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Art Series is for serial artworks. This type may be used for two scenarios:1) A titled art series consisting of more than one individual piece, which may or may not be named. Usually conceived and created as a series with a shared theme by the artist. E.g. The Four Freedoms...
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| x Sunflowers |
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Vincent van Gogh | Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers | Sunflower |
Sunflowers (original title, in French: Tournesols) are the subject of two series of still life paintings by the Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh. The earlier series executed in Paris in 1887 gives the flowers laying on the ground, while the second set...
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| Two Cut Sunflowers | |||||
| Vase with Three Sunflowers | |||||
| Vase with Twelve Sunflowers | |||||
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| x Four Freedoms |
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Norman Rockwell | Freedom of Speech | Four Freedoms |
The Four Freedoms or Four Essential Human Freedoms is a series of oil paintings produced in 1943 by the American artist Norman Rockwell. The paintings are approximately equal in dimension with measurements of 45.75 inches (116.2 cm) × 35.5 inches ...
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| Freedom from Want | |||||
| Freedom to Worship | |||||
| Freedom from Fear | |||||
| x Dogs Playing Poker |
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Cassius Marcellus Coolidge | A Bachelor's Dog | Dog |
Dogs Playing Poker (DPP) refers collectively to a series of sixteen oil paintings by C. M. Coolidge, commissioned in 1903 by Brown & Bigelow to advertise cigars. All the paintings in the series feature anthropomorphized dogs, but the nine in which...
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| A Bold Bluff | Poker | ||||
| Breach of Promise Suit | Cigar | ||||
| A Friend in Need | |||||
| His Station and Four Aces | |||||
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| x Humours of an Election |
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William Hogarth | An Election Entertainment | Election |
The Humours of an Election is a series of four oil paintings and later engravings by William Hogarth that illustrate the election of a member of parliament in Oxfordshire in 1754. The oil paintings were created in 1755. The first three paintings, An...
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| Canvassing for Votes | |||||
| The Polling | |||||
| Chairing the Member | |||||
| x The Great Red Dragon Paintings |
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William Blake | The Great Red Dragon and the Beast from the Sea |
The Great Red Dragon Paintings are a series of watercolour paintings by the English poet and painter William Blake, painted between 1805 and 1810. It was during this period that Blake was commissioned to create over a hundred paintings intended to...
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| The Number of the Beast is 666 | |||||
| The Great Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed with the Sun | |||||
| The Great Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed in the Sun | |||||
| x Marriage à-la-mode |
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William Hogarth | Marriage à-la-mode: 1. The Marriage Settlement | 18th century |
In 1743–1745, William Hogarth painted the six pictures of Marriage à-la-mode (National Gallery, London), a pointed skewering of upper class 18th century society. This moralistic warning shows the disastrous results of an ill-considered marriage for...
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| Marriage à-la-mode: 2. The Tête à Tête | Upper class | ||||
| Marriage à-la-mode: 3. The Inspection | |||||
| Marriage à-la-mode: 4. The Toilette | |||||
| Marriage à-la-mode: 5. The Bagnio | |||||
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| x A Rake's Progress |
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William Hogarth |
A Rake's Progress is a series of eight paintings by 18th century English artist William Hogarth. The canvases were produced in 1732–33 then engraved and published in print form in 1735. The series shows the decline and fall of Tom Rakewell, the...
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| x A Harlot's Progress |
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William Hogarth |
A Harlot's Progress (also known as The Harlot's Progress) is a series of six paintings (1731, now lost) and engravings (1732) by William Hogarth. The series shows the story of a young woman, Mary (or Moll) Hackabout, who arrives in London from the...
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| x Industry and Idleness |
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William Hogarth |
Industry and Idleness is the title of a series of 12 plot-linked engravings created by William Hogarth in 1747, intending to illustrate to working children the possible rewards of hard work and diligent application and the sure disasters attending a...
