Thursday, September 11, 2014

Painting #097 - Jackson Pollock

Jackson Pollock 

(1912–1956, American abstract expressionist) 


- Jackson Pollock
- oil on canvas (221 x 300 cm) 1950
- National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

Pollock at work


No. 5, 1948
- Jackson Pollock
- oil on fiberboard (240 × 120 cm) 1948
- private collection (New York) 
"It was sold on 22 May 2006 for $140 million, a new mark for highest ever price for a painting, not surpassed until April 2011."

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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




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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)
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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.
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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

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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:

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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) 
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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)