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Artist: Joan Miró (Spanish, Barcelona 1893–1983 Palma de Mallorca) Title: Circus Horse Date: 1927 Medium/Technique: Tempera on canvas Dimensions: 51 3/8 × 38 1/4 in. (130.5 × 97.2 cm) Location: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This work belongs…
Text by Vincent DeLuise Author, Educator, Musician at amusicalvision.blogspot.com, Cultural Ambassador, Waterbury Symphony Orchestra Artist : Antonello da Messina Title : La Vergine Annunciata (The Virgin Annunciate) Date : c.1476 , Dimensions : 47 cm x 33 cm (18 in. x 13 in.) Medium : Oil on wooden…
Artist Henri Matisse Title The Piano Lesson Year 1916 Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 245.11 cm × 212.725 cm (96.50 in × 83.750 in) Location The Museum of Modern Art, New York Matisse’s ‘The Piano Lesson’ is a vision of discipline, beauty, and war. Henri Matisse painted…
Artist Pierre Bonnard (1867–1947) Title Self-portrait in the mirror of the bathroom Date before 1947 Medium oil on panel Dimensions height: 73 cm (28.7 in) ; width: 51 cm (20 in) Collection Musée national d’Art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris “The artist who paints…
Artist El Greco Year c. 1597-1599 Type Oil paint on canvas Dimensions 193.5 cm × 103 cm (76.2 in × 41 in) Location National Gallery of Art, Washington DC Grace in Motion – El Greco’s Saint Martin and the Beggar El Greco did not paint mere moments; he painted…
Artist: Dora Carrington (1893-1932) Title: Lytton Strachey (1880-1932), Critic and biographer; son of Sir Richard Strachey. Date: 1916 Medium/Technique: oil on panel Dimensions: 20 in. x 24 in. (508 mm x 609 mm) Location: National Portrait Gallery, London Standing before Portrait of…
Artist : Pablo Picasso Title : Corner at the Cloister of Sant Pau del Camp Date : 1896 Medium: Oil on wood Dimensions: 15.5 cm x 10 cm Location: Museu Picasso de Barcelona, Gift of Pablo Picasso, 1970 In 1970,…
Artist: Francisco de Goya y Lucientes Title: Still Life: Three Salmon Steaks Date: 1808–1812 Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 45 x 62 cm Current Location: Oskar Reinhart Collection, Winterthur, Switzerland In the early 19th century, amidst the turmoil of the…
Artist : Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985) Title : Houle du virtuel (Virtual Wave ) Date : 1963 Collection: Grenoble, Musée des Beaux Arts. As a prolific artist and painter paying no heed to convention, whether in society or art, Jean Dubuffet made non-savoir…
Artist : Richard Diebenkorn Title : Ocean Park #12 Date: 1968 Medium: Oil and charcoal on canvas Dimensions: 92 1/2 x 80 in. (235 x 203.2 cm) Exhibitions Bibliography All paintings start out of a mood, out of a relationship…
Imagine standing before a painting that seems to breathe with emotion, where every brushstroke tells a story of profound human experience. That’s the magic of Rembrandt‘s “The Return of the Prodigal Son.” This masterpiece doesn’t just depict a biblical tale;…
Artist Diego Velázquez Title Portrait of Pope Innocent X Year c. 1650 Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 141 cm × 119 cm (56 in × 47 in) Location Galleria Doria Pamphilj, Rome Portrait of Pope Innocent X is an oil on canvas portrait by the Spanish painter Diego Velázquez, created during…