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Tag Archives: Painting
1930: Landscape
Konstantin Bogaevsky: Industrial Landscape (c. 1930)
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1911: Portrait
Félix Vallotton: Seated Black Woman, Front View (1911)
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1910: Dirigible
Léon Spilliaert: Dirigible in a Hangar (1910)
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1925: The Copper Tambourine of the Night
Maximilian Voloshin: Медный бубен ночи [The Copper Tambourine of the Night] (1925) The pearl bejeweling the quiet of night, The gem of the lagoon’s star-studded base! Your light makes young and pallid every face, Thorn-apple longs for You in love-lorn … Continue reading
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1949: PH-129
Clyfford Still: PH-129 (1949)
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1822: Clouds
John Constable: Cloud Study (1822) Twenty of Constable’s studies of skies made during this season are in my possession, and there is but one among them in which a vestige of landscape is introduced. They are painted in oil, on … Continue reading
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1903: Steel Mills
Aaron Harry Gorson: Steel Mills – Nocturne, Pittsburgh (c. 1903-1920)
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1499: Wild Men
The two archetypal “wild men” that frame Albrecht Dürer’s portrait of Oswolt Krel (1499) were part of a popular theme in the late Medieval period and the early Renaissance. Wild men symbolized lust, fighting spirit, and the power of the primitive. … Continue reading
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1437: Freeing the Poor
Sassetta: The Blessed Ranieri Frees the Poor from a Prison in Florence (1437-44) This painting—now in the Louvre—was once part of an elaborate altarpiece in the Church of S. Francesco in Sansepolcro, Tuscany. The altarpiece contained 60 images and was … Continue reading
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1944: Factory
Frederick William Elwell: A Munitions Factory (1944)
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