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Robert Henri, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, 1916. Photograph of the painting.In 1916, American painter Robert Henri created a portrait of Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney that would become an enduring image of artistic independence. The subject reclines across a sofa in a blue jacket, green tunic and turquoise trousers, surrounded by richly colored textiles. Behind the informal pose … [Read more...] about Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney: The Portrait That Challenged American High Society

It's a candid street photo, looks like a town in southwestern France (the light stone architecture and the "Lagrèze Foie Gras" sign point toward the Dordogne/Sarlat area). A young woman with short reddish-brown hair and glasses walks toward the camera on a cobblestone square, wearing a red polka-dot dress and orange platform sandals, carrying a brown crossbody bag and holding … [Read more...] about Red Dress, Sarlat Square

Most people come to the Musée de l'Orangerie for the water lilies. Monet's eight curved canvases fill two oval rooms on the ground floor and that's usually where the visit ends. Downstairs is a smaller, stranger collection that gets skipped by anyone on a schedule: the paintings Paul Guillaume bought as a young dealer in the 1910s and 20s, later folded into what became the … [Read more...] about Inside the Musée de l’Orangerie’s Walter-Guillaume Collection

A dense crowd fills Old Town Square under a heavy grey sky, waiting for the astronomical clock on the Old Town Hall tower to strike the hour. The clock and its calendar dial are sharp on the left, and the dark twin spires of the Týn Church rise on the right. Between them the pastel Baroque facades of the Kinský Palace and its neighbours fill the middle of the frame. The crowd … [Read more...] about Crowds at Prague’s Astronomical Clock

Seven people walk across the cobbles in front of the granite and red-brick Real Casa de Correos in Madrid. An older man takes a phone call, a younger couple in sunglasses walk together, and a man in a white shirt points ahead while his companion follows. The light is soft and even, and the pale stone wall works like a studio backdrop. It's a clean street scene with plenty of … [Read more...] about Afternoon Stroll Past Puerta del Sol

This black-and-white frame was shot by the Giro d'Italia stage, with the race banner overhead. Photographers with long lenses, bibs and lanyards work behind a rope line. In the foreground a woman in a backless black dress and heels walks away from the camera holding a white umbrella. She's the only person facing into the scene, and her shape breaks up the jumble of gear and … [Read more...] about Behind the Ropes at the Giro d’Italia

About thirty people with cameras stand in a loose circle on a paved corner while a man in a Dire Straits Experience T-shirt leads a briefing. Hebrew shop signs and a Giorgio Armani poster fill the background, and a yellow flowering hedge brightens the right edge. Some people check their camera screens or phones and others look around. A woman on the left in red sneakers is … [Read more...] about Photo Walk Briefing on an Israeli Street

The photograph shows a busy pedestrian square or street in Lyon, France, with a large crowd gathered in front of a historic building. The foreground is dominated by a blonde woman in a black top and heavily ripped blue jeans walking toward the camera, while groups of tourists and visitors sit on the pavement or stand around behind her. A man in a blue-and-white striped shirt … [Read more...] about Crowded Evening in Lyon

The photograph is a night view of Venice, with a canal in the foreground and a distinctive temporary steel pedestrian bridge or walkway crossing the water. The architecture behind it is unmistakably Venetian: the illuminated palazzi have the characteristic tall, narrow Gothic windows and ornate façades, while the water-level entrances open directly onto the canal. The wet, dark … [Read more...] about Venice at Night

The photograph shows Piazza della Signoria in Florence, directly in front of Palazzo Vecchio. The identification is quite definite: the two statues flanking the entrance are the replica of Michelangelo’s David on the left and Baccio Bandinelli’s Hercules and Cacus on the right. Sources specifically identify this exact pairing at the Palazzo Vecchio entrance. The image … [Read more...] about Palazzo Vecchio, Florence