Tik Tjiang Kwee. Safety Poster No. 5905, 1959 (International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam).

Sound advice… Ok guys, this is it. Gotta go. Have fun, be happy.

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Teodora Axente. The Spell, 2017 (private collection).

Oil on canvas: 176 x 141 cm.

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Umberto Boccioni. Riot in the Gallery (‘Rissa in galleria’), 1910 (Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan).

Oil on canvas: 74 x 64 cm. Depicting the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, Milan.

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Gerrit Berckheyde. View of the Golden Bend in the Herengracht (‘Gezicht op de Gouden Bocht in de Herengracht’), ca. 1672 (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).

Oil on oak: 42.5 x 57.9 cm. Glorifying bourgeois architecture. The sun is shining on prosperous Amsterdam. The world is crisp and clean. Things are going well.

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Lucas Cranach the younger. Portrait of a Lady (‘Weibliches Bildnis’), 1564 (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna).

Oil on lime: 106.5 x 89.5 cm. Pendant with a portrait of an unidentified man, with the same distinct shadow on the wall.

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Richard Bergh. Study for Gustaf Fröding's Knee, ca. 1908 (Thielska Galleriet, Stockholm).

Oil on canvas: 26 x 34 cm. Sketch for a portrait of Gustaf Fröding (1909) now in the Bonnier collection, Stockholm.

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Jan van Kessel the elder. Still Life with Fish and Sea Animals in a Coastal Landscape ('Stillleben mit Fischen und Meeresgetier in einer Küstenlandschaft'), 1661 (Städel Museum, Frankfurt).

Oil on copper: 20.0 x 30.2 cm.

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Graham Sutherland. Organic Form (‘Forma organica’), 1968 (Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice).

Oil on canvas: 130.2 x 97.4 cm. Photo credit: Thom Ouellette.

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Andy Dixon. Vanitas Painting. 2017 (private collection).

Acrylic/ mixed media on canvas: 104.1 x 124.5 cm.

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Titian. Emperor Charles V at Mühlberg (‘Carlos V en la batalla de Mühlberg’), 1548 (Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid).

Oil on canvas: 335 x 283 cm(!).

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Max Beckmann. Brother and Sister (‘Bruder und Schwester’), 1933 (Stephan Lackner collection, USA).

Oil on canvas: ca. 133.4 x 99.1 cm.

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Piet Mondriaan/ Mondrian. Composition No. IV in Red, Blue and Yellow (‘Compositie no. IV, met rood, blauw en geel’), 1929 (Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam).

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Pieter Claesz. Still Life with a silver Beaker and an overturned Roemer, ca. 1642 (private collection).

Oil on oak: 40 x 51.1 cm. Auctioned at Sotheby’s London, December 2017.

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Matthias Weischer. Mobile, 2007 (private collection).

Mixed media on canvas: 110 x 170.2 cm. Auctioned at Christie’s London, October 2011.

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Wim Schuhmacher. Russian Woman ('Russische Vrouw'), 1926 (Centraal Museum, Utrecht).

Oil on canvas: 92.3 x 131.5 cm. Portrait of his Latvian friend Melitta Lass (1890-1967).

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Philips Wouwerman. The Farrier of the Camp, ca. 1650 (Royal Collection Trust, London).

Oil on wood: 37.4 x 32.2 cm.

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Kurt Schwitters. Olive Tree at Lake Garda (‘Olivenbaum am Gardasee’), 1914 (private collection).

Oil on canvas: 50 x 61 cm. Auctioned at Christie’s London, June 2015.

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Domenichino (Domenico Zampieri). A Sibyl (‘La sibila persa’), ca. 1620 (The Wallace Collection, London).

Oil on canvas: 77.4 x 68.2 cm.

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Neil Stokoe. Aerial View Spiral Staircase, 1980 (private collection).

Oil on canvas: 177.5 x 177.5 cm.

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Philips Wouwerman. Cavalry Combat (‘Choque de caballería’), ca. 1655 (Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid).

Oil on canvas: 49 x 54 cm.

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Michaël Borremans. The Knives II, 2010 (private collection).

Oil on canvas: 50 x 42 cm.

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Edvard Munch. Moonlight on the Beach (‘Måneskinn over sjøen‘), 1904 (Munchmuseet, Oslo).

Oil on canvas: 90 x 65 cm. Photo credit: Rena Li.

