Kandinsky, Wassily (1866-1944) Landscape with Two Poplars 1912 Oil on canvas, 78.8 × 100.4 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
Landscape with Two Poplars (1912)
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Painting with Green Center (1913)
Kandinsky, Wassily (1866-1944) Painting with Green Center 1913 Oil on canvas, 108.9 × 118.4 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
Wassily Kandinsky
(1866–1944) Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky The artist’s works: Munich c.1901–1902 Guggenheim Museum, New York The Blue Rider 1903 Private collection, Zürich Cossacks 1910–1911 Tate Britain, London Landscape with Two Poplars 1912 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Painting with Green Center 1913 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago…
Catherine the Great
(1729–1796) born Princess Sophie Friederike Auguste of Anhalt-Zerbst Catherine II, Empress of Russia (1762–1796) Works commissioned by her: Reynolds, Joshua (1723-1792) The Infant Hercules c.1785–1789 Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Reynolds, Joshua (1723-1792) Infant Hercules Strangling Serpents 1786 Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg…
Place de la Concorde (1875)
Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Place de la Concorde 1875 Oil on canvas, 78.4 x 117.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg See also: • Place de la Concorde (Paris)
La Proposition embarrassante (1715-1716)
Watteau, Antoine (1684-1721) La Proposition embarrassante (Embarrasing Proposal) 1715–1716 Oil on canvas, 65 × 84.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Watteau was the first 18th-century French artist to create something totally new in his work, something previously unknown, in despite of the…
La Boudeuse (c.1718)
Watteau, Antoine (1684-1721) La Boudeuse (The Capricious Girl) c.1718 Oil on canvas, 42 × 34 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg When Watteau was elected a member of the French Academy of Arts, a term was specially invented to describe the kind of…
Le Savoyard et la Marmotte (1716)
Watteau, Antoine (1684-1721) Le Savoyard et la Marmotte (Savoyard with a Marmot) 1716 Oil on canvas, 40.5 × 32.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Antoine Watteau was one of the most brilliant artists of the early 18th century. His work gave rise…
La Sainte Famille (1719)
Watteau, Antoine (1684-1721) La Sainte Famille, Le Repos pendant la fuite en Égypte (Holy Family, The Rest on the Flight into Egypt) 1719 Oil on canvas, 117 × 98 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
Acteurs de la Comedie-Francaise (1711-1712)
Watteau, Antoine (1684-1721) Acteurs de la Comedie-Francaise (Actors of the Comédie-Française) 1711–1712 Oil on panel, 20 × 25 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Watteau was very fond of the play Les trois cousines (The Three Cousins) by Florent Carton, known as Dancourt,…