20th Century European Art


Floor B / 20th C. / European / After WW II  

 European Art
after World War II

 

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Fernand Léger

born: Argentan, France; 4 February 1881
died: Gif-sur-Yvette, France; 17 April 1955

Léger: Les Grandes Plongeurs Noir

The Big Black Divers
[Les Grandes Plongeurs Noir]
1944
Georges Pompidou Centre
Paris, France

Thirteen more Léger pictures.

 

Gerda Ploug Sarp

born: Denmark; 1881
died: Denmark; 1968

Sarp: Winter Morning

Winter Morning
1945

Six more Sarp pictures.

 

 

 

Picasso: Self - 1972 Pablo Picasso

born: Málaga, Spain; 25 October 1881
died: Mougins, France; 8 April 1973

 Picasso: Ulysees and the Sirens

Ulysees and the Sirens
1947

A dozen more Picasso pictures.

 

Sonia Delaunay

born: 1885
died: 1979

 

 

Kokoschka: Self  Oskar Kokoschka

born: Pöchlarn an der Donau, Austria; 1 Mar 1886
died: Montreux, Switzerland; 22 Feb 1980

 

 Kokoschka: Tower Bridge - London

Tower Bridge, London
1963

Four more late Kokoschka pictures.

 

Lawrence Stephen Lowry
L S Lowry

born: Manchester, England; 1 November 1887
died: Mottram-in-Longdendalle, England; 23 February 1976

Lowry: Street in Snow

Street in the Snow
1941

 Lowry: Industrial Scene

Industrial Scene
1967

 

Nine more Lowry pictures from between the World Wars.

 

 

Rene Magritte

born: Lessines, Belgium; 1898
died: Brussels, Belgium; 1967

 

 

Magritte: The School Master

The School Master
1954

Magritte: The Balcony

The Balcony
1950

 

Twenty-three more Magritte picture from after World War II.

 

 

M. C. Escher

born: Holland; 1898
died: Holland; 1972

 

 Escher: Another World II

Another World II
1947

Escher: Waterfall

Waterfall
Lithograph
1961 

 

Nineteen more Escher pictures.

 

 

 

Alberto Giacometti

born: Stampa, Switzerland; 1901
died: Cher, Switzerland; 1965

 

 Giacometti: [sculpture] Nose

Nose
1947

Three more Giacometti sculptures.

 

 

Jean Dubuffet

born: Le Havre, France; 1903
died: Paris, France; 1985

 

Dali: Self  Salvador Dalí
Salvador Felipe Jacinto Dalí

born: Figueras, Spain; 2 May 1904
died: Barcelona, Spain; 23 January 1989

 

Dali: Picasso

Picasso
1947
Dalí Foundation
Figueras, Spain

Dali: Crucifixion

Crucifixion
(Corpus Hypercubus)

1954
Metropolitan Museum
New York, NY, US

 

Thirty-Seven more Dali pictures from after World War II

About Fifty more Dali picture from before World War II ended.

 

 

 

Bacon: Self  1971  Francis Bacon

born: Dublin, Ireland; 1909
died: Madrid, Spain; 1992

Bacon: Crucify 1

Crucify 1

Bacon: Crucify 3

Crucify 3

Bacon: Head Surrounded

Head Surrounded
1954

Bacon: Sleeping Figure

Sleeping Figure
1974

Bacon: Tri 2

Tri 2
1944

Bacon: Tri 3

Tri 3
1944

 

 

Karel Appel

born: Amsterdam, Netherlands; 1921

 

 

 

Freud: Self Profile  Lucian Freud

born: Berlin, Germany; 1922

 

 Freud: Nude on Bed

Nude on Bed

 Freud: Painter

Painter

 

A dozen more Freud pictures.

 

 

 

Yves Klein

born: Nice, France; 1928
died: Paris, France; 1962

 

Klein, Yves: Anthropometry
Anthropometry

 

Howard Hodgkin

born: London, England; 1932

 

Hodgkin: Bay of Naples

Bay of Naples

Hodgkin: Put More

Put More

 

Seven more Hodgkin pictures.

 

Gerhard Richter

born: Dresden, Germany; 1932

Christo Javacheff

born: Gabrovo, Bulgaria; 1935


Georg Baselitz
Hans-Georg Kern

born: Deutschbaselitz, Germany; 1938

alt spellings: bazelitz bazelits baselits

Noted for his inverted pictures.

 

Baselitz: Great Friends

Great Friends
1965

Baselitz: Head of Tears

Head of Tears
1986

Baselitz: Man of Faith

Man of Faith

Baselitz: Man of Faith

Nolde without a Straw Hat
1986

 

Baselitz: Man of Faith

Orange Eater II
1981

 

 

Sigmar Polke

born: Olesnica, Poland; 1941

 

 Polke: Magnetic Bubbles

Magnetic Bubbles

 

  

Helmut Middendorf

born: Dinklage, Germany; 1953

alt spellings: mittendorf midendorf mitendorf

Mittendorf: On the Ball

On the Ball
1984

Mittendorf: In Paint

In Paint
1983

 

Seventeen more Middendorf pictures.

 

20th Century European Art

2004-05-14