30 August 2019
29 August 2019
Adriaen Coorte. Four Apricots on a stone Plinth (‘Vier abrikozen op een stenen plint’), 1698 (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
Oil on paper on wood: 28.8 x 21.1 cm(!).
Visit > Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
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28 August 2019
Anders Zorn. Portrait of Hugo Reisinger, 1907 (National Gallery of Art, Washington).
Oil on canvas: 135.5 x 100.5 cm.
Visit > National Gallery of Art, Washington.
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27 August 2019
Salomon van Ruysdael. River View with Church and Ferry (‘Riviergezicht met kerk en veerpont’), 1649 (Mauritshuis, The Hague).
Oil on wood: 75 x 106.5 cm.
Visit > Mauritshuis, The Hague.
More > Salomon van Ruysdael at Wikipedia.
26 August 2019
Joan Miró. Woman with the Voice of a Nightingale in the Night (‘Femme à la voix de rossignol dans la nuit’), 1971 (private collection).
Oil and acrylic on canvas: 129.7 x 194.3 cm. Auctioned at Sotheby’s London, June 2011. Auctioned at Christie’s London, June 2014.
More > Joan Miró at Wikipedia.
25 August 2019
Susannah Martin. Float, 2018 (artist’s portfolio).
Oil on linen: 110 x 130 cm.
Visit > Susannah Martin official.
Visit > Susannah Martin at: Galerie Störpunkt, Galerie Licht Feld, JY Gallery.
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Joos de Momper the younger (w. Frans Francken the younger). The Tower of Babel (‘De toren van Babel’/ ‘La tour de Babel’), ca. 1600 (Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels).
Oil on canvas: 175 x 249 cm.
Visit > Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels.
More > Joos de Momper the younger at Wikipedia.
24 August 2019
Cuno Amiet. Landscape near Oschwand (‘Landschaft bei Oschwand’), 1926 (private collection).
Oil on canvas: 55 x 60 cm. Auctioned at Koller Zürich, December 2010.
More > Cuno Amiet at Wikipedia.
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22 August 2019
Xevi Solà Serra. The Lesson, 2016 (artist’s portfolio).
Oil on canvas: 130 x 195 cm.
Visit > Xevi Solà Serra official.
Visit > Xevi Solà Serra at: Gallery Inox, Yiri Arts, Galleri Ramfjord, Alzueta Gallery.
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21 August 2019
Joseph William Turner. The Thames above Waterloo Bridge, ca. 1835 (Tate Britain, London).
Oil on canvas: 90.5 x 121 cm. Unfinished.
Visit > Tate Britain, London.
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18 August 2019
Akseli Gallen Kallela. Acacia on the Savannah (‘Akaasiapuu aavikolla’), 1909 (Kansallisgalleria - Ateneumin taidemuseo, Helsinki).
Oil on wood: 17.5 x 13.5 cm(!). In 1909 Kallela took his family to Nairobi. And this is what happens when a Finn observes the Kenyan savannah.
Visit > Kansallisgalleria - Ateneumin taidemuseo, Helsinki.
More > Akseli Gallen Kallela at Wikipedia.
17 August 2019
Pieter Aertsen. A Meat Stall with the Holy Family giving Alms, 1551 (North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh/ USA).
Oil on wood: 168.9 x 115.6 cm. There are four versions known of this same painting: Gustavianum University Art Collections in Uppsala/ Sweden, North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh/ USA, Fundación Banco Santander in Madrid/ Spain and Bonnefanten Museum in Maastricht/ Netherlands. The one in Uppsala is generally considered to be the (most) original. The fact that it has been copied so many times, by Aertsen himself or by his studio, indicates that this was a famous and popular work.
Visit > North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh/ USA.
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15 August 2019
Brett Whiteley. Washing the Salt Off II, 1984 (private collection).
Oil on canvas: 86.5 x 86.5 cm.
Visit > Brett Whiteley Studio at Art Gallery of New South Wales.
More > Brett Whiteley at Wikipedia.
13 August 2019
Frits Thaulow. The Dordogne River at Beaulieu (‘La Dordogne à Beaulieu’), ca. 1905 (private collection).
Oil on canvas: 66 x 82 cm. Auctioned at Grev Wedels Plass Auksjoner Oslo, November 2013.
More > Frits Thaulow at Wikipedia.
Edvard Munch. Self-Portrait with a Bottle of Wine (‘Selvportrett ved vinen’), 1906 (Munchmuseet, Oslo).
Oil on canvas: 110.5 x 120.5 cm. Hilarious and disturbing. Photo credit: Ove-Kvavik.
Visit > Munchmuseet, Oslo.
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12 August 2019
Lisa Brice. After Embah, 2018 (artist’s portfolio).
Synthetic tempera, gesso and ink on canvas: 244 x 205 cm. Lisa Brice (2018): “I grew up in South Africa during a particularly volatile time in the country’s history and that still informs what I am drawn to and identify with. Wherever I am in the world, I still perceive things through that lens, which is an inherently political one, even if not directly related to politics”.
11 August 2019
Aert de Gelder. Portrait of a young Woman, ca. 1690 (Art Institute of Chicago).
Oil on canvas: 66.9 x 53.3 cm.
Visit > Art Institute of Chicago.
More > Aert de Gelder at Wikipedia.
10 August 2019
Anders Zorn. Reflections (‘Reflexer’), 1889 (private collection).
Oil on canvas: 120.5 x 84.5 cm. Auctioned at Stockholms Auktionsverk, June 2014.
More > Anders Zorn at Wikipedia.
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9 August 2019
Jacques Louis David. Napoleon at the Saint-Bernard Pass (‘Napoleon am Großen St. Bernhard’), 1803 (Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna).
Oil on canvas: 275 x 232 cm(!). The fourth of five versions painted between 1801 and 1805. Also known as ‘Napoleon Crossing the Alps’. The iconic view of Napoleon and his army crossing the Great Saint-Bernard Pass in 1800. Original first version now in the Musée de Malmaison
Visit > Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna.
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8 August 2019
Qi Zhilong (祁志龙). Chinese Girl Series, 2000 (private collection).
Oil on canvas: 65 x 54 cm. Auctioned at Christie’s Hong Kong, May 2011.
Visit > Qi Zhilong at: Yang Gallery, Art China Gallery, Ethan Cohen, Tanya Baxter Contemporary, Schoeni Art Gallery.
More > Qi Zhilong at ArtNet.
More > Qi Zhilong at ArtNet.
6 August 2019
Chantal Joffe. Topless in Purple Gloves, 2009 (artist’s portfolio).
Oil on board: 213.4 x 139.7 cm.
Visit > Chantal Joffe at: Victoria Mirio, Cheim & Read, Galerie Forsblom, Monica de Cardenas Galleria.
More > Chantal Joffe at Wikipedia.
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5 August 2019
Hans Gude. Norwegian Highlands (‘Høyfjell’), 1857 (Nasjonalmuseet, Oslo).
Oil on canvas: 79.5 x 106.1 cm.
Visit > Nasjonalmuseet, Oslo.
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3 August 2019
Piet Mondriaan/ Mondrian. Zeeland Church Tower ('Zeeuwsche kerktoren'), 1911 (Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague).
Oil on canvas: 114 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.
Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida. A Walk on the Beach (‘Paseo a la orillas del mar’), 1909 (Museo Sorolla, Madrid).
Oil on canvas: 205 x 200 cm.
Visit > Museo Sorolla, Madrid.
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More > Joaquín Sorolla at Wikipedia.