We don’t know who this family is, but the inscription on the lid of the box on the floor tells us the date: April 1, 1756.
and other documents; Duveen Brothers Records, Getty Research Institute Library, Los
Nicolas Lancret was one of Antoine Watteau’s most talented followers and helped to disseminate the taste for fête-galante subjects in the eighteenth century. On the far left musicians are hidden amidst the trees, while across the canvas from left to right, arranged on an exaggerated S curve, stylishly dressed spectators have assembled in intimate groups to watch a couple perform a pas de deux.
some of Kaiser Wilhelm II’s paintings (Research Library, Getty Research Institute, Los
Two of Magritte’s favored themes were the „window painting“ and the „painting within a painting.“ The Human Condition is one of Magritte’s earliest treatments of either subject, and in it he combines the two, making what may be his most subtle and profound statement of their shared meaning. The Human Condition displays an easel placed inside a room and in front of a window.
catalogue, repro. 2006 Magritte and Contemporary Art: The Treachery of Images, Los
1999 Around Impressionism: French Paintings from the National Gallery of Art, Los
Is a picture a portrait if it doesn’t include a face? Alfred Stieglitz took hundreds of photographs of his wife, artist Georgia O’Keeffe.
“July 30, 1989; The Art Institute of Chicago, September 16–November 26, 1989; Los
Hutton Galleries, New York, 1968, no. 16, color repro. 1970 The Cubist Epoch, Los
George Bellows was born in Columbus, Ohio, on August 12, 1882, the only child of a successful building contractor from Sag Harbor, Long Island, New York. He entered Ohio State University in 1901, where he played baseball and basketball and made drawings for college publications.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Columbus
Brothers Records, accession number 960015, Research Library, Getty Research Institute, Los
.; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1967, no. 39, repro. 1968 One Hundred European
Chuck Close had a childhood marked by a medical problem that made it difficult for him to engage in strenuous activities. One alternative he found was the production of backyard magic and puppet shows.
Important one-man exhibitions include those organized by the Los Angeles County Museum
