Guernica by Picasso at the Museo Reina Sofia

PABLO PICASSO

By MMaxi

Guernica is a painting by Pablo Picasso, inspired by Picasso's horror at the Nazi German bombing of Guernica, Spain on April 26, 1937 during the Spanish Civil War. The air raid destroyed the city, killing an estimated 1600 people and injuring many more....

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David's victory over Goliath by Caravaggio

caravaggio

By MMaxi

Caravaggio Biography Full Name:Michelangelo Merisi di CaravaggioBorn:1571Died:1610Michelangelo Merisi left his birth town of Caravaggio in the north of Italy to study as an apprentice in nearby Milan. In 1593 he moved to Rome, impatient to use his talents...

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"""Pope Innocent X" Diego Velàzquez 1599-1660""

Velàzquez

By MMaxi

Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (juin 1599 – 6 août 1660), dit Diego Vélasquez en français, est un peintre du siècle d'or espagnol ayant eu une influence considérable à la cour du roi Philippe IV. Il est généralement considéré, avec Francisco Goya...

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Canaletto

Canaletto

By MMaxi

Zuane Antonio Canal, Venetian painter, the son of Bernardo Canal, a well-known scenery painter at the time. 'Canaletto' — or small canal — as he was soon called, received his training in the studio of his father and his brother, with whom he continued...

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Caravaggio

caravaggio

By MMaxi

Caravaggio, byname of Michelangelo Merisi, Italian painter whose revolutionary technique of tenebrism, or dramatic, selective illumination of form out of deep shadow, became a hallmark of Baroque painting. Scorning the traditional idealized interpretation...

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The Court of Death circa 1870-1902 also by George Frederic Watts

George Frederic Watts

By MMaxi

This work contains the following subjects • emotions, concepts and ideas emotions and human qualities hope universal concepts mystery silence • interiors public and municipal court• nature animals: mammals lion times of the day sunrise • objects clothing...

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Hope by George Frederic Watts

George Frederic Watts

By MMaxi

Watts de George Frederic, OM (le 23 février 1817 au 1er juillet 1904 ; les « watts de George Frederick » parfois écrits) étaient un peintre et un sculpteur victoriens anglais populaires liés au mouvement de Symbolist. Les watts sont devenus célèbres dans...

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Les Demoiselles D'Avignon 1907 oil on canvas

picasso

By MMaxi

Pablo Ruiz y Picasso (October 25, 1881 – April 8, 1973) was a Spanish painter and sculptor. One of the most recognized figures in 20th century art, he is best known as the co-founder, along with Georges Braque, of cubism. Extremely prolific throughout...

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One of my personal favorits, Starry Night

VINCENT VAN GOGH

By MMaxi

June 1889 (210 Kb); Oil on Canvas, 72 x 92 cm (29 x 36 1/4 in); The Museum of Modern Art, New York The Starry Night was completed near the mental asylum of Saint-Remy, 13 months before Van Gogh's death at the age of 37. Vincent's mental instability is...

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Vincent Van Gogh

VINCENT VAN GOGH

By MMaxi

Gogh, Vincent (Willem) van (b. March 30, 1853, Zundert, Neth.--d. July 29, 1890, Auvers-sur-Oise, near Paris), generally considered the greatest Dutch painter and draughtsman after Rembrandt. With Cézanne and Gauguin the greatest of Post-Impressionist...

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