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Elie Nadelman

On February 10, 2026 - 20th Century, American, february 20

Elie Nadelman, Polish-American sculptor, February 20, 1882 – December 28, 1946

Elie Nadelman, Unknown date

Ideal Female Head, 1908-11

Private collection

Woman's Head, before 1915

Bronze,

Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas

Dancing Girl, 1916-1918

Gilded bronze and marble

Honolulu Museum of Art

Small Plastic in Bronze, 1914 or before

Standing Nude, c 1908

Gilded bronze

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Two Circus Women, 1930, David H. Koch Theater, NY

Ballerina, 1920

Art Institute of Chicago

Host, c 1920-23

Cherry wood gessoed and painted and wrought iron

Columbus Museum of Art

Fawn, c 1916–1917

Bronze

National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Horse, c 1914

Bronze

National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Resting Stag, c 1915

Bronze

Honolulu Museum of Art

Wounded Stag, c 1915

Bronze

Honolulu Museum of Art

Two Figures, c 1917

Drawing

Private collection

Gabriele Münter

On February 10, 2026 - 19th Century, 20th Century, february 19, German

Gabriele Münter, German painter, February 19, 1877 – May 19, 1962

Wassily Kandinsky,

Portrait of Gabriele Münter, 1905

Oil on canvas, 17.7 x 17.7 in

Lenbachhaus, Munich

Sunset over Staffelsee 1908-1911

Portrait of Marianne von Werefkin 1909

Still Life, 1908

Self-portrait, c 1909-1910

Oil on Cardboard, 19.3 x 13.2 in

View from Her Brother´s House in Bonn, 1908

Oil on Cardboard, 18.6 x 13.2 in //

Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid

School House, Murnau, 1908

Oil on Cardboard, 16 x 12.9 in //

Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid

Murnau on May, 1924

Oil on canvas, 20 x 15 in //

Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid

Portrait of Anna Roslund, 1917

Oil on canvas, 37 3/16 × 26 15/16 in //

Leicester Museums, UK

The Blue Lake, 1954

Oil on canvas, 19 11/16 × 25 9/16 in //

Lentos Kunstmuseum, Linz, Austria

Still Life, Red, 1909

Oil on board, 20 7/8 × 15 3/8 in //

McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas

Still Life on the Tram/After Shopping, c 1909–12

Painting on board, 19 3/4 × 13 1/2 in //

The Gabriele Münter and Johannes Eichner Foundation, Munich

Breakfast of the Birds, 1934

Oil on board, 18 × 21 3/4 in //

National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington DC

Max Klinger

On February 8, 2026 - 19th Century, 20th Century, february 19, German

Max Klinger, German artist, February 18, 1857 – July 5, 1920

Portrait of Cornelia Paczka-Wagner, 1892

Oil on canvas

Kunstforum Ostdeutsche Galerie, Regensburg, Germany

First Future, from the series "Eva the Future, Opus III, #2", 1879–80)

Etching with aquatint, 14.2 x 9.3 in //

Saint Louis Art Museum

Landscape at the Unstrut, 1912

Oil on canvas, 75.5 x 49.6 in //

Lindenau-Museum, Altenburg, Germany

The Blue Hour, 1890

Oil on canvas, 75.3 × 69.2 in //

Museum of Fine Art, Leipzig, Germany

From the Cycle "A Glove": Abduction (Opus VI: Plate 9/10), 1893

Etching on paper, 4.5 x 10.3 in //

Albertina, Vienna

Beethoven, 1902

Marble

Leipzig

Nemi, c 1890

Oil on canvas, 77.2 × 39.4 in //

Art Museum Moritzburg, Halle, German

Study of a Female Head

Painting, 11 x 8 in

Belvedere, Vienna

Cupid, Death, and the Beyond, from the series Intermezzi, Opus IV, no. 12, 1881

Etching and aquatint, 6.2 × 16 in //

Philadelphia Museum of Art

Max Klinger by Nicola Perscheid, circa 1900

Male Portrait

Painting, 14.7 x 12.6 in //

Belvedere, Vienna

The Colosseum in Rome, 1888

Oil on canvas, 30.3 x 40.2 in //

Galerie Neue Meister, Dresden

A Delegation

Oil on panel

Museum of Fine Art, Leipzig, Germany

Max Beckmann

On January 31, 2026 - 20th Century, february 12, German

Max Beckmann, German artist, February 12, 1884-December 28, 1950

Self-Portrait, House Gable in Background, drypoint, 1918 Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky

