Saturday, September 20, 2014

Painting - Xu Beihong / 徐悲鸿

Xu Beihong / 徐悲鸿  

... born 119 years ago.




 



(L)  Xu Beihong Museum at Beijing
 
(R)  立马图


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EXTRA

中國十大名畫






Thursday, September 11, 2014

Painting #100 - Summary



















An engraving of a painting by Heinrich Merté (1838-1917)
“The Capitol is Rescued by the Holy Geese of Juno”
390 B.C.E. July
- woodcut (31 x 42 cm) 1882
- Sammlung Archiv für Kunst und Geschichte (Berlin)
Gauls from northern Italy attempted to attack the Capitol of Rome by night and by surprise. But the flock of sacred geese made such a noise with their wings and had warned the defending soldiers.


Painting #099 - M.C. Escher

M.C. Escher  
(1898–1972, Dutch)


- Escher in 1948
- lithograph (28 × 33 cm)



- Escher in 1935
- lithograph (32 × 21 cm)



- Escher in 1961
- lithograph (38 × 30 cm)




- Escher in 1944
- lithograph (34 x 47 cm)



- Escher in 1938
- woodcut (44 x 44 cm)


Source: Wikipedia


Painting #098 - Pop Arts


Andy Warhol 

(1928–1987, American pop artist)
- Andy Warhol
- Acrylic on canvas (silkscreen painting) (205 × 290 cm) 1962
- Tate (London) 
  
(L) Marilyn Diptych        (R) Andy Warhol


Richard Hamilton 

(1922–2011, English pop artist)
- Richard Hamilton
- Collage (26 × 25 cm) 1956
- Kunsthalle Tübingen (Germany)





Source: Wikipedia

Painting #097 - Jackson Pollock



- by Jackson Pollock (1912–1956, American abstract expressionist) in 1950
- Oil on canvas (221 x 300 cm)
- National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
Pollock at work
Source: Wikipedia




Painting #096 - Diego Rivera

Murals depicting Mexico's history
- by Diego Rivera (1886–1957, Mexican) in 1929-35
- at the National Palace in Mexico City




Source: Wikipedia




Painting #095 - Marcel Duchamp, E Burne-Jones, G Balla


- Marcel Duchamp (1887–1968, French-American Dadaist) in 1912
- Oil on canvas (147 × 89 cm)



- Edward Burne-Jones (1833–1898, British) in 1880
- Oil on panel (269 × 117 cm)
- Tate Britain, London

 The Golden Stairs



- Giacomo Balla (1871–1958, Italian Futurist) in 1912
- oil on canvas (91 x 110 cm)
Source: Wikipedia




Wednesday, September 10, 2014

Painting #094 - René Magritte

René Magritte  
(1898–1967, Belgian surrealist)


The Treachery of Images"This is not a pipe."
- René Magritte in 1928–29
- Oil on canvas (64 × 94 cm)





- René Magritte in 1928
- Oil on canvas (106 x 81 cm)
- Private Collection
3-D painting is near, when 3-D printing is availed.
Source: Wikipedia




Painting #093 - Salvador Dalí

Salvador Dalí  
(1904–1989, Spanish Catalan surrealist)


- Salvador Dalí in 1931
- Oil on canvas (24 × 33 cm)




Rinoceronte vestido con puntillas 
- Salvador Dalí in 1956
- weight 3.6 tonnes

Source: Wikipedia

Sleep
- Salvador Dali
- oil on canvas (51 x 78 cm) 1937
- Private collection


Sleep
- Salvador Dali
- oil on canvas (51 x 78 cm) 1937
- Private collection

Painting #092 - Marc Chagall

Marc Chagall  
(1887–1985, Belarussian-Russian-French)


I and the Village
- Marc Chagall in 1911
- oil on canvas (192 x 151 cm)



- Marc Chagall in 1915
- oil on canvas (81 x 100 cm)
Museum of Modern Art, New York



Self-Portrait with Seven Fingers
- Marc Chagall
- oil on canvas (127 × 107 cm) 1912
- Stedelijk Museum (Amsterdam)


The Flying Carriage
- Marc Chagall
- oil on canvas (107 x 120 cm) 1913
- Private Collection



The Green Violinist
- Marc Chagall
- oil on canvas (198 x 109 cm) 1923-24
- Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (NYC) 
This work is often considered to be the inspiration for the 1964 musical Fiddler on the Roof:

Source: Wikipedia



Painting #091 - Paul Klee

Paul Klee  
(1879–1940, Swiss German)


- Paul Klee in 1940
- Oil on distemper on jute (46 × 44 cm)



- Paul Klee 
- oil and watercolours on paper (50 x 69 cm) 1925
- Hamburger Kunsthalle, (Hamburg) 
Source: Wikipedia


Senecio (Head of a Man)
- Paul Klee
- oil on gauze (40 × 37 cm) 1922
- Kunstmuseum (Basel)

A Young Lady's Adventure
- Paul Klee
- watercolor on paper (63 x 48 cm) 1922
- Tate (London, not on display)









Painting #090 - Piet Mondrian

Piet Mondrian  
(1872–1944, Dutch)


Composition with Yellow, Blue, and Red  
- Piet Mondrian
- oil on canvas (72.5 × 69 cm) 1937–42 
Tate Gallery, London



Composition No. 10
- Piet Mondrian
- oil on canvas (80 x 73 cm) 1939-42
- Private collection


Victory Boogie Woogie
- Piet Mondrian
- painting (128 x 128 cm) 1944
- Gemeentemuseum Den Haag (The Hague)





- by Piet Mondrian in 1911
- oil on canvas (79 × 108 cm)


The Red Tree
- Piet Mondrian
- oil on canvas (70 x 99 cm) 1908-10
- Gemeentemuseum Den Haag (The Hague)

Source: Wikipedia










Painting #089 - Wassily Kandinsky

Wassily Kandinsky  
(1866–1944, Russian abstract) 


Improvisation 31 (Sea Battle)
- by Kandinsky in 1913
- Oil on canvas (141 x 120 cm)
- National Gallery of Art, Washingon D.C.
Source: WikiArt


Accent in Pink
- by Kandinsky in 1926
- Oil on canvas (101 x 81 cm)


The Rider (Lyrical)
- Wassily Kandinsky
- oil on canvas (94 x 130 cm) 1911
- Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (Rotterdam)


Improvisation (Dreamy)
- Wassily Kandinsky
- oil on canvas (131 x 131 cm ) 1913
- Lenbachhaus (Munich)


Composition 8
- Wassily Kandinsky
- oil on canvas (140 x 201 cm) 1923
- Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (NYC)



Composition 8
- Wassily Kandinsky
- oil on canvas (140 x 201 cm) 1923
- Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (NYC)


Composition 8
- Wassily Kandinsky
- oil on canvas (140 x 201 cm) 1923
- Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (NYC)





Painting #088 - Käthe Kollwitz

Käthe Kollwitz  
(1867–1945, German)

The Sacrifice (in War cycle)
- Kathe Kollwitz 
- Woodcut (37 x 41 cm) 1922-23 


Self-Portrait
- Kollwitz 
- Woodcut (32 x 29 cm) 1927
- National Gallery, Washington D.C.





German stamp issued in 1991 in the
"Women in German history series"