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Villa Elisi by Antonio Sant'Elia Villa Elisi1912ArchitectureSan Maurizio, Italy Designed and built as a Holiday home for the industrialist Romeo Longatti, Villa Elisi was the only building designed by Sant’Elia to be completed in his lifetime. Whist small in size the villa features the asymmetrical, geometric designs seen in much of Sant’Elia’s work, including the … Continue reading Villa Elisi by Antonio Sant’Elia
Edifici monumentali con sculture by Antonio Sant'Elia Edifici monumentali con sculture1911-12FuturismPencil on paper Edifici monumentali con sculture reveals a vast increase in size from Sant’Elia’s earlier work. Geometric features are also more prominent and the height of the towers is accentuated by the rest of the building design. The entrance is shrunk behind two pyramidal … Continue reading Edifici monumentali con sculture by Antonio Sant’Elia
La Citta Nuova by Antonio Sant'Elia La Citta Nuova1913-14FuturismPencil on paperVilla Olmo, Como, Italy La Citta Nuova appeared at the Nuove Tendenze exhibition in 1914. A series of forty drawings that showcased Sant’Elia’s innovative design ideas glorifying modernism and technology. As a symbol of the new age, they were bold, unadorned, and geometric designs. Sant’Elia … Continue reading La Citta Nuova by Antonio Sant’Elia
A glass of ruby wine, a god in love His woman that they left alone to die Upon an island, abandoned by man
Artist: Thomas Jones Born: 26 September 1742, Cefnllys, Wales Nationality: Welsh Died: 29 April 1803, Wales
Artist: James Collinson Born: 9 May 1825, Mansfield, England English Movement: Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood Died: 24 January 1881, London, UK
Artist: William Morris Born: 24 March 1834, Essex, England Nationality: English Movement: Pre-Raphaelite Died: 3 October 1896, Middlesex, UK
Title: Bird Romance Date: 1946 Movement: Surrealism Artist: JWG (Jock) MacDonald Born: 31 March 1897, Thurso, Scotland Canadian Died: 3 December 1960, Toronto, Canada
Artist: Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, 1st Baronet Born: 28 August 1833, Birmingham, UK Nationality: English Movement: Pre-Raphaelite Died: 17 June 1898, London, UK
Title: Tomb near Cairo Date: 1833 Movement: Realism
Artist: Dante Gabriel Rossetti Born: 12 May 1828, London, UK Nationality: British Movement: Pre-Raphaelite Died: 9 April 1882, Kent, UK
Artist: Leon Spilliaert Born: 28 July 1881, Ostend, Belgium Nationality: Belgian Movement: Symbolism Died: 23 November 1946, Brussels, Belgium
Title: Pharaoh’s Handmaidens Date: 1883 Movement: Pre-Raphaelite Artist: The Honourable John Maler Collier British 1850 – 1934 John Maler Collier was a leading artist and author. He was one of the m0st noted portrait painters of his time. From 1875 he studied at the Munich Academy. Both his marriages were to the daughters of … Continue reading Pharaoh’s Handmaidens by John Collier
Title: Mural of Human Rights, Emblem UN Date: 1953 Movement: Muralism Artist: Vela Zanetti Spanish 1913 – 1999 Jose Vela Zanetti was a painter and muralist. He worked predominantly in Spain, the Dominican Republic and the USA. His first solo exhibition was held in Leon in 1931. His father was executed for his socialist beliefs … Continue reading Mural of Human Rights Emblem UN by Vela Zanetti
Title: Lesbia Weeping Over a Sparrow Date: 1866 Movement: Romanticism Artist: Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema Dutch 1836 – 1912 Laurens Alma Tadema, better known as Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, was one of the most highly renowned Romantic artists of the late 19thC. He changed the spelling of his name to the more English Lawrence while making his … Continue reading Lesbia Weeping Over a Sparrow by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema
Title: Watched Date: 1925 Style: Dada Artist: Hannah Hoch German 1889 – 1978 Anna Therese Johanne Hoch is best known for her work of the Weimar period. She was one of the originators of Photomontage, a type of collage of actual photographs. Key themes in her work were androgyny, political discourse and shifting gender roles. … Continue reading Watched by Hannah Hoch
Title: A Favourite Custom Date: 1909 Movement: Romanticism Artist: Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema Dutch 1836 – 1912 Laurens Alma Tadema, better known as Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, was one of the most highly renowned Romantic artists of the late 19thC. He changed the spelling of his name to the more English Lawrence while making his niche in … Continue reading A Favourite Custom by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema
