Tag: Art

The Scream (1893)

Munch, Edvard (1863-1944) The Scream (Der Schrei) 1893 Oil, tempera and pastel on cardboard, 91 x 73.5 cm Nationalgalleriet, Oslo Painted in 1893, Munch’s iconic Scream was donated to the National Gallery in 1910. In terms of its fame, this painting now rivals…

Nationalgalleriet (Oslo)

Established: 1842 Address: Brynjulf Bulls plass 3, 0250 Oslo, Norway Website: https://www.nasjonalmuseet.no/en/ Collection: • Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906): Nature morte: pot à lait et fruits sur une table (c.1890) • Corot, Camille (1796-1875): Jeune Fille appuyée sur un coussin (1870-72) •…

Edvard Munch

(1863–1944) The artist’s works: Bay with Boat and House 1881 Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Self-Portrait 1882 Munch Museum, Oslo The Sick Child 1885–1886 Nationalgalleriet, Oslo Evening 1888 Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Evening Talk 1889 Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen The Girl by the Window 1893…

Venus del Espejo (1647-1651)

Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) Venus del Espejo (Venus at her Mirror, The Rokeby Venus) 1647–1651 Oil on canvas, 122.5 x 177 cm National Gallery, London This is the only surviving female nude painted by Velázquez. The subject was rare in seventeenth-century Spain,…

El aguador de Sevilla (c.1623)

Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) El aguador de Sevilla (The Waterseller of Seville) c.1623 Oil on canvas, 107.7 x 81.3 cm Wellington Museum, London This is one of the most famous early paintings by Velázquez, produced in his home town of Seville when…

Wellington Museum (Apsley House)

Opened: 1778 Address: 149 Piccadilly, Hyde Park Corner, London W1J 7NT, United Kingdom Website: https://www.wellingtoncollection.co.uk/ Collection: • Canova, Antonio (1757-1822): Napoleone come Marte pacificatore (1803-06) • Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660): El aguador de Sevilla (c.1623) Apsley House in Art: Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Green Park, London…

El dios Marte (c.1638)

Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) El dios Marte (Mars, God of War) c.1638 Oil on canvas, 179 x 95 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The first documentation of Diego Velazquez‘s Mars is from 1701–03, when it appeared in the inventory of paintings…

La Rendición de Breda (c.1635)

Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) Las lanzas, o La Rendición de Breda (The Surrender of Breda) c.1635 Oil on canvas, 307.3 x 371.5 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid On June 5, 1625 the Dutch governor of Breda, Justinus van Nassau, surrendered the…

Cristo crucificado (c.1632)

Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) Cristo crucificado (Christ Crucified) c.1632 Oil on canvas, 248 x 169 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Stylistically, this work appears to have been made in the early 1630s -soon after the artist returned from Italy– and most authors…