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| x Beer Street and Gin Lane |
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William Hogarth |
Beer Street and Gin Lane are two prints issued in 1751 by English artist William Hogarth in support of what would become the Gin Act. Designed to be viewed alongside each other, they depict the evils of the consumption of gin as a contrast to the...
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| x The Four Stages of Cruelty |
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William Hogarth | Cruelty in Perfection | Cruelty |
The Four Stages of Cruelty is a series of four printed engravings published by William Hogarth in 1751. Each print depicts a different stage in the life of the fictional Tom Nero.
Beginning with the torture of a dog as a child in the First stage of...
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| The Reward of Cruelty | |||||
| Second Stage of Cruelty | |||||
| First Stage of Cruelty | |||||
| x Kitchen Table | Carrie Mae Weems | Woman Singing, from the series Kitchen Table |
"Kitchen Table" is a photography series by award winning American photographer and artist Carrie Mae Weems.
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| Mother and Daughter putting on Make-up, from the series Kitchen Table | |||||
| Man Smoking, from the series Kitchen Table | |||||
| Man Reading Newspaper, from the series Kitchen Table | |||||
| Untitled (Man and mirror) | |||||
| x Paperworks | |||||
| x Othello |
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Nabil Kanso |
Othello (paintings) is a series of paintings executed in 1985 by Nabil Kanso. The subjects of the paintings are loosely based on Shakespeare’s tragedy Othello. The series comprises 60 paintings dealing with themes of love, race, jealousy, betrayal,...
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| x The Legend of Briar Rose |
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Edward Burne-Jones | The Briar Wood | Sleeping Beauty |
The Legend of Briar Rose is the title of a series of paintings by the Pre-Raphaelite artist Edward Burne-Jones which were completed between 1885 and 1890. The four original paintings - The Briar Wood, The Council Chamber, The Garden Court and The...
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| The Rose Bower | |||||
| The Council Chamber | |||||
| The Garden Court | |||||
| x Pygmalion and the Image, Series 2 | Edward Burne-Jones | The Soul Attains | |||
| The Hand Refrains | |||||
| The Heart Desires | |||||
| The Godhead Fires | |||||
| x Zauber Tondos |
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Igor Kufayev | Zauber Tondos | Sacred geometry |
Zauber Tondos is a series of four round pantings by Igor Kufayev, the project was conceived in the autumn of 1995, following the  ...
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| Mandala | |||||
| Astrology and the classical elements | |||||
| x Lovers |
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Igor Kufayev | The Lovers | Human figure | |
| Lovers | Sacred geometry | ||||
| The Book of Lovers | |||||
| x Burnt Earth |
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Igor Kufayev | Burnt Earth |
'Burnt Earth' was a solo-exhibition accompanied by a catalogue under the same title presenting series of works by Igor Kufayev. The show took place in June of 1994 at the Salama-Caro Gallery in Cork Street, London. 'Burnt...
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| x 36 Views of Mount Fuji |
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Hokusai | The Great Wave off Kanagawa | Mount Fuji |
Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (富嶽三十六景, Fugaku Sanjūrokkei) is an ukiyo-e series of large, color woodblock prints by the Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849). The series depicts Mount Fuji in differing seasons and weather conditions from a...
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| Travellers Crossing the Oi River | |||||
| Red Fuji | |||||
| Black Fuji | |||||
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Utagawa Hiroshige | View of Mount Fuji from Satta Point in the Suruga Bay | Mount Fuji |
Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Japanese: 富士三十六景; Fuji Sanjū-Rokkei) is a series of woodblock prints by the Japanese ukiyo-e artist Andō Hiroshige, depicting Mount Fuji in differing seasons and weather conditions from a variety of different places...
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| x Voyage of Life |
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Thomas Cole | Voyage of Life - Childhood |
The Voyage of Life series, painted by Thomas Cole in 1840, is a series of paintings that represent an allegory of the four stages of human life: childhood, youth, manhood, and old age. The paintings follow a voyager who travels in a boat on a river...
