Henri De Toulouse-Lautrec (1863-1901) A Corner of the Moulin de la Galette (1892) Impressionism – Henri Julien Rousseau The Equatorial Jungle (1909) Primitive- French oil Henri De Toulouse-Lautrec (1863-1901) Maxime Dethomas (1896) Impressionism- French (oil) Henri De Toulouse-Lautrec (1863-1901) Quadrille …
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Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) Odalisque (1870) Impressionist/Classicism- French (oil) George Bellows (1882-1925) Blue Morning (1909) American Realism, oil Claude Monet (1810-1926) Banks of the Seine, Vetheuil (1880) Impressionist- French (oil) Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) Diana (1867) Impressionist/Classicism- French (oil) Henri Matisse (1869-1954) …
William Merritt Chase (1849-1916) A Friendly Call (1895) Impressionism-American (oil) Mary Cassatt (1844-1926) The Boating Party (1893) Impressionism- American (oil) – Henri Fantin-Latour (1836-1904) Portrait of Sonia (1890) Impressionism- French (oil) – Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) Mademoiselie Sicot (1865) Impressionism- French …
Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier- (1815-1891) Horseman in a Storm, bronze, 1894, french Lupa Capitolina, 5th century bc, Rome, bronze Auguste Rodin- (1840-1917) La France, marble, 1904, bronze Auguste Rodin- (1840-1917) Figure of a woman The Sphinx, marble, 1909, bronze Giusto Le Court-Flemish- …
Edgar Degas- (1834-1917) Little Dancer Aged Fourteen, 1881, French Edward McCartan- (1879-1947) Nymph with Satyr, Bronze, 1920, American Edward McCartan- Dionysus, Bronze, 1923, American Andrea Della Robbia- (1435-1525) Madonna and Child with Cherubim, terracotta, 1485, Florentine Giovanni Francesco Susini- (1585-1653) …
(Tim Evanson– flickr/creative commons license) Norman Foster of Foster + Partners designed the Robert and Arlene Kogod Courtyard for the Donald W. Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture. The museum contains both the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the …
(freestock.ca ♡ dare to share beauty– flickr/creative commons license) Maybe it was the 11 years it took to build, maybe it was because the design wasn’t edgy like Maya Lin’s, but this project hasn’t received the recognition it deserves. Friedrich …
(Jeff Tabaco– wikipedia/creative commons license) The Embassy of Finland in Washington D.C. was designed by Heikkinen-Komonen Architects in 1994. It’s immediately what you would expect out of Finland: clean minimalism and greenery. The daylighting of Alvar Aalto is evident as …
Here’s an amazing art installation at the concourse walkway between the East and West Buildings of the National Gallery of Art. Leo Villareal programed 41,000 LED lights to flash interesting patterns as visitors pass through a moving walkway. The sequences …
(randomduck– flickr/creative commons license) The Switzerland Embassador Residence in Washington D.C. by Steven Holl Architects and Rüssli opened in 2006. In addition to serving as the residence of the Swiss Ambassador, it has work space for 400 working events and …