Duchamp, Marcel (1887-1968) 50 cc d’air de Paris (50 cc of Paris Air) 1949 Glass ampoule, h. 15.2 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia See also: • Paris (France)
50 cc d’air de Paris (1949)
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Forza dinamica del ciclista (1914)
Boccioni, Umberto (1882-1916) Forza dinamica del ciclista (Dynamic Force of the Cyclist) 1914 (published 1921) Photolithograph, 21 x 31.1 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia
La Crucifixion (1940)
Chagall, Marc (1887-1985) La Crucifixion (The Crucifixion) 1940 Oil on canvas, 34 x 29.4 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia During the late 1930s Marc Chagall became increasingly aware of the plight of his fellow Jews in Europe and embarked on a…
Sunflowers (1889)
Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Sunflowers (F 455, JH 1668) 1889 Oil on canvas, 92.4 × 71.1 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia Vincent van Gogh painted this luminous image of sunflowers from memory, in the depths of winter in 1889. Throughout his…
Portrait de Madame Cézanne (1885-1886)
Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Portrait de Madame Cézanne (Portrait of Madame Cézanne) 1885–1886 Oil on canvas, 61.9 × 51.1 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia Hortense Fiquet—Cézanne’s mistress, mother of his son, Paul, and later his wife—was the artist’s most frequent model, appearing…
La Calèche (c.1881)
Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de (1864-1901) La Calèche (Carriage) c.1881 Oil on panel, 32.4 × 23.8 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia
Pietà (early 1570s)
El Greco (1541-1614) Pietà (Lamentation) Early 1570s Oil on panel, 28.9 × 20 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia El Greco was born in the Venetian territory of Crete and trained in Venice before moving to Rome. There he encountered the work…
The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons (1834-1835)
Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851) The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons, October 16, 1834 1834–1835 Oil on canvas, 92.1 × 123.2 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia “Shortly before 7 o’clock last night the inhabitants of Westminster, and of…
The Falls at Tivoli (1803)
Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851) The Falls at Tivoli 1803? Watercolor on cardboard, 37.8 x 53.7 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia See also: • Tivoli (Italia)
Yeux bleus (1917)
Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Yeux bleus (Blue Eyes) 1917 Oil on canvas, 54.6 x 42.9 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia Born in Livorno, Italy, on the coast of Tuscany, Modigliani moved to Paris in January 1906, where he quickly fell in with…