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| Voyage of Life - Youth | |||||
| Voyage of Life - Manhood | |||||
| Voyage of Life - Old Age | |||||
| x The Course of Empire |
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Thomas Cole | The Course of Empire - The Savage State |
The Course of Empire is a five-part series of paintings created by Thomas Cole in the years 1833-36. It is notable in part for reflecting popular American sentiments of the times, when many saw pastoralism as the ideal phase of human civilization,...
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| The Course of Empire - The Consumation | |||||
| The Course of Empire - Destruction | |||||
| The Course of Empire - Desolation | |||||
| The Course of Empire - The Pastoral State | |||||
| x St. Sebastian |
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Andrea Mantegna | St. Sebastian | Saint Sebastian |
St. Sebastian is the subject of three paintings by the Italian Early Renaissance master Andrea Mantegna. The Paduan artist lived in a period of frequent plagues; Sebastian was considered protector against the plague as having been shot through by...
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| x The Seven Sacraments | Nicolas Poussin | The Seven Sacraments: Baptism | Sacraments of the Catholic Church |
The Seven Sacraments (The Dal Pozzo Sacraments) is one of two series of paintings illustrating the sacraments by French painter Nicolas Poussin. The first series is also known as the Dal Pozzo Sacraments because it was commissioned by Poussin's...
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| The Seven Sacraments: Ordination | |||||
| The Seven Sacraments: Confirmation | |||||
| The Seven Sacraments: Penance | |||||
| The Seven Sacraments: Eucharist | |||||
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| x London Parliament |
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Claude Monet | Houses of Parliament, London | Palace of Westminster |
Claude Monet painted a series of paintings of the Palace of Westminster, home of the British Parliament, during his stay in London. The paintings have all the same size and viewpoint, Monet's window at St Thomas' Hospital overlooking the Thames....
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| Le Parlement | |||||
| Houses of Parliament | |||||
| La Pointe de la Hève at Low Tide | |||||
| Parliament, Effect of Fog | |||||
| x Rouen Cathedral |
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Claude Monet | Rouen Cathedral, West Facade, Sunlight |
Claude Monet painted a series of paintings of the Rouen Cathedral. The paintings mostly have one viewpoint but are painted at different times of the day and under different weather circumstances.
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| x Self-Portraits by Vincent van Gogh |
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Vincent van Gogh | Self-Portrait | Vincent van Gogh |
Vincent van Gogh created many self-portraits during his lifetime. Most probably, Van Gogh's self portraits are depicting the face as it appeared in the mirror he used to reproduce his face, i.e. his right side in the image is in reality the left...
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| Self-Portrait with a Straw Hat | |||||
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| x Portrait of Dr. Gachet |
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Vincent van Gogh | Portrait of Dr. Gachet (First Version) | Paul Gachet |
Portrait of Dr. Gachet is one of the most revered paintings by Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh and fetched a record price of $82.5 million ($75 million, plus a 10 percent buyer's commission) in 1990.
There are two authentic versions of this portrait,...
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| Portrait of Dr. Gachet (Second Version) | |||||
| x Copies after Millet, and others |
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Vincent van Gogh |
Copies after Millet, and other artists, form an important group of paintings executed by Vincent van Gogh late in 1889 and in early 1890.
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| x Great American Tragedians, Comedians, Clowns and Rope Dancers in Their Favorite Characters | Abraham Lincoln | ||||
| x The Seasons | Nicolas Poussin | Winter, or The Flood |
The Seasons is a series of four paintings created by Nicolas Poussin around 1660-1664. Painted toward the end of Poussin's life, the four canvasses are considered to be a statement about man's relationship with nature. Formerly displayed in the...
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| Summer (Ruth and Boaz) | |||||
| Autumn (The Spies with the Grapes of the Promised Land) | |||||
| Spring (The Earthly Paradise) | |||||
| x Text weaves | |||||
| x The Dream and Lie of Franco | Pablo Picasso | Francisco Franco |
The Dream and Lie of Franco is a series of fourteen or eighteen etchings, and accompanying prose poem, by Pablo Picasso produced in early 1937.
