Monday, July 6, 2020

Painting #143 - Figurativism in Europe

Figurative painting in Europe


Nude Before a Mirror
- Balthus (1908–2001, Polish-French)
- oil on canvas (190 × 164 cm) 1955
- Metropolitan Museum of Art (NYC) 


Isabel Rawsthorne Standing in a Street In Soho
- Francis Bacon (1909–1992, British)
- oil on canvas (198 x 147 cm) 1967
- Nationalgalerie, Staatliche Museen (Berlin) 

Three Studies of Lucian Freud
- Francis Bacon
- oil on canvas (198 × 148 cm each) 1969
- private collection (of Elaine Wynn) 
"It was sold in November 2013 for US$142.4 million, which at the time was the highest price attained at auction for a work of art ..."


Two Seated Figures No.2
- Leon Kossoff (1926–2019, British)
- oil paint on board (244 × 183 cm) 1980
- Tate (London) 

Standing by the Rags
- Lucian Freud (1922–2011, British)
- oil on canvas (169 x 138 cm) 1990
- Tate Britain (London)  


The Sitting Room
- Frank Auerbach (1931- , German-British)
- oil paint on board (128 × 128 cm) 1964
- Tate (London) 


ParsifalI
Anselm Kiefer (1945- , German)
- oil paint on paper on canvas (325 × 220 cm) 1973
- Tate Britain (London) 


Source: Wikipedia

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