Las Hilanderas. Velázquez.
Edvard Munch. Weeping Nude.
Edward Hopper. Excursion into Philosopy.
Jean Dubuffet. Woman Grinding Coffee, 1945.
Pedro Figari. No se encuentra el botín (año?).
Woman bathing (forgot the artist)
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Balthus. Girl at a Window, 1957.
Alberto Giacometti. Annette, 1961.
I particularly like this one. Annette is Giacometti's wife. She was his principal model, according to what I have read.
That sounds cool. I think the idea of having someone pose for you to draw them is not neccesarily powerful, but it can be. It must be an interesting experience to do it with your wife!
Unrelated to the context, I like the painting. It is a bit misleading, in a good way: at first sight there is some anxiety to it, either communicated or implied, but after a while that feeling goes away and you can see clearer the fact that is just a woman posing. Very interesting.
Jackson Pollock. Number 28, 1950.
The MET website has crappy images of every painting for some damned right restriction. This picture is even better than the one on their website.
I have no idea why I like staring at this thing so much.
François-Robert Ingouf. Canadians Weeping over the Tomb of Their Child, 1786.
Indigenous people in Canada who lost an infant would mourn at the child's grave six months after burial and the mother would lactate over it.