The etchings were intended to be published as postcards to raise funds for the Spanish Republican...
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| x The Split of Life | Nabil Kanso | War |
The Split of Life is a series of over 80 mural size oil paintings by Nabil Kanso. The paintings span a period from 1974 to 1994, and deal with contemporary and historical issues of war and violence.
The subject of war in Kanso’s work began during...
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| x Place des Martyres |
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Nabil Kanso |
Place des Martyres is the title of a series of over 250 watercolors and drawings executed in New York and Beirut between 1971 and 1974 by Nabil Kanso. The subjects of the works in the series are based on the women headquartered in the red-light...
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| x Faust |
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Nabil Kanso |
Faust (paintings) is a series of approximately 100 paintings created between 1976 and 1979 by Nabil Kanso. The paintings depict figural compositions in a sequence of scenes whose subjects are loosely based on Goethe’s Faust Part One and Part Two. In...
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| x Death of Cook |
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Death of Cook is the name of several paintings depicting the 1779 death of British explorer and European discoverer of the Hawaiian Islands, Captain James Cook at Kealakekua Bay. Most of these paintings seem to go back to an original by John...
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| x Raphael Cartoons |
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Raphael |
The Raphael Cartoons are seven large cartoons for tapestries, now in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, painted by the High Renaissance painter Raphael in 1515-16 and showing scenes from the Gospels and Acts of the Apostles. They are the only...
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| x Eleanor Crosses |
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The Eleanor crosses were 12 originally wooden, but later lavishly decorated stone, monuments, of which three survive intact, in a line down part of the east of England. King Edward I had the crosses erected between 1291 and 1294 in memory of his...
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| x Quadroni of St. Charles |
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The Quadroni ("big paintings") of St. Charles Borromeo are two cycles of paintings depicting the life and miracles of the first Saint of the Counter Reformation. These very large paintings (approx. 5 x 6 m) are displayed during the month of November...
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| x The Hiroshima Panels |
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Maruki Toshi | Nuclear warfare |
The Hiroshima Panels (原爆の図, Genbaku no zu) are a series of fifteen painted folding panels by the collaborative husband and wife artists Maruki Iri and Maruki Toshi completed over a span of thirty-two years (1950-1982). The Panels depict the...
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| Maruki Iri | Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki | ||||
| x Black Paintings |
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Francisco Goya |
The Black Paintings are a group of paintings by Francisco Goya created in the later years of his life (1819-1823) that portray intense, haunting themes. In 1819 at the age of 72, Goya moved into a two-story house outside of Madrid called "Quinta del...
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| x The Crystal Palace Dinosaurs |
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The Crystal Palace Dinosaurs, also known as Dinosaur Court, are a series of sculptures of dinosaurs and extinct mammals located in Crystal Palace, London. Commissioned in 1852 and unveiled in 1854, they were the first dinosaur sculptures in the...
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| x Klimt University of Vienna Ceiling Paintings |
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Gustav Klimt |
The Klimt University of Vienna Ceiling Paintings, also known as the Faculty Paintings, were a series of paintings made by Gustav Klimt for the ceiling of the University of Vienna's Great Hall between the years of 1900-1907. In 1894, Klimt was...
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| x Cool Globes: Hot Ideas for a Cooler Planet |
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Cool Globes: Hot Ideas for a Cooler Planet is a public art project dedicated to increasing awareness of global warming.
A nonprofit corporation, "Cool Globes: Hot Ideas for a Cooler Planet" sponsored a Chicago public art exhibit of 125 5-foot...
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| x Marie de' Medici cycle |
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Peter Paul Rubens |
The Marie de' Medici Cycle is a series of twenty-four paintings by Peter Paul Rubens commissioned by Marie de' Medici, wife of Henry IV of France, for the Luxembourg Palace in Paris. Rubens received the commission in the autumn of 1621. After...
