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Artist Joseph Mallord William Turner Title Peace – Burial at Sea Year exhibited 1842 Medium oil on canvas Dimensions 87 x 86,7 cm Location Tate Britain, London A painting that feels like silence made visible. A pale sky meets calm…
Artist Otto Dix Title Portrait of a Prisoner of War Year 1945 Medium oil and tempera on cardboard Dimensions 82.5 x 67.5 cm Location Unterlinden Museum, Colmar You don’t walk into Otto Dix’s Portrait of a Prisoner of War expecting…
Artist Nicolas de Staël Title Portrait d’Anne Year 1953 Medium oil on canvas Dimensions 140 x 99 cm Location Unterlinden Museum, Colmar Although he is usually considered as an abstract painter, Nicolas de Staël is represented in the Unterlinden museum’s…
Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat Title Moses and the Egyptians Year 1982 Medium Acrylic and oil stick on canvas Dimensions 185.9 x 137 x 4 cm Location Guggenheim Bilbao In the early 1980s, Jean-Michel Basquiat emerged as one of the most groundbreaking…
Artist Diego Velázquez Title Rokeby Venus Year c. 1647–1651 Medium oil on canvas Dimensions 122 cm × 177 cm (48 in × 70 in) Location National Gallery, London. You don’t forget the first time you see her. Reclined, bare, her…
The Sacred Portrait – A Byzantine Masterwork Saint John the Baptist Icon from Hilandar Monastery (14th Century) Encountering the 14th-century icon of Saint John the Baptist from Hilandar Monastery is a moment that transcends mere observation. The prophet’s visage, rendered…
Text by Vincent DeLuise Author, Educator, Musician at amusicalvision.blogspot.com, Cultural Ambassador, Waterbury Symphony Orchestra Artist Pieter Bruegel the Elder Title The Blind Leading the Blind Year 1568 Type Distemper on linen canvas Dimensions 86 cm × 154 cm (34 in × 61 in) Location Museo di Capodimonte, Naples In one of my…
Text by Vincent DeLuise Author, Educator, Musician at amusicalvision.blogspot.com, Cultural Ambassador, Waterbury Symphony Orchestra Artist: Titian (Tiziano Vecellio) (c. 1488/90 Pieve di Cadore, Republic of Venice – Died 27 August 1576 (aged 87–88) Venice, Republic of Venice) Title: Portrait of a Man in a Red Cap…
Text by Vincent DeLuise Author, Educator, Musician at amusicalvision.blogspot.com, Cultural Ambassador, Waterbury Symphony Orchestra Artist : Francisco Goya Title : Señora Sabasa Garcia Date : c. 1806/1811 , Dimensions : overall: 71 x 58 cm (27 15/16 x 22 13/16 in.), framed: 94.6 x 81.3 x…
Artist: Marc Chagall (July 7, 1887, in Vitebsk – March 28, 1985 (age 97 years), Saint Paul de Vence, France) Title: La Fenêtre sur l’île de Bréhat (Window with View on the Island Bréhat), Date: 1924 Medium/Technique: oil on canvas…
Title : New York City, 3 (unfinished) Artist Piet Mondrian Year 1941 Type Oil, pencil, chalk and coloured tape on canvas. Dimensions 117 x 110 cm Location Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid In view of the Nazi advance, in 1938, after…
Artist Titian (1490–1576) Title Portrait of Cardinal Filippo Archinto Date 1558 Medium oil on canvas Dimensions height: 114.8 cm (45.1 in); width: 88.7 cm (34.9 in) Collection Philadelphia Museum of Art There’s something eerie about Archbishop Filippo Archinto’s portrait. If you’ve…