De Chirico, Giorgio (1888-1978) Conversazione tra le rovine (Conversation among the Ruins) 1927 Oil on canvas, 130.5 x 97.2 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A man, woman, a small table, chair, and two fragments of walls float on an octagonal, straw-colored…
De Chirico, Giorgio (1888-1978) Autoritratto (Self-Portrait) 1912–1913 Oil on canvas, 87.3 × 69.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York De Chirico painted this self-portrait while he lived in Paris from 1911 to 1915. He created there melancholy cityscapes that became…
De Chirico, Giorgio (1888-1978) La conquista del filosofo (The Philosopher’s Conquest) 1913–1914 Oil on canvas, 125.1 × 99.1 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago The work of Giorgio de Chirico represents an unexpected form of classicism in early avant-garde painting. This…