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Sunday, July 14, 2013
Saturday, July 13, 2013
Seven Paintings of French Romantic Painter Théodore Chassériau - 19th Century
Théodore Chassériau (September 20, 1819 – October 8, 1856) was a French romantic painter noted for his portraits, historical and religious paintings, allegorical murals, and Orientalist images inspired by his travels to Algeria.
Andromeda and the Nereids - 1840
Desdemona Retiring to her Bed - 1849
Orientalist Interior: Nude in a Harem - 1850-52
Peace 1844-48
The Artist's Sisters - 1843
The Tepidarium - 1853
The Toilet of Esther - 1841
Sunday, July 7, 2013
The Scream by Norwegian painter and printmaker Edvard Munch - 1893
The Scream is the popular name given to each of four versions of a composition, created as both paintings and pastels, by the Expressionist artist Edvard Munch between 1893 and 1910. Der Schrei der Natur (The Scream of Nature) is the title Munch gave to these works, all of which show a figure with an agonized expression against a landscape with a tumultuous orange sky. Arthur Lubow has described The Scream as "an icon of modern art, a Mona Lisa for our time.
Know more about this painting in Wikipedia
Medium: Oil, tempera, and pastel on cardboard
Source: Wikipedia
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