Daily Artwork — “The Dream, Henri Rousseau, 1910”
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1910 — The Dream. Oil on Canvas. Naiive Art (Primitivism) style. Henri Rousseau (1844 – 1910). Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY.
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Daily Artwork — “Three Musicians, Pablo Picasso, 1921”
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1921 — Three Musicians. Oil on Canvas. Synthetic Cubism style. Pablo Ruiz y Picasso (1881 – 1973). The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY and The Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA.
“Three Musicians is the title of two similar collage and oil paintings by Spanish artist Pablo Picasso. They were both completed in 1921 in Fontainebleau near Paris, France, and exemplify the Synthetic Cubist style.” (Wikipedia)
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Daily Artwork — “The Kiss, Man Ray, 1922”
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1922 — The Kiss. Photogram. Dada style. Man Ray (1890 – 1976). The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY.
“This is one of Man Ray’s earliest Rayograms, a process by which objects are laid directly on to a photo-sensitive paper then exposed to light. To create this particular picture, he transferred the silhouette of a pair of hands to the photographic paper then repeated the procedure with a pair of heads (his and his then lover’s, Kiki de Montparnasse).
Rayograms gave Man Ray an opportunity to be in his work and react to his creations right away by adding layer upon layer. He used inanimate objects as well as his own body to create his earlier pictures, and the pictures sometimes have an autobiographical quality, with many of his photographs portraying his lovers.” (Wikiart)
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Daily Artwork — “Broadway Boogie Woogie, Piet Mondrain, 1943”
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1943 — Broadway Boogie Woogie. Oil on Canvas. Neoplasticism style. Piet Mondrain (1872 – 1944). Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY, USA.
“Considered Mondrian’s masterpiece, Broadway Boogie Woogie is a shimmering combination of multi-colored grid lines, complete with blocks of color, all in the primary palette. This piece represents another development in the unique style of the artist, which may have been the most profound…This painting represents Mondrian’s seminal work as an artist, and unlike much of his work, is not entirely non-representational. One can see the grid of the Manhattan city streets and feel the beat of the boogie woogie music of which Mondrian was so fond.” (Wikipaintings)
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