Tuesday, September 9, 2014

Painting #08A - Kirchner, Kokoschka, Braque, Modigliani, Boccioni, Malevich, Marc


Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880–1938, German expressionist) 


The Red Tower in Halle
- Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
- oil on canvas (120 x 91 cm) 1915
- Folkwang Museum (Essen)
The Red Tower in Halle, an urban district in Germany.

Self-Portrait 

Self-portrait with model
- Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
- oil on canvas (150 × 100 cm) 1926
- Hamburger Kunsthalle (Hamburg)



Oskar Kokoschka (1886–1980, Austrian)


The Bride of the Wind (or The Tempest)
 - Oskar Kokoschka
 - oil on canvas (181 × 220 cm) 1913–14
- Kunstmuseum (Basel) 
A self-portrait expressing his unrequited love for Alma Mahler, widow of composer Gustav Mahler, 1914.  Kokosvhka was but one of her lovers.



Georges Braque (1882–1963, French Fauvism & Cubism)


Maisons à l'Estaque (Houses at L'Estaque)
- Georges Braque
- oil on canvas (73 x 60 cm) 1908
- Museum of Fine Arts (Bern) 
L'Estaque is a village in southern France, just west of Marseille.

The Portuguese
- Georges Braque
- oil on canvas (117 x 81 cm) 1911
- Kunstmuseum Basel (Basel)

Glass Carafe and Newspapers
- Georges Braque
- chalk, charcoal, collage, oil on canvas
(63 x 28 cm) 1914
- Private Collection




Amedeo Modigliani (1884–1920, Italian)


Madam Pompadour
- Amedeo Modigliani
- oil on canvas (61 x 50 cm) 1915
- The Art Institute of Chicago
The artist was nicknamed the king in his life circle. Thus he nicknamed his lover, a journalist from Britain, the above.

Portrait of the Artist's Wife — Jeanne Hebuterne.
- Amedeo Modigliani
- oil on canvas (101 x 66 cm) 1919
- Norton Simon Museum (Pasadena, USA) 
Drunkenness, poverty and TB took the life of this young artist. On the following day, she plunged from the fifth floor, killing herself and a nine-month womb inside her.

Nu couché (aka Red Nude or Reclining Nude)
- Amedeo Modigliani
- oil on canvas (60 × 92 cm) 1917
- Private collection
It is one of his most widely reproduced and exhibited paintings.




Umberto Boccioni (1882–1916, Italian Futurist)



Riot in the Galleria
- Umberto Boccioni
- oil on canvas (64 x 76 cm) 1909
- Palazzo Brera (Milan) 
"..... depicts frenzied spectators around a shocking fight between two women—thought to be prostitutes—in Milan’s famous indoor mall, the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II..... a brightly lit shopping arcade, created for the relatively new culture of consumption."


The City Rises
- Umberto Boccioni
- oil on canvas (199 x 301 cm) 1910
- Museum of Modern Art (NYC)
Buildings in construction in a suburb can be seen with chimneys in the upper part, but the most of the space is occupied by men and horses, melted together in a dynamic effort.



Kazimir Malevich (1879–1935, Russian avant-garde)


Woodcutter
- Kazimir Malevich
- oil on canvas (94 x 72 cm) 1912
- Stedelijk Museum (Amsterdam)

Suprematist Composition
- Kazimir Malevich
- oil on canvas (89 × 71 cm) 1916
- Private collection

Flowergirl
- Kazimir Malevich
- oil on canvas (80 x 100 cm) 1904-05
- Russian Museum (Saint Petersburg) 



Franz Marc (1880–1916, German Expressionist) 


Blue Horses
- Franz Marc
- oil on canvas (106 x 181 cm) 1911
- Walker Art Center (Minneapolis)

Birds
- Franz Marc
- oil on canvas (110 x 100 cm) 1914
- Lenbachhaus (Maxvorstadt, Germany)



Joan Miró (1893-1983, Spanish)  


The Farm
- Joan Miró (1893-1983, Spanish)
- oil on canvas (124 × 141 cm) 1921-22
- National Gallery of Art (Washington, D.C.)

The Harlequin's Carnival
- Joan Miró
- oil on canvas (66 × 91 cm) 1924-25
- Albright–Knox Art Gallery (Buffalo)

Dancer
- Joan Miro
- oil on canvas (116 x 89 cm) 1925
- Galerie Rosengart (Lucerne, Switzerland)

The Poetess
- Joan Miro
- gouache with terpentine on paper (38 x 46 cm) 1940
- Private collection



Giorgio de Chirico (1888-1978, Italian)



(98) The Mystery and Melancholy of a Street
- Giorgio de Chirico
- oil on canvas () 1914
- Private Collection

The Disquieting Muses
- Giorgio de Chirico
- oil on canvas (97 × 66 cm) 1947 (replica of 1916-18)
- Gianni Mattioli Collection (Milan)


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