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31 March 2019

James Ensor. Still Life in the Studio ('Stillleben im Atelier'), 1889 (Neue Pinakothek, Munich).


Oil on canvas: 83 x 113.5 cm.

Visit > Neue Pinakothek, Munich.
More > James Ensor at Wikipedia.
Labels: Artist: Belgian, Location: Germany, Period: 19th century, Subject: still life

Peter Lely (van der Faes). Diana Kirke - Countess of Oxford, ca. 1665 (Yale Center for British Art, New Haven/ USA).


Oil on canvas: 132.1 x 104.1 cm.

Visit > Yale Center for British Art, New Haven/ USA.
More > Google Arts & Culture.
More > Peter Lely (van der Faes) at Wikipedia.
More > Peter Lely (van der Faes) at Art UK.
Labels: Artist: Dutch, Artist: English, Location: USA, Period: 17th century, Subject: portrait

30 March 2019

Ferdinand Hodler. Lake Geneva with Mont-Blanc in Morning Light ('Genfersee mit Mont-Blanc bei Morgenlicht'), 1918 (private collection).


Oil on canvas: 59 x 119.5 cm.

More > Ferdinand Hodler at Wikipedia.
Labels: Artist: Swiss, Period: 20th century, Subject: landscape

28 March 2019

Anthony/ Anthoon/ Anthonis van Dyck. Portrait of Princess Mary, Daughter of King Charles I of England Full-length, in a pink Dress decorated with silver Embroidery and Ribbons, 1641 (Szépművészeti Múzeum, Budapest).



Oil on canvas: 158.2 x 108.6 cm. Auctioned at Christie's London, December 2018. Price tag £ 5.858.750 (ca. € 6.860.000).

Visit > Szépművészeti Múzeum, Budapest.
More > 'Portrait of Princess Mary' at Christie's features.
More > Anthony van Dyck at Wikipedia.
Labels: Artist: Dutch-Flemish, Location: Hungary, Period: 17th century, Subject: portrait

27 March 2019

Ylva Ogland/ Snöfrid. Falling asleep: Canon with Lotus and Madonna with Child - The Cabinet, 2007 (private collection).


Oil on canvas: 129 x 97 cm. Auctioned at Bukowskis Stockholm, October 2018 (unsold).

Visit > Ylva Ogland/ Snöfrid official.
Visit > Ylva Ogland/ Snöfrid at Fruit and Flower Deli.
More > Ylva Ogland/ Snöfrid at Wikipedia (Norwegian).
Labels: Artist: female, Artist: Norwegian, Period: contemporary, Subject: interior/ domestic

25 March 2019

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff. Still Life with Chicory ('Stilleben mit Chicorée'), ca. 1955 (private collection).


Oil on canvas: 64.5 x 73.5 cm. Auctioned at Auktionshaus Lempertz Cologne, December. 2004.

More > Karl Schmidt-Rottluff at Wikipedia.
Labels: Artist: German, Period: 20th century, Subject: still life

Jan van Goyen. A Farmhouse in the Dunes, 1634 (private collection).


Oil on wood: 40.5 x 54 cm. Auctioned at Dorotheum Vienna, October 2016.

More > Jan van Goyen at Wikipedia.
Labels: Artist: Dutch, Period: 17th century, Subject: landscape

21 March 2019

Agnolo Bronzino (Agnolo di Cosimo). Portrait of Eleonora di Toledo with her son Giovanni (‘Ritratto di Eleonora di Toledo col figlio Giovanni de' Medici’), 1544 (Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence).



Oil on wood: 96 x 115 cm. The Prague portrait: here.

Visit > Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence.
More > Google Arts & Culture.
More > Agnolo Bronzino at Wikipedia.
Labels: Artist: Italian, Location: Italy, Period: 16th century, Subject: portrait

18 March 2019

Marten van Valckenborch the elder. The Building of the Tower of Babel, ca. 1600 (Towneley Hall Art Gallery, Burnley).


Oil on wood: 102 x 152 cm.

Visit > Towneley Hall Art Gallery, Burnley.
More > Marten van Valckenborch the elder at Wikipedia.
Labels: Artist: Dutch-Flemish, Location: UK, Period: 17th century, Subject: allegory, Subject: biblical painting

16 March 2019

Ambrosius Bosschaert. Bouquet of Flowers in a stone Niche (‘Blomsterbuket i en stenniche’), 1618 (Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen).



Oil on copper: 73.7 x 57.6 cm.

Visit > Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen.
More > Google Arts & Culture.
More > Ambrosius Bosschaert at Wikipedia.
Labels: Artist: Dutch-Flemish, Location: Denmark, Period: 17th century, Subject: floral/ botanical painting, Subject: still life

Edvard Munch. Friedrich Nietzsche, 1906 (Thielska Galleriet, Stockholm).


Oil on canvas: 201 x 160 cm. Similar version at Munchmuseet, Oslo.

