Artist Otto Dix Title Portrait of a Prisoner of War Year 1945 Medium oil and tempera on cardboard Dimensions 82.5 x 67.5 cm Location Unterlinden Museum, Colmar You don’t walk into Otto Dix’s Portrait of a Prisoner of War expecting…
Artist Nicolas de Staël Title Portrait d’Anne Year 1953 Medium oil on canvas Dimensions 140 x 99 cm Location Unterlinden Museum, Colmar Although he is usually considered as an abstract painter, Nicolas de Staël is represented in the Unterlinden museum’s…
Artist Alberto Giacometti Title The Chariot Year 1950 Medium Painted bronze on wood base Dimensions 57 x 26 x 26 1/8″ (144.8 x 65.8 x 66.2 cm), base 9 3/4 x 4 1/2 x 9 1/4″ (24.8 x 11.5 x…
Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat Title Moses and the Egyptians Year 1982 Medium Acrylic and oil stick on canvas Dimensions 185.9 x 137 x 4 cm Location Guggenheim Bilbao In the early 1980s, Jean-Michel Basquiat emerged as one of the most groundbreaking…
Artist Robert Morris Title Untitled Year 1965, reconstructed 1971 Medium Mirror glass and wood Dimensions Each cube: 914 x 914 x 914 mm – overall display dimensions are variable Location Tate, London Morris’s Minimalist sculptures of the mid-1960s consist of rigorously pared down…
Artist Diego Velázquez Title Rokeby Venus Year c. 1647–1651 Medium oil on canvas Dimensions 122 cm × 177 cm (48 in × 70 in) Location National Gallery, London. You don’t forget the first time you see her. Reclined, bare, her…
Text by Vincent DeLuise Author, Educator, Musician at amusicalvision.blogspot.com, Cultural Ambassador, Waterbury Symphony Orchestra Artist Leonardo da Vinci Title Birch Copse Year 1500 Medium Red Chalk on Paper Dimensions 19 cm x 15 cm Location Royal Collection, Windsor Only Leonardo da Vinci could…
Artist Andrew Wyeth Title Winter Carnival Year 1985 Medium drybrush, watercolor, gouache and pencil on paper Dimensions 22 ¼ x 24 in. (56.5 x 61 cm.) Location Private collection Born in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, in 1917, Andrew Wyeth learned to…
Picture a canvas filled with a grid of black lines, interspersed with blocks of primary colors. This minimalist composition is the hallmark of Piet Mondrian, a Dutch artist whose quest for harmony and order led him to revolutionize abstract art.…
Encountering the 14th-century icon of Saint John the Baptist from Hilandar Monastery is a moment that transcends mere observation. The prophet’s visage, rendered with meticulous care, draws the viewer into a contemplative state. His eyes, deep-set and intense, suggest a…