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In 1986 when asked by his friend and Artist Robert Dash, how was he doing.De Kooning replied " I'm doing fine, i'm still working for the same company." De kooning past away on the 19th of March in his house in New york east Hampton at the age of 93. I'm...
b. 1904, Rotterdam; d. 1997, East Hampton, New YorkWillem de Kooning was born April 24, 1904, in Rotterdam. From 1916 to 1925, he studied at night at the Academie voor Beeldende Kunsten en Technische Wetenschappen, Rotterdam, while apprenticed to a commercial-art...
In this sketch for Pink Angels, De kooning used Organic forms of flat beaten re-fragmented and added characters, with which he reacted to European Surrealism.The New York School of the forties was very influenced by members of the Surrealistic movement...
Yes I want Change... change | ch ānj|verb1 make or become different : [ trans. ] a proposal to change the law | [ intrans. ] a Virginia creeper just beginning to change from green to gold.• make or become a different substance entirely; transform : [...
Days go By Fantastic Party the Love dance, I danced all night.I almost did not get there.I forgot my keys inside the lock and only remembered after closing the door behind me. So I had to find a way to get back in the house.No telephone and storming,...
ArtistRembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn Rembrandt was about 22 when he drew this self portrait. The manner in which it is drawn is loose and sketch-like. His characteristic features, the unkempt head of curly hair, the wide nose and faint moustache, are accurately...
Sir Anthony (Anton) van Dyck (22 March 1599 – 9 December 1641) was a Flemish artist who became the leading court painter in England. He is most famous for his portraits of royalty, painted with a preternatural virtuosity which set the standard for elegance...
Refinement of technique and of sentiment is reflected in this erotic drawing by the Viennese artist Gustav Klimt.klimt who was at the height of his fame during the early years of the last century, skillfully used the clothing of his models to herhance...
MacNeil Whistler, Rotherhithe, 1860 Etching and drypoint. Between 1863 and 1902 the famous American painter and Etcher james MacNeil Whistler visited the netherlands on several occasions. During is travels in the Netherlands he stayed for a time in Amsterdam,The...
Also known as " The Female Clown " 1899 Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec-Monfa, né le 24 novembre 1864 à Albi et mort le 9 septembre 1901, est un peintre et lithographe français. Avec beaucoup d'esprit, il aimait à dire...
Muybridge was born Edward James Muggeridge at Kingston-upon-Thames, England. He is believed to have changed his first name to match that of King Eadweard as shown on the plinth of the Kingston coronation stone, which was re-erected in Kingston in 1850....
László Moholy-Nagy was born in Hungary and served as an artillery officer in the First World War before completing his law degree. His early paintings showed his interest in German Expressionist painting, then in the early 1920s, he was influenced by...
Huis MarseilleMuseum for PhotographyBert Teunissen: Domestic Landscapes December 2 March 4, 2007 Bert Teunissen made more than 300 photographs over the last ten years for his long-term photographic project Domestic Landscapes. A broad selection is being...
Nan Goldin (b. Washington, DC, 1953) is a notable American fine-art and documentary photographer.She grew up in Maryland, but ran away from home and was fostered by a variety of families. Her later schooling was at the Satya Community School in Boston,...
Man Ray (August 27, 1890–November 18, 1976) was an American artist who spent most of his career in Paris, France. Perhaps best described simply as a modernist, he was a significant contributor to both the Dada and Surrealist movements, although his ties...
Monte (Portuguese meaning mountain) is a parish in the district and a suburb of Funchal in the Madeira Islands. The parish is also known as Nossa Senhora do Monte. The population in 2001 is 7,444, its density is 399.1/km² and the area is 18.65 km². It...
Câmara de Lobos (pron. IPA ['kɐmɐɾɐ dɨ 'loβuʃ]; Portuguese meaning chamber of the wolves) is a parish in the west-central part of Madeira. Câmara de Lobos is named after the area where sea-wolves lobos-marinhos are found. They are the monk seals, two...
What appears to be two sprays of the 'viburnum opulus roseum' shrub - the Guelder rose - is in fact a costly hairpin by the famous designer René Lalique. The hairpin is made of a translucent horn apparently so fragile that the flowers of diamond clusters...
Ambrogio Spinola The Spanish army in the Southern Netherlands was under the command of the Italian Ambrogio Spinola. As a general this opponent of Stadholder Maurice was widely respected. Spinola travelled to The Hague for the negotiations that led to...
The Annunciation is an oil painting by the Early Netherlandish master Jan van Eyck, from around 1434-1436. It is in the National Gallery of Art, in Washington D.C. It was originally on panel but has been transferred to canvas. It is thought that it was...
The story of the Massacre of the Innocents is found in the Bible. After the birth of Jesus, King Herod heard that a new king of the Jews had been born in Bethlehem. Having no way to recognise the child, he ordered his soldiers to kill all the boys in...
TitleInterior with a Mother delousing her child's hair, known as 'A Mother's duty'Yearc. 1658-60ArtistPieter de HoochTechniqueOil on canvasDimensions52,5 x 61 cmIn a room with a boxbed, a mother and child are sitting happily together. The woman is absorbed...
An old woman is sitting quietly in her chair. On the table beside her is a book. She is wearing a kind of two-piece: a black dress and matching coat trimmed with fur, which is draped elegantly over the chair. In her hand is a handkerchief. This type of...
Duchamp, Man Ray, Picabia21 February – 26 May 2008 Duchamp set himself the challenge of making art works that were not works of art, as traditionally understood. He decided that an art work did not need to be either visually appealing or even made by...
Wilhelmina of Prussia Princess Wilhelmina of Prussia (1751-1820) was the wife of Stadholder William V. They were married in 1767 when Wilhelmina was sixteen and William nineteen. This portrait was painted twenty-two years later, in 1789 as a present to...
