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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中國十大名畫

Painting #100 - Summary

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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)

Drawing Hands  

- Escher in 1948

- lithograph (28 × 33 cm)

 Drawing Hands

Hand with Reflecting Sphere  

- Escher in 1935

- lithograph (32 × 21 cm)

 Hand with Reflecting Sphere

Waterfall  

- Escher in 1961

- lithograph (38 × 30 cm)

 Waterfall

The Encounter  

- Escher in 1944

- lithograph (34 x 47 cm)

 The Encounter

Source: Wikipedia

Sky and Water I

- Escher in 1938

- woodcut (44 x 44 cm)

Painting #098 - Pop Arts

Marilyn Diptych  

- Andy Warhol (1928–1987, American pop artist) in 1962

- Acrylic on canvas (silkscreen painting) (205 × 290 cm)

- Tate  

 Marilyn Diptych

 Andy Warhol

Just what is it that makes today's homes so different, so appealing?  

- Richard Hamilton (1922–2011, English pop artist) in 1956

- Collage (26 × 25 cm)

- Kunsthalle Tübingen, Germany

Source: Wikipedia

 Richard Hamilton

 How To Make a Pop Art Portrait

Painting #097 - Jackson Pollock

Number 1 (Lavender Mist)  

- 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

 Looking at Jackson Pollock

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

 Murales de Diego Rivera en México

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

Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2  

- Marcel Duchamp (1887–1968, French-American Dadaist) in 1912

- Oil on canvas (147 × 89 cm)

- Philadelphia Museum of Art  

The Golden Stairs  

- Edward Burne-Jones (1833–1898, British) in 1880

- Oil on panel (269 × 117 cm)

- Tate Britain, London

 The Golden Stairs

Dynamism of a Dog on a Leash  

- Giacomo Balla (1871–1958, Italian Futurist) in 1912

- oil on canvas (91 x 110 cm)

- Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo

Source: Wikipedia

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)

- Los Angeles County Museum of Art  

 The Treachery of Images 

Attempting the Impossible  

- 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

 Surrealist Rene [Francois] Magritte

Painting #093 - Salvador Dalí

Salvador Dalí  
(1904–1989, Spanish Catalan surrealist)

The Persistence of Memory  

- Salvador Dalí in 1931

- Oil on canvas (24 × 33 cm)

- Museum of Modern Art, NYC

 The Persistence of Memory

Rinoceronte vestido con puntillas 

- Salvador Dalí in 1956

- weight 3.6 tonnes

- Puerto José Banús, Spain

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)

- Museum of Modern Art, New York

The Birthday  

- 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

 Marc Chagall

Painting #091 - Paul Klee

Paul Klee  
(1879–1940, Swiss German)

Death and Fire  

- Paul Klee in 1940

- Oil on distemper on jute (46 × 44 cm)

- Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern

The Goldfish  

- 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)

 Paul Klee

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)

Gray Tree  

- by Piet Mondrian in 1911

- oil on canvas (79 × 108 cm)

- Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague

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

Source: Wikipedia

 Piet Mondrian

 Block Nails

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)

 Wassily Kandinsky 

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.

 Käthe Kollwitz

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