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Cuno Amiet. The green Hat (‘Der grüne Hut’), 1898 (Kunstmuseum Solothurn).

 

Oil on canvas: 61 x 50 cm. The artist’s wife Anna Amiet-Luder (1874-1953).

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Vilhelm Hammershøi. Interior from the Home of the Artist (‘Sisäkuva taiteilijan kodista’), ca. 1900 (Kansallisgalleria - Ateneumin taidemuseo, Helsinki).

Oil on canvas: 65.5 x 54.5 cm.

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Elena Katsyura (Елена Кацюра). Slice of Citrus, 2013 (private collection).

Oil on gesso board: 15.3 x 15.3 cm(!).

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Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Woman putting on Stockings (‘Femme qui tire son bas’), 1894 (Musée Toulouse-Lautrec, Albi).

Oil on board: 61.5 x 44.5 cm.

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Philip Reinagle. Portrait of a Percheron and his Groom at the Simonds Brewery, ca. 1813 (private collection).

Oil on canvas: 69.5 x 89 cm. Auctioned at Woolley & Wallis Salisbury, September 2019.

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Edgar Degas. Ballet Dancers on the Stage, 1883 (Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas).

 

Pastel on paper: 61.6 x 47.3 cm.

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Jonathan Viner. Braxton & Hicks, 2016 (private collection).

Oil on linen: 50.8 x 91.4 cm. Based on an episode from the American 1970’s television series ‘CHiPs’. Jon and Ponch go to the disco. A pregnant woman goes into labor, and Ponch (Erik Estrada) delivers the baby on the dance floor. Jonathan Viner: “…It was beautiful!”.

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John Frederick Peto. Oranges wrapped, ca. 1890 (private collection).

Oil on board: 15.2 x 22.8 cm(!). Auctioned at Sotheby’s New York, November 2015.

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Ferdinand Hodler. Lake Geneva with Jura Hills (‘Genfersee mit Jura’/ ‘Lac Léman avec le Jura’), 1911 (Kunstmuseum Basel).

Oil on canvas: 68 x 90.5 cm.

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Simon Vouet. St. Cecilia, ca. 1627 (Blanton Museum of Art, Austin).

 

Oil on canvas: 134.1 x 98.2 cm. Sancta Caecilia the Roman patroness of musicians.

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Graham Sutherland. Study of Rock and Flames, 1975 (National Museum Cardiff).

Oil on canvas: 61.3 x 50.2 cm.

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Akseli Gallen Kallela. Clouds (‘Pivitornit’/ ‘Moln’), 1904 (Didrichsenin taidemuseo, Helsinki).

Oil on canvas: 64 x 64 cm.

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Jacob/ Jacques de Gheyn II. Poseidon and Amphitrite, ca. 1610 (Wallraf Richartz Museum, Cologne).

Oil on canvas: 103.5 x 137 cm. Not too subtle.

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Chloe Early. Supernova, 2011 (private collection).

Oil on linen: ca. 183 x 244 cm. Chloe Early: "...Every ecstatic moment comes with the knowledge that moment will pass".

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Amedeo Modigliani. Seated Woman in a Blue Dress (‘Femme assise à la robe bleue’/ ‘Sittande kvinna I blå klänning’), ca. 1919 (Moderna Museet, Stockholm).

Oil on canvas: 92 x 60 cm.

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František Kupka. White on Blue and Red (‘Blanc sur bleu et rouge’), ca. 1935 (private collection).

Oil on canvas: 72.3 x 80 cm. Auctioned at Christie’s London, February 2018.

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Johannes Vermeer. View of Delft (‘Gezicht op Delft’), ca. 1661 (Mauritshuis, The Hague).

Oil on canvas: 96.5 x 115.7 cm. À la recherche du temps perdu.

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Georges Braque. The Dessert I ('La Desserte I'), 1941 (private collection).

Oil and sand on canvas: 72.5 x 99 cm. Auctioned at Sotheby's New York, May 2012.

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Edvard Munch. Sunbathing (‘Solbad’), ca. 1925 (Munchmuseet, Oslo).

Oil on canvas: 100 x 120.5 cm. Photo credit: Sidsel de Jong.

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Francis Rodrigues de Oliveira. Reading ('La lecture'), 2001 (private collection).

Oil on canvas: 100 x 72 cm.

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