Sentences with phrase «century iconic paintings»

The German - born Bierstadt was celebrated for his 19th Century iconic paintings of the American West, exalting the region's vistas while also encouraging Western expansion.

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If the iconic image of Romantic art is a storm - tossed boat, the cinematography here evokes the tranquility of a 17th - century Dutch painting.

The painted covers will find their inspiration from all over the Marvel universe, and are aimed at showcasing the many iconic characters the company has spawned over the last three - quarters of a century.

Among these is a selection of his iconic Combines, hybrids between painting and sculpture, which include Monogram 1955 - 59, travelling to the UK for the first time in over half a century, and Bed 1955.

The composition is dominated by a large expanse of wood painted with the artist's iconic cadmium red, resulting in an area that resonates and reverberates with an intensity of color that is unrivalled in twentieth century art, except perhaps by the forces of color created by Mark Rothko on his large - scale canvases.

As in her iconic series Azulejões, where the artist amplifies the scale of the blue and white Portuguese tile, these new three - dimensional oil paintings have grown from her fascination to develop a technique that would allow her to reconstruct 19th century Pallisy ware from the celebrated Portuguese factory of Caldas da Rainha, run by Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro (1846 - 1905) one of the most relevant Portuguese artists and Palissy follower.

Featuring her iconic paintings, photographs, installation, video and wallpaper, it showcases why Sturtevant is acknowledged as one of the most important artists of the 21st century.

I'd go part way along with you, in as much as I absolutely agree that abstract painting has to get over the iconic works of the last century and discover some new territory.

The current exhibition is a modest homage to Kazimir Malevich (1878 — 1935) on the 100th anniversary of his iconic 20th - century painting Black Square.

The Tate Modern audioguide talks you through a selection of the most iconic works in the collection displays, including international paintings and sculptures spanning a century.

One of the most persistent themes in contemporary art since the early 1990s has been the proliferation of work that addresses «ruined modernity» and «failed utopias»: in other words, a type of art that reformats iconic examples of 20th - century architecture and design into painting, sculpture, photography, video, slide shows, archival installations, etc..

The dazzling mixed - media works of Mickalene Thomas (b. 1971) combine rhinestones with acrylic and oil paints to create compositions that often reference iconic works of art from nineteenth - century Europe.

These iconic works of 19th - century landscape painting are traveling on a national tour for the first time and are circulating to four museums around the country as part of the Historical Society's traveling exhibitions program Sharing a National Treasure.

Though individual works are very seldom loaned, these iconic works of 19th - century landscape painting are traveling on a national tour for the first time and are circulating to four museums around the country as part of the Historical Society's traveling exhibitions program Sharing a National Treasure.

This type of art reformats iconic examples of twentieth - century architecture and design into other mediums (painting, sculpture, photography, video, slide shows, archival installations, etc).

The studio of the artist Sidney Nolan — one of the leading figures of 20th - century art, best known for his iconic paintings of Ned Kelly — was recently revealed to the public for the first time since his death in 1992.

An iconic 19th century American painting that remains one of art's most famous works will be on view July 4th at the Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Massachusetts.

An iconic 19th century American painting that remains one of art's most famous works is now on view at the Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Massachusetts.

Writer, musician, actor, comedian, screenwriter and playwright, Steve Martin will join AGO Curator Andrew Hunter in conversation and explore the iconic paintings of Lawren S. Harris, his influence on 20th century art and the process of putting together the upcoming exhibition, The Idea of North: The Paintings of Lawrepaintings of Lawren S. Harris, his influence on 20th century art and the process of putting together the upcoming exhibition, The Idea of North: The Paintings of LawrePaintings of Lawren Harris.

Acclaimed South African artist Christine Dixie explores Velásquez's iconic sixteenth century painting Las Meninas (The Ladies in Waiting), one of the most important paintings in Western art history.

Gottlieb's Burst series would become one of the most iconic artistic motifs of modern, 20th century painting alongside Mark Rothko's floating rectangles and Barnett Newman's zip.

While Brockmann's enormous work, Philip II Receiving the News of the Loss of the Invincible Armada, is an example of large - scale history painting from 19th - century Spain, Judy Chicago's preparatory drawing for Emily Dickinson's place setting in her iconic installation The Dinner Party is an emblem of the American feminist movement of the 1970s.