Children Of The Twilight/Orcus, 1939 Oil on canvas Private collection

Ritz Bar, Paris, 1939 Oil on canvas Private collection

View from the Rupenhorn on the Havel, 1936 Oil on canvas Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin

The George Family , 1935 Oil on canvas Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin

Women's Bath, 1919 Oil on canvas Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin

Large Fish Still Life, 1927 Oil on canvas, 37.7 x 55.3 in // Hamburger Kunsthalle

Bend in the Canal on the front in Ypres during the First World War, 1915 Pen, black ink and pencil on vellum paper, 14.8 x 15.6 in

Woman Lying on a Sofa, 1944 Black ink pen drawing over pencil on cream-coloured ribbed handmade paper, 13 x 9,2 in

Woman's Head with Necklace, 1944 Black ink drawing over pencil on cream-colored ribbed handmade paper, 11.1 x 9.1 in

Portrait of Walter Carl, 1916 Drypoint and etching Honolulu Museum of Art

Minette/Girl's head, 1922 Etching Osthaus-Museum Hagen, Germany

Eugène Atget

On January 30, 2026 - 19th Century, 20th Century, february 12, French

Eugène Atget, French Photographer, February 12, 1857 – August 4, 1927

Portrait of Atget, c 1890

Organ-Grinder, Paris, 1898–99, printed 1956 Gelatin silver print Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

A Shopwindow on Avenue des Gobelins in Paris, 1925 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Ragpicker, 1899 - 1901 Albumen silver print, 8.74 x 7.12 in Getty Center, Los Angeles

Eugène Atget, People Watching an Eclipse, Embankment of the Place de la Bastille towards Rue Saint-Antoine, 1912 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

People Watching an Eclipse, Embankment of the Place de la Bastille towards Rue Saint-Antoine, 1912 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

"La Villette," a Prostitute, 19th Arrondissement, Paris, 1921 Private collection

Saint-Cloud, 1924 Gold chloride toned print, 8.6 x 6.9 in Yale University Art Gallery

Artichokes, before 1900 Museum of Modern Art, New York

Female Nude Viewed From Behind Lying on Bed, 1925 Getty Center, Los Angeles

Artichoke Seller, place Saint-Médard, 5th Arrondissement, Paris, 1899 Print on albumin paper, 8.5 x 6.7 in // Musée Carnavalet, Paris

Basket Seller, 1899-1900 Museum of Modern Art, New York

Atget_-_Heurtoir,_Hotel_de_Conflans,_24_Rue_de_l’Universite,_2008.111.37

Eugène Atget, Door Knocker, Hotel de Conflans, 24 Rue de l'Université

Grant Wood

On January 29, 2026 - 20th Century, American, february 13

Grant Wood, American artist, February 13, 1891 - February 12, 1942

Sentimental Ballad, 1940 Oil on masonite, 24 × 50 in // New Britain Museum of American Art, Connecticut

Self-Portrait, 1932 / 1941 Oil on masonite, 13.9 x 11.7 in // Figge Art Museum, Davenport, Iowa

Calendulas, 1938 Oil on composition board, 17.5 x 20.25 inches // Museum of Art Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Plaid Sweater, 1931 Oil on masonite, 29.5 × 24.13 in // University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art

Spring in Town, 1941 Oil on wood, 26 x 24.5 in // Swope Art Museum, Terre Haute, Indiana

Appraisal, 1932 Oil on composition board Dubuque Museum of Art, Iowa

Spring Turning, 1936 Oil on Masonite, 18.25 x 40.13 in // Reynolda House Museum of American Art, Salem, North Carolina

