30 May 2018
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. Girl with Cat (‘Mädchen mit Katze’), 1910 (Merzbacher Kunststiftung, Küsnacht).
Oil on canvas: 88.5 x 119 cm.
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27 May 2018
Paul Keck. Woman in Dirndl Dress surrounded by Summer Flowers (‘Junge Frau im Dirndl auf einer Bank inmitten prachtvoller Sommerblumen’), 1958 (private collection).
Oil on canvas: 105 x 135 cm. Auctioned at Auktionshaus Michael Zeller Lindau, April 2014/ September 2014/ April 2016. Comforting escapism.
More > Paul Keck at Wikipedia (German).
26 May 2018
25 May 2018
Piet Mondriaan/ Mondrian. Composition of Red and White No. 1, 1942 (St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis/ USA).
Oil on canvas: 100.3 x 99.1 cm. Reworked.
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24 May 2018
Hubert van Ravesteyn. Walnuts in a Wan-li Porcelain Bowl, ca. 1670 (private collection).
Oil on canvas: 52.7 x 44.5 cm. Auctioned at Christie’s New York, October 2017.
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22 May 2018
Cristina Troufa. Voyeur No. 2, 2016 (artist’s portfolio).
Acrylic on canvas: 80 x 80 cm.
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21 May 2018
William Scott. Ochre Still Life II, 1970 (private collection).
Oil on canvas: 121.9 x 121.9 cm. Auctioned at Christie’s London, November 2013.
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20 May 2018
Karl Hofer. The Record Player (‘Der Plattenspieler’), 1939 (Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas).
Oil on canvas: 111.8 x 77.2 cm. With an Odeon label. Similar later Albertina version: here.
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19 May 2018
Joachim Uytewael/ Wtewael. The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian, 1600 (Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas).
Oil on canvas: 169.2 x 125.1 cm.
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15 May 2018
Jan Brueghel the elder (w. Hendrick van Balen). Allegory of Air, 1611 (Musée des Beaux Arts de Lyon).
Oil on copper: 46 x 83 cm. Similar versions at the Palazzo Doria Pamphilj Rome (probably Jan Brueghel’s workshop) and private collection (Jan van Kessel the elder, Sotheby’s London, July 2010).
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14 May 2018
Théo van Rysselberghe. Nude with Panama Hat (‘Nu au Panama’), 1924 (private collection).
Oil on canvas: 100 x 80 cm. At least three other similar versions known from this 1924 setting. So this would be photo-referenced.
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13 May 2018
Tommy Hilding. Reflex, 2011 (private collection).
Oil on canvas: 90 x 135 cm. Auctioned at Bukowskis Stockholm, May 2017. Very subtle reflections.
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12 May 2018
Joseph William Turner. Valley of Aosta: Snowstorm, Avalanche, and Thunderstorm, 1837 (Art Institute of Chicago).
Oil on canvas: 92.2 x 123 cm.
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Barthel Beham. Portrait of Ursula Rudolph, 1528 (Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid).
Oil on wood: 67.3 x 50.3 cm. Pendant with a portrait of husband Ruprecht Stüpf, both members of Munich’s leading patrician families.
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8 May 2018
Paul de Vos (w. Jan Wildens). The earthly Paradise (‘Paradies’), ca. 1650 (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna).
Oil on canvas: 219 cm x 309 cm(!). Brother-in-law of Jan Snyders. In the background is God creating women. Copy (workshop Paul de Vos) at the Louvre.
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7 May 2018
Lucas Cranach the elder. The Golden Age (‘Das Goldene Zeitalter’), ca. 1530 (Alte Pinakothek, Munich).
Oil on oak: 73.5 x 105.3 cm. The Nasjonalmuseet version: here.
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6 May 2018
Max Haushofer. Girl on the Shores of Lake Chiemsee (‘Mädchen am Ufer des Chiemsees’), ca. 1860 (private collection).
Oil on canvas: 80 x 106 cm. Auctioned at Neumeister Kunstauktionshaus Munich, December 2015.
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Kehinde Wiley. President Barack Obama official Portrait, 2018 (Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery, Washington).
Oil on canvas: 213.7 x 147 cm.
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5 May 2018
Peter Binoit. Still Life with Tulips, 1623 (National Gallery of Art, Washington).
Oil on copper: 24.1 x 19.1 cm(!).
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4 May 2018
The Candlelight Master (attributed). Allegory of Vanity (‘La Malinconia - o la Vanità’), ca. 1635 (Palazzo Barberini, Rome).
Oil on canvas: 95 x 135 cm. Attributed by Benedict Nicolson (‘The Candlelight Master’, a follower of Honthorst in Rome, 1960). Previously attributed to Trophime Bigot.
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Otto Ritschl. Komposition 59-19, 1959 (Galerie Schlichtenmaier, Grafenau/ Stuttgart).
Oil on canvas: 99 x 130 cm.
Visit > Otto Ritschl at: Galerie Schlichtenmaier, Galerie Weick, Galerie Rother-Winter.
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3 May 2018
Ruprecht von Kaufmann. Save Me, 2017 (artist’s portfolio).
Oil and collage on linoleum: 160 x 205 cm.
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Visit > Ruprecht von Kaufmann at: Galerie Crone, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, Galerie Thomas Fuchs.
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2 May 2018
Joachim Beuckelaer. The Four Elements: Water, 1569 (National Gallery, London).
Oil on canvas: 158.1 x 214.9 cm. Photo credit: Ramón Muñoz. The other elements: Earth, Air, Fire.
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1 May 2018
George Clausen. Primavera, 1914 (private collection).
Oil on canvas: 91.4 x 71.7 cm. Auctioned at Christie’s London, June 2014. Thought to be Lilian (‘Lily’) Ryan, a well-known model in London studios at the time. The picture was exhibited at the Royal Academy in May 1914, and attacked with a meat cleaver by suffragette Maude Kate Smith aka. Mary Spencer. The ‘Rokeby Venus’ in the National Gallery was attacked just two months earlier.
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