Modern Masters: 20th Century Icons from the Albright - Knox Art Gallery will bring together about 70 iconic artworks by Vincent van Gogh, Pablo Picasso, Georgia O'Keeffe, Salvador Dalí, Frida Kahlo, and Andy Warhol as well as one of Jackson Pollock's finest drip paintings.

Highlighted by Tanner's iconic painting The Annunciation, the exhibition features a wide range of items such as pre-Civil War - era decorative pottery, early 20th - century paintings and photography, sculpture and portraits.

Walking the line between respectful homage and brazen appropriation, Deborah Kass mimics and reworks the signature styles of some of the 20th century's most iconic male artists — including Frank Stella, Andy Warhol, Jackson Pollock, and Ed Ruscha — in her bold, meticulous paintings.

The book tracks his movement from an initial interest in signage (the early -»60s drafts for his iconic paintings of the 20th Century Fox logo, the Standard Oil gas - station sign, and «Annie» in the comic strip's type) to later images that are highly idiosyncratic, downright poetic concoctions («Thick Blocks of Musical Fudge» is the phrase in one 1976 pastel).

Explore how Bingham's iconic river paintings and related drawings illuminated the nineteenth - century western frontier, revealing the importance of the nation's waterways and the people who worked on them.

Presenting iconic works from each individual collection, the exhibition stretches from the late 19th - century paintings of Degas and Manet to the mid-20th century creations of Kandinsky and Mondrian.

One of Australia's best landscape artists of the late 19th century and the most successful painter of the Heidelberg School (c.1886 - 1900) of Australian Impressionism, Arthur Streeton is celebrated for his evocative and iconic landscape painting, which perfectly captures the unique light and colour of the Australian countryside and outback.

All the major American artists and works from the seventeenth century to today are included, such as epic history paintings by Benjamin West and John Singleton Copley; sublime landscapes by Thomas Cole, Albert Bierstadt, and Frederick Church; society portraits by John Singer Sargent; groundbreaking abstract expressionist and pop art by Jackson Pollock, Barnett Newman, and Andy Warhol; and challenging sculptural, installation, and video works from more recent years by Robert Gober, Fred Wilson, and Matthew Barney In architecture, dozens of different building types are illustrated and discussed, from the earliest colonial houses and churches to the most spectacular modernist and postmodernist houses, stations, museums, and iconic skyscrapers.

These paintings span genre and period, including iconic works of 19th - century landscape painting and portraiture, American impressionism, and early 20th - century realism.

Conversations presents 89 iconic paintings and sculptures arranged thematically from the early 19th century through the present day as a series of intimate and striking visual conversations.

Artists have been intrigued for centuries, whether it be Tutankhamun's stylised and iconic death mask, portraits painted with stunning realism on Roman coffins, Vermeer's alluring Girl with a Pearl Earring or Picasso's Cubist dissections and fragmentations of the face.

The pair of marquee sales includes a 19th and 20th Century Sale packed with magnificent pieces, including Juan Gris's iconic La table de musicien, painted in 1914, and Gauguin «s La Vague, both of which are anticipated to top the $ 20 million mark easily.

While Tyler's work shows the influence of iconic abstract artists of the twentieth century such as Josef Albers and Philip Guston, his work is also unmistakably of its time, formed in an age when daily visual experience takes place in digital space and painting has to assert its immediacy.

He is best known for his paintings depicting the rural American Midwest, particularly the painting American Gothic, an iconic image of the 20th century.

The climate - controlled Hall of Honor features iconic works from the collection, offering various perspectives on abstract painting, with works from the 20th - century painting is exemplified in the work of Piet Mondrian, while works by Kazimir Malevich are purely abstract.

For centuries it was simply accepted that Leonardo Da Vinci's iconic painting the Mona Lisa had no eyebrows or eyelashes; ultra-high resolution microscopic scans of the painting performed in 2007, however, revealed that she was originally painted with eyebrows and eyelashes but they had faded over time (and possibly as the result of early overzealous cleaning attempts).