31 December 2021
Akseli Gallen Kallela. Sunshine on Snow (‘Päivänpaisteisia hankia’), 1906 (Kansallisgalleria - Ateneumin taidemuseo, Helsinki).
Oil on canvas: 98 x 68 cm.
And a happy new year...
Visit > Kansallisgalleria - Ateneumin taidemuseo, Helsinki.
More > Akseli Gallen Kallela at Wikipedia.
30 December 2021
Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller. The halted Pilgrimage (‘Die unterbrochene Wallfahrt‘, ‘Die Hilfeleistung‘), 1853 (Liechtenstein Museum, Vienna).
Oil on wood: 46 x 58 cm. Auctioned at Dorotheum Vienna, November 2005.
Visit > Liechtenstein Museum, Vienna.
More > Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller at Wikipedia.
29 December 2021
Pieter Bruegel the elder. Winter Landscape with Bird Trap (‘Paysage d'hiver avec patineurs et trappe aux oiseaux’, ‘Winterlandschap met schaatsers en vogelknip’), 1565 (Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels).
Oil on oak: 37 x 55.5 cm. Generally considered as the original version (over 100 copies have been documented). Interpreted as skaters and birds confronted with looming danger.
28 December 2021
Ruprecht von Kaufmann. Shadowed (‘Beschattet‘), 2020 (artist’s portfolio).
Oil on linoleum on wood: 30 x 30 cm.
Visit > Ruprecht von Kaufmann official.
Visit > Ruprecht von Kaufmann at: Galerie Thomas Fuchs, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery.
More > Ruprecht von Kaufmann at Instagram.
More > Ruprecht von Kaufmann at Wikipedia (German).
26 December 2021
25 December 2021
24 December 2021
Henri Matisse. Interior with Phonograph ('Intérieur au phonographe'), 1924 (Pinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli, Turin).
Oil on canvas: 100.5 x 80 cm. With a hidden self-portrait.
Visit > Pinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli, Turin.
More > Henri Matisse at Wikipedia.
22 December 2021
George Grosz. The Lovesick (‘Der Liebeskranke’), 1916 (Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf).
Oil on canvas: 100 x 77 cm. Self-portrait in the role of Graf Ehrenfried at café Größenwahn in Berlin.
Visit > Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf.
More > George Grosz at Wikipedia.
21 December 2021
Piet Mondriaan/ Mondrian. Oostzijdse Mill in the Evening ('Oostzijdse molen bij avond'), ca. 1908 (Kunstmuseum Den Haag, The Hague).
Oil on canvas: 67.5 x 117.5 cm.
Visit > Kunstmuseum Den Haag, The Hague.
More > Piet Mondriaan at Wikipedia.
20 December 2021
Teodora Axente. Becoming VII, 2012 (private collection).
Oil on canvas: 145 x 85 cm.
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Visit > Teodora Axente at: Galleria Doris Ghetta, Rosenfeld Porcini.
19 December 2021
Ditlev/ Detlev Conrad Blunck. Allegory of Sunday (‘Allegorie des Sonntags’), 1841 (private collection).
Oil on canvas: 121 x 100 cm. Auctioned at Ketterer Kunst Munich, June 2021. Acquired by Nationalmuseum Stockholm.
Visit > Nationalmuseum, Stockholm.
More > Ditlev Conrad Blunck at Wikipedia.
18 December 2021
16 December 2021
Prudence Heward. Rollande, 1929 (National Gallery of Canada, Ontario).
Oil on canvas: 139.9 x 101.7 cm.
Visit > National Gallery of Canada, Ontario.
More > Prudence Heward at Wikipedia.
More > Prudence Heward online art book (Art Canada Institute).
15 December 2021
14 December 2021
Alyssa Monks. Up, 2010 (private collection).
Oil on linen: 106.7 x 91.4 cm.
Visit > Alyssa Monks official.
Visit > Alyssa Monks at Forum Gallery.
More > Alyssa Monks at Instagram.
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11 December 2021
Pekka Halonen. Pine Tree in the Snow (‘Mänty lumessa’), 1909 (Helsinki Art Museum).