Visit > Thielska Galleriet, Stockholm.
More > Edvard Munch at Wikipedia.
Labels: Artist: Norwegian, Location: Sweden, Period: 20th century, Subject: portrait

15 March 2019

Eric Wert. Citrus, 2010 (private collection).


Oil on panel: 61 x 61 cm.

Visit > Eric Wert official.
Visit > Eric Wert at Gallery Henoch, William Baczek Fine Arts, Miller Gallery.
Labels: Artist: American, Period: contemporary, Subject: still life

14 March 2019

Edgar Degas. Portrait of a young Woman ('Portrait de jeune femme'), 1867 (Musée d'Orsay, Paris).


Oil on canvas: 27 x 22 cm(!). Photo credit: Rex Harris.

Visit > Musée d'Orsay, Paris.
More > Edgar Degas at Wikipedia.
Labels: Artist: French, Location: France, Period: 19th century, Subject: portrait

13 March 2019

Philips Wouwerman. Falconers setting out on a Hunt (‘Partida de cetrería’), ca. 1668 (Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid).



Oil on canvas: 58.3 x 69.5 cm.

Visit > Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid.
More > Philips Wouwerman at Wikipedia.
Labels: Artist: Dutch, Location: Spain, Period: 17th century, Subject: genre painting

11 March 2019

Alexander Tinei. Mother and Child, 2012 (artist's portfolio).


Oil on canvas: 80 x 60 cm.

Visit > Alexander Tinei official.
Visit > Alexander Tinei at: Erika Deák Galéria, Galerie Dukan.
More > Alexander Tinei at Wikipedia.
Labels: Artist: Moldovan, Location: Hungary, Period: contemporary, Subject: figure painting

10 March 2019

Jan Brueghel the younger. Allegory of Abundance (‘La Abundancia’), ca. 1625 (Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid).



Oil on copper: 40 x 58 cm. One can have too much.

Visit > Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid.
More > Jan Brueghel the younger at Wikipedia.
Labels: Artist: Dutch-Flemish, Location: Spain, Period: 17th century, Subject: allegory

9 March 2019

Piet Mondriaan/ Mondrian. Lighthouse at Westkapelle ('Vuurtoren bij Westkapelle'), 1910 (Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague).


Oil on canvas: 135 x 75 cm. Update (2019): As of October 2019 known as Kunstmuseum Den Haag.

Visit > Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague.
More > Piet Mondriaan at Wikipedia.
Labels: Artist: Dutch, Location: Netherlands, Period: 20th century, Subject: landscape - city/ town/ architecture

8 March 2019

Thomas Hicks. A friendly Warning, ca. 1885 (Art Institute of Chicago).


Oil on canvas: 62.9 x 81.9 cm.

Visit > Art Institute of Chicago.
More > Thomas Hicks at Wikipedia.
Labels: Artist: American, Location: USA, Period: 19th century, Subject: figure painting, Subject: genre painting, Subject: interior/ domestic

7 March 2019

Paulus Moreelse. Portrait of a young Lady, ca. 1620 (Art Institute of Chicago).



Oil on wood: 71.5 x 57.4 cm.

Visit > Art Institute of Chicago.
More > Paulus Moreelse at Wikipedia.
Labels: Artist: Dutch, Location: USA, Period: 17th century, Subject: portrait

5 March 2019

Anna Boberg. Glacier Lake (‘Glaciärsjö’), ca. 1920 (Prins Eugens Waldemarsudde, Stockholm).


Oil on canvas: 39 x 49 cm.

Visit > Prins Eugens Waldemarsudde, Stockholm.
More > Anna Boberg at Wikipedia.
Labels: Artist: female, Artist: Swedish, Location: Sweden, Period: 20th century, Subject: landscape

4 March 2019

Jan Lievens. Still Life with Books ('Stilleven met boeken'/ 'Vanitas stilleven'), ca. 1628 (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).


Oil on wood: 91 x 120 cm.

Visit > Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
More > Jan Lievens at Wikipedia.
Labels: Artist: Dutch, Location: Netherlands, Period: 17th century, Subject: still life, Subject: Vanitas

3 March 2019

Zinaida Serebriakova (Зинаи́да Евге́ньевна Серебряко́ва). Self-Portrait wearing a Scarf, 1911 (Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow).


Tempera on paper: 36.9 x 29.6 cm.

Visit > Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow.
More > Zinaida Serebriakova at Wikipedia.
Labels: Artist: female, Artist: Russian, Location: Russia, Period: 20th century, Subject: self-portrait

2 March 2019

Frank Nitsche. NOT-17–2006, 2006 (private collection).


Oil on canvas: 201 x 290 cm(!). Auctioned at Dorotheum Vienna, June 2016.

Visit > Frank Nitsche at: Galerie Gebr. Lehmann, Galerie Max Hetzler, Koenig & Clinton.
More > Frank Nitsche at Wikipedia.
Labels: Artist: German, Period: contemporary, Subject: non-figurative
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