édouard Vuillard (French), oil on canvas

Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Geneva, Switzerland

Girl with a palm, Gwen John

Girl with a palm

Gwen John (British), mixed media on cardboard

National Museum Cardiff, United Kingdom

Lady with a Birdcage, William Orpen

Lady with a Birdcage, 1900–1905.

William Orpen (Irish), pastel on paper

National Gallery of Ireland

Arab Musician, Odilon Redon

Arab Musician, 1893.

Arabe musicien (museum title)

Odilon Redon (French), oil on canvas

Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris, France

Conversation under the Statue, Luxembourg Gardens, James McNeill Whistler

Conversation under the Statue, Luxembourg Gardens, 1893.

James McNeill Whistler (American), transfer lithograph on laid paper

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

The Two Schoolboys, Édouard Vuillard

The Two Schoolboys, 1894.

Les deux écoliers (museum title)

Édouard Vuillard (French), oil on canvas

Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium

“The Monk Jakuren” from the Series "One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets", Utagawa Kuniyoshi

“The Monk Jakuren” from the Series "One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets", 19th century.

百人一首之内・寂蓮法師 (museum title)

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Tokyo National Museum, Japan