Oil on canvas: 64 x 41 cm.
Visit > Helsinki Art Museum.
More > Pekka Halonen at Wikipedia.
More > Pekka Halonen at Alternative Finland.
10 December 2021
Matthias Weischer. Evening (‘Abend’), 2020 (artist’s portfolio).
Oil on canvas: 148 x 211 cm.
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Visit > Matthias Weischer at: Grimm Gallery, König Galerie.
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More > Matthias Weischer at Wikipedia.
8 December 2021
Maria Yakunchikova (Мария Васильевна Якунчикова-Вебер). Avenue in the Bois-de-Boulogne, 1898 (private collection).
Oil on board: 47 x 47.5 cm. Auctioned at Christie’s London, November 2011.
More > Maria Yakunchikova at Wikipedia.
More > Maria Yakunchikova at The Athenaeum.
7 December 2021
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff. Green Woman (‘Grüne Frau’), 1956 (Brücke-Museum, Berlin).
Oil on canvas: 76 x 112 cm.
Visit > Brücke-Museum, Berlin.
More > Karl Schmidt-Rottluff at Wikipedia.
5 December 2021
4 December 2021
Rembrandt van Rijn. Landscape with a Stone Bridge (’Landschap met stenen brug’), ca. 1638 (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
Oil on oak: 29.5 x 42.5 cm.
Visit > Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
More > Google Arts & Culture.
More > Rembrandt van Rijn at Wikipedia.
2 December 2021
Edvard Munch. Beach (‘Strand’/ 'Shore with Red House'), 1904 (Munchmuseet, Oslo).
Oil on canvas: 109 x 69 cm. Charcoal on canvas study ‘The Shoreline in Åsgårdstrand’/ ‘Beach in Åsgårdstrand’ at Munch Museet.
Visit > Munchmuseet, Oslo.
More > Google Arts & Culture.
More > Edvard Munch at Wikipedia.
1 December 2021
Cristina Troufa. Thorns (‘Espinhos’), 2019 (artist’s portfolio).
Acrylic on linen: 50 x 50 cm.
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More > Cristina Troufa at Instagram.
More > Cristina Troufa at Saatchi Art.
30 November 2021
Piet Mondriaan/ Mondrian. Seascape (‘Zeegezicht’), 1909 (Kunstmuseum Den Haag, The Hague).
Oil on board: 34.5 x 50.5 cm.
Visit > Kunstmuseum Den Haag, The Hague.
More > Piet Mondriaan at Wikipedia.
29 November 2021
Paul Gauguin. Tahitian Pastorale (‘Pastorales Tahitiennes’), 1893 (State Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg).
Oil on canvas: 87.5 x 113.7 cm.
Visit > State Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg.
More > Paul Gauguin at Wikipedia.
28 November 2021
Neil Stokoe. Spiral Staircase with Two Figures, 1982 (private collection).
Oil on canvas: ca. 260 x 170 cm(!).
More > Neil Stokoe at Art UK.
More > Neil Stokoe at: The Piper Gallery, Megan Piper, The Redfern Gallery.
27 November 2021
25 November 2021
František Kupka. Amorpha - Fugue in Two Colours (‘Amorfa - Dvoubarevná fuga’, ‘Fugue à deux couleurs’), 1912 (Národní galerie Praha – Veletržní palác/ National Gallery Prague – Trade Fair Palace).
Oil on canvas: 211 x 200 cm.
Visit > Národní galerie Praha, Prague.
More > František Kupka at Wikipedia.
24 November 2021
Akseli Gallen Kallela. A Winter Shore (‘Talvinen ranta’), 1903 (private collection).
Oil on canvas: 40 x 54.5 cm. Auctioned at Bukowskis Helsinki, autumn 2013.
More > Akseli Gallen Kallela at Wikipedia.
23 November 2021
Willem van Haecht. Apelles painting Campaspe (‘Apelles schildert Campaspe’, ‘Alexander de Grote bezoekt het atelier van Apelles’), ca. 1630 (Mauritshuis, The Hague).