Title: Spring in the Country Date: 1941 Movement: Regionalism Artist: Grant Wood American 1891 – 1942 Grant DeVoison Wood was best known for his paintings depicting the rural American Midwest. He enrolled in the Handicraft Guild (now a prominent artist collective) in 1910. Between 1922 and 1928 Wood travelled to Europe to study impressionism and … Continue reading Spring in the Country
Title: Before a Thunderstorm Date: 1868 Movement: Realism Artist: Fyodor Vasilyev Russian 1850 – 1873 Fyodor Vasilyev Fyodor Alexandrovich Vasilyev was a landscape artist who introduced a lyrical style to Russian art. He was considered an illegitimate child even though his parents married when was four years old. He had to earn a living from … Continue reading Before a Thunderstorm
Title: Girl with Sailboat Date: 1899 Movement: Impressionism Artist: Edmund Charles Tarbell American 1862 – 1938 Edmund Charles Tarbell Edmund Charles Tarbell was an American Impressionist painter. He was a leading member of the Guild of Boston Artists from its beginnings in 1914. He was also a popular teacher at the Museum School, Due to … Continue reading Girl with Sailboat
Title: Portrait of the Future Countess Henri de Boisgelin Date: 1923 Movement: Art Nouveau Artist: Leon Bakst Russian 1866 – 1924 Leon Bakst Leyb-Khaim Izrailevich Rosenberg, better known as Leon Bakst was a painter and scene and costume designer. He was a member of the Sergei Diaghilev circle and with the Ballet Russes, he designed … Continue reading Portrait of the Future Countess Henri de Boisgelin
Title: A Song Without Words Date: 1919 Movement: Neoclassicism Artist: John William Godward English 1861 – 1922 John William Godward Godward was an English painter from the end of the Neoclassic era. He studied under Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, but the style of painting fell out of fashion giving way to Modern Art. Godward committed suicide … Continue reading A Song Without Words
Title: Robert, Helen and Ed Date: 1952 Movement: Expressionism Artist: Alice Neel American 1900 – 1984
Title: Children Playing on the Beach Date: 1884 Movement: Impressionism Artist: Mary Cassatt American 1844 - 1926
Title: Madame Monet and Child Date: 1875 Movement: Impressionism Artist: Claude Monet French 1840 – 1926
Title: Grevy’s Zebra Date: 1982 Movement: Pop Art Artist: Andy Warhol American 1928 – 1987
Title: The Muse Inspiring the Poet Date: 1909 Movement: Primitivism Artist: Henri Rousseau French 1844 – 1910
Title: Judith Gautier Date: 1885 Movement: Realism Artist: John Singer Sargent American 1856 – 1925
Title: By the Seashore Date: 1883 Movement: Impressionism Artist: Pierre-Auguste Renoir French 1841 – 1919
Title: The Flower Seller Date: 1923 Movement: Impressionism Artist: Richard Jack English 1866 – 1952
Title: The Persistence of Memory Date: 1931 Movement: Surrealism Artist: Salvador Dali Spanish 1904 - 1989
Title: July Date: 1971 Genre: Realism Artist: Fairfield Porter American 1907 – 1975
Title: Spirit of Autumn Date: 1875 Movement: Symbolism Artist: Albert Pinkham Ryder American 1847 - 1917
Title: English Partridge in Flight Date: 1898 Movement: Naturalism Artist: Archibald Thorburn Scottish 1860 - 1935
Title: The Pine Tree at St Tropez Date: 1909 Movement: Pointillism Artist: Paul Signac French 1863 – 1935
Title: Dolor de Medioda Date: 1932 Movement: Surrealism Artist: Angel Planells Spanish 1901 – 1989
Title: Idle Hours Date: 1894 Movement: Impressionism Artist: William Merritt Chase American 1849 – 1916
Title: The Tiger Date: 1890 Movement: Naturalism Artist: Richard Friesse German 1854 – 1918
Title: Christina’s World Date: 1948 Realism Artist: Andrew Wyeth American 1917 - 2009
Title: Pigeon on a Peach Branch Date: 1108 Oriental Emperor Huizong Chinese 1082 - 1135
Title: Landscape with House and Ploughman Date: 1889 Movement: Cloisonnism Artist: Vincent van Gogh Dutch 1853 - 1890
Title: The River Date: 1942 Movement: Magic Realism O. Louis Guglielmi Egyptian 1906 - 1956
Title: Cleopatra Date: 1887 Movement: Pre-Raphaelite John William Waterhouse British 6 April 1849 – 10 February 1917
Title: Grafton Gallery, from Les Affiche Illustrees Date: 1897 Movement: Art Nouveau Eugène Grasset Swiss 25 May 1845 – 23 October 1017
The Street Date: 1933 Movement: Metaphysical Art Balthus French 29 Feb 1908 – 18 Feb 2001
Date: 1894 Movement: Expressionism Edvard Munch Norwegian 12 Dec 1863 – 23 Jan 1944
Date: 1908 Movement: Symbolism Lajos Gulacsy Hungarian 1882 – 1932
1896 Movement: Art Nouveau Artist: Alphonse Mucha Czech 24 Jul 1860 – 14 Jul 1939
1899 John Collier English Movement: Pre-Raphaelite 27 Jan 1850 – 11 Apr 1934
Mikalojus Konstantinas Ciurlionis Date: 1904 Movement: Symbolism 22 Sep 1875 – 10 Aug 1911
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