Meintest du wilden westen?
The colorful life of one of the nation’s most important postwar artists.
Ellsworth Kelly, Wild Grape, 1960, graphite on wove paper, Bequest of William B.
In the spring of 1826, Thomas Cole met Robert Gilmor Jr., a highly knowledgeable and sophisticated Baltimore collector, who soon commissioned a view of Catskill Mountain House, a popular hotel overlooking the Hudson River Valley. After a summer spent sketching and painting in the area and corresponding with his patron concerning the selection of a new subject, Cole completed Sunrise in the Catskills in early December and had it delivered to Baltimore on Christmas Day.
This is not a tamed and cultivated portion of the American landscape but a remote, wild
six-painting series at Lake George: In the woods near two large spring houses, wild
six-painting series at Lake George: In the woods near two large spring houses, wild
six-painting series at Lake George: In the woods near two large spring houses, wild
In the north Italian city of Padua, a major center of Renaissance bronze production, Riccio stood out as the most brilliant master. The Entombment of Christ is a recurring subject in his reliefs.
Their expressions range from stoic sorrow to wild outbursts, with streaming hair,
According to legend, John the Evangelist was exiled by the emperor Domitian to the Greek island of Patmos, where he wrote the Book of Revelation. Titian shows the saint as if on the peak of a mountain, reacting in awe and astonishment to the voice of God (“I heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet.
On View West Building Ground Floor, Gallery G14 Artwork overview Medium oil
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 1995-1996, no. 75, repro. 1996 Fauvism: „Wild
Still lifes with hunting motifs became popular in Dutch art in the latter part of the seventeenth century, at a time when Dutch society grew wealthier and more refined. Willem van Aelst, who worked in Paris and Florence before settling in Amsterdam, was one of the first still-life painters to depict hunting trophies.
This kill includes a white rooster, a wild hare, a partridge, and several songbirds
Completed in February 1911, New York is a large, ambitious painting in which George Bellows captures the essence of modern life in New York City. Although the viewer looks uptown toward Madison Square from the intersection of Broadway and 23rd Street, Bellows did not intend to represent a specific, identifiable place in the city.
CHARLES BROCK: What I love about it is its wild ambition.