Oil on wood: 104.9 x 148.7 cm. Only three works are known by Willem van Haecht. All depicting the collection of Antwerp art collector Cornelis Van der Geest (1555-1638). From 1628 onwards Van Haecht was the official curator of this collection. Bonus points if you can identify more than 5 paintings.
Visit > Mauritshuis, The Hague.
More > Willem van Haecht at Wikipedia.
20 November 2021
Adriaen Thomasz Key (attributed). Johan II Knight of Mauregnault (‘Ridder Johan II de Mauregnault’), ca. 1580 (Museum Mayer van den Bergh, Antwerp).
Oil on oak: 104.5 x 73.8 cm. Part of a double portrait with wife Marguerite Le Prince.
Visit > Museum Mayer van den Bergh, Antwerp.
More > Adriaen Thomasz Key at Wikipedia.
18 November 2021
Ivan Shishkin (Ива́н Ива́нович Ши́шкин). Midday - In the Environs of Moscow, 1869 (Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow).
Oil on canvas: 111.2 х 80.4 cm.
Visit > Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.
More > Ivan Shishkin at Wikipedia.
17 November 2021
Kerry James Marshall. Untitled ('Studio'), 2014 (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Acrylic on PVC: 211.6 x 302.9 cm(!).
Visit > Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
More > Kerry James Marshall at Wikipedia.
15 November 2021
Egon Schiele. Standing nude Girl with Orange Stockings ('Stehendes nacktes Mädchen mit orangefarbenen Strümpfen‘), 1914 (Leopold Museum, Vienna).
Pencil, watercolour and gouache on paper: 48.3 x 32.2 cm.
Visit > Leopold Museum, Vienna.
More > Egon Schiele at Wikipedia.
14 November 2021
Michaël Borremans. The Egg, 2009 (private collection).
Oil on canvas: 42 x 36 cm. Auctioned at Christie’s London, March 2017.
Visit > Michaël Borremans at: Zeno X Gallery, David Zwirner.
More > Michaël Borremans at Wikipedia.
13 November 2021
Gerard de Lairesse. Praise of Peace (‘Louange de la Paix’/ ‘Lof op de Vrede’), 1671 (Musée de Picardie, Amiens).
Oil on canvas: 169 x 183 cm.
Visit > Musée de Picardie, Amiens.
More > Gerard de Lairesse at Wikipedia.
12 November 2021
Manuel Mathieu. Outside Window, 2018 (private collection).
Acrylic, chalk and charcoal on canvas: 228.6 x 190.5 cm. Manuel Mathieu (2020): “What you focus on owns you. I think it can be a distraction to talk about a work in relation to the gaze applied to it. I didn’t grow up in a world where I needed to paint Black people for them to exist in art, which is the case in the States, for example. When you look at Haitian painting, we’ve been painting Black people. We found through a dreaming state of painting. This is the kind of legacy I am looking back upon. But I don’t feel the need to address it”.
Visit > Manuel Mathieu official.
Visit > Manuel Mathieu at: Kavi Gupta, Maruani Mercier, HdM Gallery.
More > Manuel Mathieu at Instagram.
11 November 2021
Edouard Vuillard. Self-Portrait in a Mirror with a Bamboo Frame (‘Autoportrait au miroir de bambou’), ca. 1890 (private collection).
Oil on canvas: 44.5 x 53.3 cm. Auctioned at Christie’s New York, November 2011.
More > Edouard Vuillard at Wikipedia.
9 November 2021
William Scott. Black, White and Grey, 1964 (private collection).
Oil on canvas: 45.3 x 45.3 cm. Auctioned at Christie’s London, November 2014.
Visit > William Scott official.
More > William Scott at Wikipedia.
More > William Scott at Art UK.
7 November 2021
5 November 2021
Adriaen van de Venne. Fishing for Souls (‘De zielenvisserij’), 1614 (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
Oil on wood: 97 x 186.7 cm. That catholic tree does not look healthy.
Visit > Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
More > Adriaen van de Venne at Wikipedia.