Pollock, Jackson (1912-1956) Naked Man with Knife c.1938–1940 Oil on canvas, 134.7 x 99 x 6.5 cm Tate Britain, London Pollock was beginning to find his own individual style when he made this work. The startlingly violent image of three interlocking…
(1883–1949) The artist’s works: Soldado herido 1930 Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Orozco in Art: Modotti, Tina (1896-1942) Orozco Mural 1926 Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Born November 23 1883 Ciudad Guzmán (Mexico) Died September 7 1949 México, DF (Mexico) Occupation Painter
(1912–1956) Paul Jackson Pollock The artist’s works: Going West c.1934–1935 Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington Naked Man with Knife c.1938–1940 Tate Britain, London Number 5, 1950 1950 Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Brown and Silver I 1951 Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Born January 28 1912…
Siqueiros, David Alfaro (1896-1974) Cosmos y desastre (Cosmos and Disaster) c.1936 Lacquer, pyroxilin, sand and wood on copper mesh over plywood, 60.8 x 76.1 cm Tate Britain, London Revolutionary artist and activist, David Alfaro Siqueiros is one of the major Mexican…
Severini, Gino (1883-1966) Train de banlieue arrivant à Paris (Suburban Train Arriving in Paris) 1915 Oil on canvas, 88.6 x 115.6 cm Tate Britain, London This painting of a train arriving in Paris attempts to express movement and conflicting energies through…
Seurat, Georges (1859-1891) Vêtements sur l’herbe (Clothes on the Grass) 1883 Oil on wood, 16.2 x 24.8 cm Tate Britain, London This is one of a series of small studies in oil on panel for Seurat‘s first large painting ‘Bathing at…
Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) The Apotheosis of James I and Other Studies: Multiple Sketch for the Banqueting House Ceiling, Whitehall c.1628–1630 Oil on oak, 94.7 x 63 cm Tate Britain, London Rubens was the leading artist in Antwerp, and one of the…
Rodin, Auguste (1840-1917) Frère et soeur (Brother and Sister) 1891 Painted plaster, 39.2 x 20.3 x 19.3 cm Tate Britain, London The first purchaser of this work was Walter Butterworth, who in 1911 negotiated the purchase of three bronzes by Rodin…
Reynolds, Joshua (1723-1792) Self-Portrait as a Deaf Man c.1775 Oil on canvas, 75.9 x 63.4 cm Tate Britain, London Creating self-portraits in character or pulling a face was a traditional form of student exercise. But this image was created when the…
Reynolds, Joshua (1723-1792) Self-Portrait when Young 1753–1758 Oil on canvas, 73.7 x 61.6 cm Tate Britain, London This self-portrait was probably painted soon after Reynolds set up a studio in London in 1753. He had spent the previous three years studying art…