WORLD»S BEST ART For a list of the best
examples of Fine Art Painting, by the world's top artists, see below: Greatest Modern Paintings Oils, watercolours, mixed media from 1850 - present.
Our list features over 300 of the greatest
examples of fine art painting created during the twentieth century.
Not exact matches
In certain faculties (such as
fine or performance
arts), the thesis may be presented in a form
of an artistic performance, a written work (
of music, or
of fiction, for
example), or a
painting or other artistic production.
Like Gian Giacomo Poldi Pezzoli did with his Museum that, already open to the general public in Milan in 1881, is one
of the most important museum houses in Europe, a good
example of one
of the
finest 19th century collections: from the fifteenth - century Lombardy maestros (Luini, Boltraffio, Solario) to masterpieces by Pollaiolo, Piero della Francesca, Botticelli, Mantegna, Bellini and Cosmè Tura through to eighteenth - century
paintings (Guardi and Canaletto) and exceptional collections
of decorative
arts.
With
examples held in museum collections worldwide, including the Whitney Museum
of American
Art, the Broad
Art Foundation, the Menil Collection and the Montreal Museum
of Fine Arts, these canvases represent «one
of his most important group
of paintings» (R. Marshall, Jean - Michel Basquiat, Paris 2000, p. 279).
For
example, the Museum
of Fine Arts Boston only had three
paintings by African - American artist back in 2000, but now holds one
of the most significant collections
of art by African Americans in the nation, including works by almost every major African - American artist working during the past century and a half.
As the
fine arts museum
of the University
of Chicago, the Smart is home to thought - provoking exhibitions and an exquisite collection
of more than 15,000 objects, including modern masterpieces, millennia - old Chinese artworks, rich
examples of European
painting, and provocative works
of contemporary
art.
Anchored by
fine examples of abstract
painting and sculpture from Woodmere's collection, the exhibition also presents selections from the transformative promised gift
of artist and Chestnut Hill resident Karen Segal, which will bring previously unimagined depth to the Museum's holdings
of twentieth - and twenty - first century
art.
Regarded as one
of the
finest periods within a practice spanning over five decades, the late 1980s and early 1990s saw the production
of significant works including the celebrated Eis cycle
of paintings (The
Art Institute
of Chicago), as well as important
examples of his Abstraktes Bilder series, now housed in important collections including Abstrkates Bild 726 (Tate, London), Abstrkates Bild 727 (Kunsthalle Hamburg) and Abstrkates Bild 734 (San Francisco Museum
of Modern
Art).
The present work is a
fine example of this exploration, with an almost identical sister
painting held in the collection
of the Museum
of Modern
Art in New York, the fact that certainly adds value to the work, estimated at $ 800,000 - 1,200,000.
From old masters to contemporary
art,
fine paintings at Skinner include some
of the best
examples of European and American
painting from the last five centuries.
For all
fine art enquiries, you can contact us today and have a friendly discussion about any
of the 15th — 20th Century sculptures, old master
paintings, continental furniture, Asian
art, contemporary
art or modern Asian
art examples we have on display at our international gallery.
The Figure:
Painting, Drawing, and Sculpture is a celebration
of figurative
art with a wealth
of imagery displaying some
of the
finest examples of the genre in all mediums.
With the 41
paintings, sculptures and drawings by Ellsworth Kelly, the Fisher collection allows SFMOMA - already graced with
fine examples of Kelly's
art - to show his amazing inventive range with strict self - imposed creative limits.
Unseen Warhol, (contributor), Rizzoli, 1996 Rizzi, John Szoke 1997 Glamour, Style, Fashion: The Warhol Look, Andy Warhol Museum, 1997 Blank Generation Reviseted: Early Days
of Punk Rock, Schirmer, 1997 SOAPBOX: Essays Diatribes Homilies and Screeds 1980 - 1997, Imschoot, 1998 Artist / Author: Contemporary Artists Books, (contributor), DAP, 1998 Basquiat, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, 1999 The Style Guy, Ballantine Books, 2000 Human Nature (dub version), 2001, Greybull Press Anh Duong, Assouline, 2001 People After Dark, Roxane Lowit, (introduction,) Assouline, 2001 New York Beat, Petit Grand, 2001 New York Expression, Bergen Kunstmuseum 2002 Photographs
of Ron Gallela, Greybull Press, 2002 Tom Sachs: Nutsy's, Guggenheim Museum, 2003 Shriners, with Lisa Eisner, Greybull Press, 2004 Andy Warhol: The Late Works, (contributor), Prestel Verlag, 2004 Yours In Food, (contributor), John Baldessari, Princeton, 2004 Maripolarama, Powerhouse, 2005 People, Roxane Lowit, Assouline, 2005 Public Access: Ricky Powell Photographs 1985 - 2005, Powerhouse, 2005 Pam: American Icon, Stellan Holm Gallery, 2005 James Nares: New
Paintings, Kasmin, 2005 Warhol's World, Steidl, 2006 The Jean - Michel Basquiat Show, Skira, 2006 Katlick School, with Sante D'Orazio, TeNeus, 2006 Jean - Michel Basquiat: 1981, The Studio
of the Street, Charta / Deitch 2007 Richard Prince, Guggenheim Museum, 2007 Out
of Mind, Shawn Mortensen, Abrams, 2007 Leadbelly: A Life in Pictures, Steidl, 2008 Warhol by Gallela: That's Great, Monacelli, 2008 John Lurie, A
Fine Example of Art, Powerhouse, 2008 Acid Candy, Miles Aldridge, Reflex Editions, 2008 Christopher Wool, Taschen, 2008
We are also fortunate to strengthen key areas
of our collections
of sculptures, Dutch
paintings, photographs, pastels, and illustrated books with
fine examples in these media,» said Earl A. Powell III, director, National Gallery
of Art.
The Barnes holds one
of the
finest collections
of post-impressionist and early modern
paintings, with extensive works by Pierre - Auguste Renoir, Paul Cézanne, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Henri Rousseau, Amedeo Modigliani, Chaim Soutine, and Giorgio de Chirico; old master
paintings; important
examples of African sculpture; Native American ceramics, jewelry and textiles; American
paintings and decorative
arts; and antiquities from the Mediterranean region and Asia.
Depicting a scene drawn from the artist's childhood memories, the
painting is one
of the
finest examples of the African - American domestic scenes for which Pippin is best known, said Brent R. Benjamin, director
of the Saint Louis
Art Museum.
The exhibition presented
examples of portraiture, landscape
paintings, and figure sketches, including such well - known works as Madame X from the Metropolitan Museum
of Art, The Daughters
of Edward Darley Boit, loaned by the Museum
of Fine Arts, Boston, and Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose from the Tate Gallery, London.
For
example, it can be used for a multiplicity
of fine art painting styles.
The Barnes holds one
of the
finest collections
of Post-Impressionist and early Modern
paintings, with extensive holdings by Pierre - Auguste Renoir, Paul Cézanne, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Henri Rousseau, Amedeo Modigliani, Chaim Soutine and Giorgio de Chirico, as well as American masters Charles Demuth, William Glackens, Horace Pippin and Maurice Prendergast, Old Master
paintings, important
examples of African sculpture and Native American ceramics, jewelry and textiles, American
paintings and decorative
arts and antiquities from the Mediterranean region and Asia.