Month: June 2024

Hammer Museum (Los Angeles)

Founded: 1990 Address: 10899 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90024, United States Website: https://hammer.ucla.edu/ Collection: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y…

Le Père Paul (1882)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Le Père Paul 1882 Oil on canvas, 64.5 × 52.1 cm Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna The light! The colors! Impressionist paintings seem to glow from within. Pink, blue and green stand side by side in many different shades. Up…

Le Moulin de la Galette (c.1840-1845)

Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) Le Moulin de la Galette c.1840–1845 Oil on paper mounted on canvas, 25.5 x 33.8 cm Musée d’art et d’histoire, Genève This canvas is among the rare Parisian views painted by Corot. It represents “Le Radet”, a mill built…

Tête de femme (1939)

Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Tête de femme (Head of a Woman) 1939 Oil on wood panel, 59.8 x 45.1 cm Guggenheim Museum, New York © 2023 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York See also: • Maar, Dora (1907-1997)

La Toilette de la mariée (1940)

Ernst, Max (1891-1976) La Toilette de la mariée (Attirement of the Bride) 1940 Oil on canvas, 129.6 x 96.3 cm Guggenheim Museum, New York © 2023 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris Attirement of the Bride is an example of Max Ernst’s veristic…

The Antipope (1941-1942)

Ernst, Max (1891-1976) The Antipope 1941–1942 Oil on canvas, 160.8 x 127.1 cm Guggenheim Museum, New York © 2023 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris Max Ernst settled in New York in 1941 after escaping from Europe with the help of…

La naissance des désirs liquides (1931-1932)

Dalí, Salvador (1904-1989) La naissance des désirs liquides (Birth of Liquid Desires) 1931–1932 Oil and collage on canvas, 96.1 x 112.3 cm Guggenheim Museum, New York © 2023 Salvador Dalí, Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York By the time Salvador…

Devant le miroir (1876)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Devant le miroir (Before the Mirror) 1876 Oil on canvas, 93 x 71.6 cm Guggenheim Museum, New York In 1865 Edouard Manet shocked Parisian audiences at the Salon with his painting Olympia (1863), an unabashed depiction of a prostitute…