Wednesday, June 24, 2020

Painting #140 - Abstractionism


Abstract art

Suprematism in Russia:


Suprematist Composition
- Kazimir Malevich (1879–1935, Russian)
- oil on canvas (89 × 71 cm) 1916
- (private collection) 


Gray Tree 
- Piet Mondrian (1872–1944, Dutch)
- oil on canvas (79 × 108 cm) 1911
- Gemeentemuseum Den Haag (The Hague) 

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



Metaphysical art


Boy on the Rocks
- Henri Rousseau (1844–1910, French)
- oil on linen (55 × 46 cm) 1895-97
- National Gallery of Art (Washington) 

The Uncertainty of the Poet
- Giorgio de Chirico (1888-1978, Italian)
- oil paint on canvas (106 x 94 cm) 1913
- Tate Modern (London) 

Napoleon in the Wilderness
- Max Ernst (1891–1976, German Am/Fr)
- oil on canvas (46 x 38 cm) 1941
- Museum of Modern Art (NYC) 


Woman & Bird in the Moonlight
- Joan Miró (1893-1983, Spanish surrealist)
- oil paint on canvas ( 81 x 66 cm) 1949
- Tate (Liverpool) 


Golconda / 天降
- René Magritte (1898–1967, Belgian surrealist)
- oil on canvas (81 × 100 cm) 1953
- The Menil Collection (Houston) 


The Persistence of Memory
- Salvador Dalí (1904–1989, Spanish Catalan surrealist)
- oil on canvas (24 × 33 cm) 1931
- Museum of Modern Art (NYC) 


Court les rues
- Jean Dubuffet (1901–1985, French) 1962
- Milwaukee Art Museum (Milwaukee) 
An example of a non-painterly Dubuffet painting


Jean Genet
- Alberto Giacometti (1901–1966, Swiss)
- oil on canvas (65 x 54 cm) 1955
- Tate (London) 



American Paintings before WWII

Reflecting an uneasy atmosphere during the Great Depression (1929-39)

Nighthawks
- Edward Hopper (1882–1967, American)
- oil paint on canvas (84 × 152 cm) 1942
- Art Institute of Chicago 


Jack-in-the-Pulpit No.IV
- Georgia O'Keeffe (1887–1986, American)
- oil on canvas (102 x 76 cm) 1930
- National Gallery of Art (Washington) 


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