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30 November 2018

Salomon van Ruysdael. River View with Fishermen, 1633 (Walters Art Museum, Baltimore).


Oil on wood: 46 x 72.7 cm.

Visit > Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.
More > Salomon van Ruysdael at Wikipedia.
Labels: Artist: Dutch, Location: USA, Period: 17th century, Subject: landscape - beach/ waterfront

28 November 2018

George Hendrik Breitner. Reclining Nude (‘Liggend naakt’), ca. 1887 (Centraal Museum, Utrecht).



Oil on canvas: 97.5 x 202.5 cm. Breitner is known to have used photography for reference.

Visit > Centraal Museum, Utrecht.
More > Google Arts & Culture.
More > George Hendrik Breitner at Wikipedia.
Labels: Artist: Dutch, Location: Netherlands, Period: 19th century, Subject: figure painting - nude

27 November 2018

Charles Frederic Ulrich. Portrait of a young Lady, 1903 (private collection).


Oil on wood: 56 x 44.5 cm. Auctioned at Bonhams New York, November 2012. The Kershaw long neck: here.

More > Charles Frederic Ulrich at Wikipedia.
Labels: Artist: American, Period: 20th century, Subject: portrait

24 November 2018

Gino Severini. Portrait of Gina Severini (‘Portret van Gina Severini’), 1931 (Museum de Fundatie, Zwolle).


Oil on wood: 23 x 32 cm. A non-futurist portrait of the artist’s daughter.

Visit > Museum de Fundatie, Zwolle.
More > Gino Severini at Wikipedia.
Labels: Artist: Italian, Location: Netherlands, Period: 20th century, Subject: portrait

23 November 2018

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff. Still Life with Iris and Broom (‘Stilleben mit Iris und Ginster’), 1920 (Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe).


Oil on canvas: 65.5 x 73.5 cm. Photo credit: Hen Magonza.

Visit > Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe.
More > Karl Schmidt-Rottluff at Wikipedia.
Labels: Artist: German, Location: Germany, Period: 20th century, Subject: still life

22 November 2018

Edward Hopper. Hotel Lobby, 1943 (Indianapolis Museum of Art, Newfields).


Oil on canvas: 81.9 x 103.5 cm.

Visit > Indianapolis Museum of Art.
More > Edward Hopper at Wikipedia.
Labels: Artist: American, Location: USA, Period: 20th century, Subject: figure painting, Subject: interior/ domestic

21 November 2018

Valdemar Väli. Nude with bandaged Hand, 1946 (Enn Kunila Collection, Estonia).


Oil on canvas: 100 x 73 cm.

Visit > Enn Kunila Collection, Estonia.
More > Valdemar Väli at Wikipedia (Estonian).
Labels: Artist: Estonian, Location: Estonia, Period: 20th century, Subject: figure painting - nude

20 November 2018

Nicolas de Staël. Landscape (‘Paysage’), 1953 (Museu Coleção Berardo, Lisbon).



Oil on canvas: 65.2 x 80.6 cm.

Visit > Museu Coleção Berardo, Lisbon.
More > Nicolas de Staël at Wikipedia.
Labels: Artist: French, Artist: Russian, Location: Portugal, Period: 20th century, Subject: landscape

19 November 2018

Leo Gestel. Woman with Cigarette (‘Vrouw met sigaret’), 1911 (private collection).


Oil on canvas: 90 x 63 cm.

More > Leo Gestel at Wikipedia.
Labels: Artist: Dutch, Period: 20th century, Subject: portrait

16 November 2018

Willem Claesz Heda. A Still Life with a Gilt Cup, 1638 (private collection).


Oil on oak: 74 x 86 cm. Auctioned at Sotheby’s London, December 2015.

More > Willem Claesz Heda at Wikipedia.
Labels: Artist: Dutch, Period: 17th century, Subject: still life

14 November 2018

Anders Zorn. Shivering Girl ('Frileuse'), 1894 (Prince Eugen’s Waldemarsudde, Stockholm).



Oil on canvas: 98 x 66 cm.

Visit > Prince Eugen’s Waldemarsudde, Stockholm.
More > Anders Zorn at Wikipedia.
More > Zornmuseet, Mora.
Labels: Artist: Swedish, Location: Sweden, Period: 19th century, Subject: figure painting - nude

Auguste Herbin. Sunday (‘Dimanche’), 1950 (private collection).


Oil on canvas: 55 x 46 cm.

More > Auguste Herbin at Wikipedia.
Labels: Artist: French, Period: 20th century, Subject: non-figurative

13 November 2018

Teodora Axente. The Cat, 2018 (artist’s portfolio).


Oil on canvas: 160 x 134 cm.