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| x Light and Colour and Shade and Darkness |
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| x Changi Murals |
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The Changi Murals are a set of five paintings of biblical theme painted by Stanley Warren, a British bombardier and prisoner-of-war (POW) interned at the Changi Prison, during the Japanese occupation of Singapore in World War II (WWII). His murals...
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| x "Volubilis" by Alfred Boucher |
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Alfred Boucher |
"Volubilis" ("intertwined") is a series of marble sculptures by French sculptor Alfred Boucher (1850 – 1934), mentor to Camille Claudel and friend of Auguste Rodin.
First exhibited at the Salon in 1896 (probably the example in Musee des Beaux-Arts,...
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| x Cubi |
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Cubi is a series of stainless steel sculptures, comprising of cubes, rectagular prisms, and the like. This series was the last project of David Smith, American contemporary sculptor. This series comprises 28 sculptures. David Smith was killed...
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| x Silent Architecture | Cathedral [Plan and Section] | ||||
| x Booty Call Photo Series | Juanita More |
The Booty Call is an on- going series of photographic portraits taken by the artist, with installations being held at various local galleries.
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| x Readymades of Marcel Duchamp |
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Marcel Duchamp | Bottle Rack |
The readymades of Marcel Duchamp are ordinary manufactured objects that he selected and modified, as an antidote to what he called "retinal art". By simply choosing the object (or objects) and repositioning or joining, and tilting and signing it,...
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| Bicycle Wheel | |||||
| Fountain | |||||
| L.H.O.O.Q. | |||||
| Why Not Sneeze Rrose Sélavy? | |||||
| x Saint Francis | Francisco Zurbarán | Saint Francis in Meditation | Francis of Assisi | ||
| x The Roulin Family |
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Vincent van Gogh | Portrait of the Postman Joseph Roulin |
The Roulin Family is group of portrait paintings Vincent van Gogh executed in Arles in 1888 and 1889.
Joseph Roulin was born on 4 April 1841 in Lambesc, about 60 km east of Arles, and died in September 1903 in Marseille. On 31 August 1868 he married...
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| Portrait of the Postman Joseph Roulin | |||||
| Portrait of the Postman Joseph Roulin | |||||
| Portrait of the Postman Joseph Roulin | |||||
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| x Poplar Series |
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Claude Monet | Poplars (Autumn) |
The Poplar series paintings were made by Claude Monet in the summer and fall of 1891. The magnificent trees were in a marsh along the banks of the Epte River a few kilometers upstream from Monet's home and studio. To reach his floating painting...
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| Poplars in the Sun | |||||
| The Four Trees | |||||
| Poplars (Autumn) II | |||||
| Poplars (Wind effect) | |||||
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| x Water Lilies |
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Claude Monet | Nympheas | Nymphaeaceae |
Water Lilies (or Nympheas) is a series of approximately 250 oil paintings by French Impressionist Claude Monet (1840-1926). The paintings depict Monet's flower garden at Giverny and were the main focus of Monet's artistic production during the last...
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| Water Lilies and Japanese Bridge | |||||
| Water Lily Pond | |||||
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| x Haystacks |
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Claude Monet | Haystacks at the End of Summer, Morning Effect | Hay |
Haystacks is the title of a series of impressionist paintings by Claude Monet. The primary subjects of all of the paintings in the series are stacks of hay that have been stacked in the field after the harvest season. The title refers primarily to a...
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| Haystacks: Snow Effects | |||||
| Haystacks (Midday) | |||||
| Wheatstack | |||||
| Grainstack in Sunshine | |||||
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| x Washington at Princeton |
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Charles Willson Peale | George Washington at Princeton | George Washington |
Washington at Princeton is a painting by Charles Willson Peale. The original was commissioned by the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania for its council chamber in Independence Hall in Philadelphia. Peale made eight copies of the painting. The...
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