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Artist Paul Klee Year 1922 Medium oil on canvas mounted on panel Dimensions 40.5 cm × 38 cm (15.9 in × 15 in) Location Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel Completed in 1922, Senecio is a manifestation of Paul’s sense of humor and African culture. The simple colors and shapes, Paul makes…
Mark Rothko (American (born former Russian Empire, now Latvia), Dvinsk 1903–1970 New York, New York) Title: No. 13 (White, Red on Yellow) Date: 1958 Medium: Oil and acrylic with powdered pigments on canvas Dimensions: 95 1/4 × 81 3/8 (241.9 × 206.7 cm) Location:…
Artist: Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775–1851) Title: Lake Geneva, with the Dent d’Oche, from above Lausanne, Part of Lausanne Sketchbook Date: 1841, Medium: Graphite and watercolour on paper Dimensions: support: 235 x 338 mm Collection: Tate “An inveterate traveller, Turner…
Clyfford Still (American, Grandin, North Dakota 1904–1980 Baltimore, Maryland) Title: 1943-A, Date: 1943 Medium: Oil on cloth Dimensions: 36 × 30 1/4 in. (91.4 × 76.8 cm) Location: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York From 1945 to 1961, Clyfford Still was a major…
Artist : Paul Klee Title : Alea Jacta (original title), translation: ‘The Die Is Cast’ Date: 1940 Dimensions : 34,6 x 21,6 cm Medium : Brush and paste paint on mottled pink handmade wove paper, mounted on cardboard Location :…
In the Archaeological Museum of Samos, Greece, resides a captivating artifact: a Hellenic or Roman marble head of a goddess, dating back to the 2nd–1st century BC. This statue bears a poignant testament to the transformative tides of history, having…
Leonardo da Vinci ((possibly Anchiano) Vinci, Republic of Florence 15 April 1452 – 2 May 1519 Clos Lucé, Amboise, Kingdom of France) Title – Portrait of a Man in Red Chalk ( Self – portrait) Year c. 1510 – 1512 Type Red chalk on paper…
Willem de Kooning (American (born The Netherlands), Rotterdam 1904–1997 East Hampton, New York) Title: Black Untitled , Date: 1948 Medium: Oil and enamel on paper, mounted on wood Dimensions: 29 7/8 × 40 in. (75.9 × 101.6 cm) Location: The Metropolitan Museum of Art,…
Michelangelo’s Tomb of Julius II has a long and complex history. Its story reminds us that even the greatest of artists faced endless challenges and failures. Text By Alice Marinelli, PhD History of Art for The Collector A picturesque staircase in the…
Among the remarkable relics of antiquity, the Statue of the Seated Goddess Hygieia stands as an elegant embodiment of both divine protection and classical artistry. This Roman marble copy, carved in the 160s A.D., pays homage to a lost Greek…
Robert Motherwell (American, Aberdeen, Washington 1915–1991 Provincetown, Massachusetts) Title: Elegy to the Spanish Republic No. 70 Date: 1961 , Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 69 x 114 in. (175.3 x 289.6 cm) Location: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Beginning about 1948, Motherwell…
Title: Saint Jerome in His Study Artist: Albrecht Dürer (German, Nuremberg 1471–1528 Nuremberg) Date: 1514 Medium: Engraving Dimensions: sheet: 9 11/16 x 7 7/16 in. (24.6 x 18.9 cm) trimmed on plate line Of Dürer’s three technically brilliant Meisterstiche (master engravings) of 1513 and 1514,…