Visit > Teodora Axente official.
Visit > Teodora Axente at: Galleria Doris Ghetta, Rosenfeld Porcini.
Labels: Artist: female, Artist: Romanian, Location: UK, Period: contemporary, Subject: figure painting

12 November 2018

Arhip Kuindji (Архи́п Ива́нович Куи́нджи). The Dnieper in the Morning, 1881 (Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow).


Oil on canvas: 107.5 х 170.5 cm.

Visit > Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.
More > Arhip Kuindji at Wikipedia.
Labels: Artist: Russian, Location: Russia, Period: 19th century, Subject: landscape

11 November 2018

Lorenzo di Credi. Portrait of a young Woman, ca. 1495 (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).


Oil on wood: 58.7 x 40 cm.

Visit > Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
More > Google Arts & Culture.
More > Lorenzo di Credi at Wikipedia.
Labels: Artist: Italian, Location: USA, Period: 15th century, Subject: portrait

10 November 2018

Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida. Capturing the Moment - Biarritz (‘Instantánea - Biarritz’), 1906 (Museo Sorolla, Madrid).



Oil on canvas: 62 x 93.5 cm. The artist’s daughter holding a portable Kodak camera.

Visit > Museo Sorolla, Madrid.
More > Google Arts & Culture.
More > Joaquín Sorolla at Wikipedia.
Labels: Artist: Spanish, Location: Spain, Period: 20th century, Subject: figure painting

9 November 2018

Ruprecht von Kaufmann. Respite, 2017 (artist’s portfolio).


Oil on linoleum: 40 x 30 cm.

Visit > Ruprecht von Kaufmann official.
Visit > Ruprecht von Kaufmann at: Galerie Thomas Fuchs, Galerie Crone, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery.
More > Ruprecht von Kaufmann at Instagram.
More > Ruprecht von Kaufmann at Wikipedia (German).
Labels: Artist: German, Location: Germany, Period: contemporary, Subject: figure painting

8 November 2018

Jan van Kessel the elder. An Allegory of Air, 1661 (private collection).


Oil on canvas: 60 x 84 cm. Auctioned at Sotheby’s London, July 2007.

More > Jan van Kessel the elder at Wikipedia.
Labels: Artist: Dutch-Flemish, Period: 17th century, Subject: allegory, Subject: animal painting

7 November 2018

Franz Gruber. Pretty Girl (‘Hübsches Mädchen’), ca. 2005 (private collection, Austria).


Acrylic on canvas: 100 x 100 cm.

Visit > Franz Gruber official.
More > Franz Gruber at Galerie Hartl.
Labels: Artist: Austrian, Location: Austria, Period: contemporary, Subject: portrait

6 November 2018

Parmigianino (Francesco Mazzola). The mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine, ca. 1531 (National Gallery, London).



Oil on wood: 74.2 x 57.2 cm. Photo credit: Ramón Muñoz.

Visit > National Gallery, London.
More > Parmigianino at Wikipedia.
Labels: Artist: Italian, Location: UK, Period: 16th century, Subject: biblical painting

5 November 2018

Sigmar Polke. Stripe Painting IV (‘Streifenbild IV’), 1968 (Kravis Collection, USA).


Acrylic on canvas: 149.9 x 125.1 cm.

More > Sigmar Polke at Wikipedia.
Labels: Artist: German, Location: USA, Period: 20th century, Subject: non-figurative

4 November 2018

Max Beckmann. Fisherwomen, 1948 (St. Louis Art Museum).


Oil on canvas: 190.8 x 140 cm.

Visit > St. Louis Art Museum.
More > Max Beckmann at Wikipedia.
Labels: Artist: German, Location: USA, Period: 20th century, Subject: figure painting

3 November 2018

Alfred James Munnings. Portrait of Lady Barbara Lowther on Horseback, ca. 1914 (private collection).


Oil on canvas: 71 x 76 cm. Auctioned at Sotheby’s London, May 2008. The portrait of Mrs. Bayard-Tuckerman: here.

More > Alfred James Munnings at Wikipedia.
More > Alfred James Munnings at Art UK.
More > The Munnings Art Museum, Dedham/ UK.
Labels: Artist: English, Period: 20th century, Subject: animal painting, Subject: portrait

2 November 2018

Anthony/ Anthoon/ Anthonis van Dyck. Portrait of Anna Wake (‘Portret van Anna Wake’), 1628 (Mauritshuis, The Hague).



Oil on canvas: 112.5 x 99.3 cm.

Visit > Mauritshuis, The Hague.
More > Anthony van Dyck at Wikipedia.
Labels: Artist: Dutch-Flemish, Location: Netherlands, Period: 17th century, Subject: portrait

1 November 2018

Edvard Munch. A ploughed Field (‘Pløyemark‘), 1916 (private collection).


Oil on canvas: 70 x 90.5 cm. Auctioned at Sotheby’s New York, November 2015.

More > Edvard Munch at Wikipedia.
Labels: Artist: Norwegian, Period: 20th century, Subject: landscape
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