31 December 2018
Edvard Munch. Winter Night ('Vinternatt’/ 'Winternacht'), ca. 1900 (Kunsthaus, Zürich).
Oil on canvas: 80 x 120 cm.
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30 December 2018
Claude Monet. Ice Floes, 1893 (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Oil on canvas: 66 x 100.3 cm.
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29 December 2018
Joan Miró. Woman with Three Hairs Surrounded by Birds in the Night, 1972 (Museum of Modern Art, New York).
Oil on canvas: 243.5 x 168.9 cm.
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28 December 2018
Pieter Bruegel the elder. Dull Gret (‘Dulle Griet’/ ‘Mad Meg’), 1563 (Museum Mayer van den Bergh, Antwerp).
Oil on oak: 117.4 x 162.2 cm. Restored 2017-2018 (Koninklijk Instituut voor het Kunstpatrimonium/ Institut Royal du Patrimoine Artistique). Previously dated 1561.
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26 December 2018
Hendrick Avercamp. Enjoying the Ice near a Town (‘IJsvermaak bij een stad’), ca. 1620 (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
Oil on canvas on wood: 47 x 89 cm. The artist (still in the Little Ice Age) focusses on the brighter recreational side of harsh and unforgiving times. He did however make sure to include the gallows on the right.
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Alex Kanevsky (Алекс Каневский). Woman pursued by her Possessions, 2016 (artist's portfolio).
Oil on board: 91.4 x 91.4 cm.
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25 December 2018
Joseph William Turner. Rough Sea with Wreckage, ca. 1845 (Tate Britain, London).
Oil on canvas: 92.1 x 122.6 cm.
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23 December 2018
Paul de Vos. The Garden of Eden, ca. 1640 (private collection).
Oil on canvas: 167 x 234 cm. Auctioned at Sotheby’s New York, January 2016.
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22 December 2018
Eric Wert. Blood Oranges, 2015 (artist’s portfolio).
Oil on panel: 50.8 x 50.8 cm.
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20 December 2018
Frits Thaulow. Winter Scene - Lysaker, 1892 (private collection).
Pastel on paper on canvas: 64.8 x 99.7 cm. Auctioned at Christie’s New York, April 2016. Similar pastel versions in other private collections and in the Museum of Poznan Poland, as well as the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts Moscow.
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19 December 2018
Paul Gauguin. Tahiti is a wonderful Land - Gathering Fruit (‘Ruperupe - La cueillette des fruits’), 1899 (Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow).
Oil on canvas: 128 x 190 cm. Photo credit: FrankWillyR.
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18 December 2018
Nicolas de Staël. Landscape (‘Paysage’), ca. 1952 (private collection).
Oil on canvas: 50.4 x 61 cm. Auctioned at Christie’s Paris, October 2018.
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16 December 2018
Zinaida Serebriakova (Зинаи́да Евге́ньевна Серебряко́ва). Reclining Nude, 1930 (private collection).
Pastel on paper on board: 48.5 x 63 cm. Auctioned at Christie’s London, June 2010.
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14 December 2018
Hermann Reimer. Lounge, 2008 (artist’s portfolio).
Oil on canvas: 200 x 200 cm.
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13 December 2018
Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida. Self-Portrait (‘Autorretrato‘), 1909 (Museo Sorolla, Madrid).
Oil on canvas: 68.5 x 49.5 cm. Dedicated to his wife Clotilde García del Castillo (1865-1929).
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12 December 2018
Jan Brueghel the elder (w. Hendrick van Balen). Allegory of Air or Optics (‘L'Air ou L'Optique’), 1621 (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
Oil on copper: 45 x 65 cm. Similar (mirrored) Lyon version: here.
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Peter Binoit. Still Life with Iris, 1623 (National Gallery of Art, Washington).
Oil on copper: 24.1 x 19.1 cm(!).
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11 December 2018
Chloe Early. The Blue Planet, 2014 (artist’s portfolio).
Oil on aluminium: 122 x 122 cm.
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10 December 2018
Wassily Kandinsky (Васи́лий Васи́льевич Канди́нский). Serenity (‘Sérénité’), 1938 (Kunsthaus, Zürich).
Oil on canvas: ca. 110 x 85 cm. Sky Blue, Paris: here.
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9 December 2018
Eugène Jansson. Winter Night on the Quay (‘Vinternatt över kajen’), 1901 (Thielska Galleriet, Stockholm).
Oil on canvas: 135 x 150 cm.
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8 December 2018
Cristina Troufa. Mother, 2013 (private collection).
Acrylic on canvas: 154 x 154 cm.
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7 December 2018
Alberto Giacometti. Annette, 1962 (Museum of Modern Art, New York).
Oil on canvas: 92.3 x 73.2 cm. Annette Giacometti-Arm (1923-1993), wife and principal model.
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6 December 2018
Pietro Antonio Rotari. Russian Girl with a Muff (‘A young Girl hiding behind a Muff’), ca. 1756 (private collection, Germany).
Oil on canvas: 45.2 x 34.5 cm. Auctioned at Christie’s New York, January 2003. Originally intended for the picture gallery of the Royal Court of Saxony in Dresden or the Peterhof Grand Palace in St. Petersburg.
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4 December 2018
Jan Veth. Portrait of Cornelia, Clara and Johanna Veth (‘Portret van Cornelia, Clara en Johanna Veth’), 1885 (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
Oil on canvas: 90.2 x 109.6 cm. The artist’s sisters. Photo credit: Carola van Wijk.
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Pierre Bonnard. The Bathroom, 1932 (Museum of Modern Art, New York).
Oil on canvas: 121 x 118.2 cm.
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3 December 2018
Michaël Borremans. The Loan, 2011 (artist’s portfolio).
Oil on canvas: 310 x 205 cm(!).
Visit > Michaël Borremans at: Zeno X Gallery, David Zwirner.
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2 December 2018
Agnolo Bronzino (Agnolo di Cosimo). The Madonna and Child with Saints, ca. 1540 (National Gallery, London).
Oil on wood: 101.6 x 81.3 cm. Photo credit: Ramón Muñoz.
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Julia Benz. Banana Tree, 2015 (artist’s portfolio).
Acrylic and ink on wood: 80 x 60 cm.
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Visit > Julia Benz at: Die Kunstagentin, Galerie Gerald Hartinger, Fousion Gallery.