Stone City, Iowa, 1930 Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska

Fall Plowing, 1931 Oil on canvas, 24 x 33.8 in // Deere & Company, Moline, Illinois

Daughters of the American Revolution, 1932 Oil on masonite, 20 x 40 in // Cincinnati Art Museum

January, between 1940 and 1941 Oil on masonite, 26.3 x 32.4 in // Cleveland Museum of Art

Woman with Plants, 1929 Oil on upsom board, 20.5 x 17.9 in // Museum of Art Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Franz Marc

On January 29, 2026 - 20th Century, february 8, German

Franz Marc, German artist, February 8, 1880-March 4, 1916

Franz Marc, 1910

Dog Lying in the Snow, 1911 Oil on canvas, 41.3 x 25 in // Städel Museum, Frankfurt, Germany

Young Boy with a Lamb/The Good Shepherd, 1911 Oil on canvas, 34.6 × 32.9 in // Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York

The Little Blue Horses, 1911 Oil on canvas, 24.2 x 39.7 in // Staatsgalerie Stuttgart

Red Bull, 1912 Gouache on paper, 13.3 x 16.9 in // Pushkin Museum, Moscow

The Foxes, 1913 Oil on canvas, 34.6 x 26 in // Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf

The Tiger, 1912 Color woodcut print on paper, 43.9 × 40 in // Lenbachhaus, Munich

Franz Marc, The Tower of the Blue Horses, Oil on canvas, 78.7 x 51.1 in Shown in the "Degenerate Art" Exhibition in Munich, July to November 1937; Missing since 1945

The Tower of the Blue Horses, Oil on canvas, 78.7 x 51.1 in // Shown in the "Degenerate Art" Exhibition in Munich, July to November 1937; Missing since 1945

The Fate of the Animals, 1913 Color on canvas, 77.1 x 104.7 in // Kunstmuseum Basel

Dreaming Horses, 1913 Watercolor, gouache, ink, and graphite on paper, 15.5 x 18.4 in // Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York

Animal Legend, unknown date Woodcut

Two Cats, before 1910 Lenbachhaus, Munich

The Panther, 1908 Bronze, 3.8 x 4.7 in; thickness: 3.9 in // Lenbachhaus, Munich

Arkhip Kuindzhi

On January 6, 2026 - 19th Century, 20th Century, january 27, Ukrainian

Arkhip Kuindzhi, Ukrainian Painter, January 27, 1842(?) – July 24, 1910

Viktor Vasnetsov Portrait of artist Arkhip Kuindzhi, 1869 Oil on canvas, 46 x 36 in // Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

Lake Ladoga, 1871 Oil on canvas, 31.2 x 24.6 in // Russian Museum, St Petersburg

Chumaks' Path in Mariupol, 1875 Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

Evening in Ukraine, 1878 Oil on canvas, 31.8 x 64.1 in // Russian Museum, St Petersburg

After a Rain, 1879 Oil on canvas, 41.3 x 63.3 // Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

A Birch Grove, 1879 Oil on canvas Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

Dnieper in the Morning, 1881 Oil on canvas, 41.3 x 65.7 in // Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

Night on the Dniepr, 1882 Oil on canvas, 40.9 x 56.2 in // Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

Sea. Crimea, 1890s Oil on canvas, 15.7 x 21.2 in // Russian Museum, St Petersburg

Rainbow, 1900–1905 Oil on canvas, 43.3 x 67.3 in // Russian Museum, St Petersburg

Moon Spots in the Forest, Winter, between 1898 and 1908 Oil on paper mounted on canvas, 15.3 x 21 in // Russian Museum, St Petersburg

Nighttime Horses Grazing, c 1905—1908 Oil on canvas, 42.1 x 66.5 in // Russian Museum, St Petersburg

Red Sunset on the Dnieper, 1905 Oil on canvas, 52.9 x 74 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Valentin Serov

On January 2, 2026 - 19th Century, 20th Century, january 19, Russian

Valentin Serov, Russian artist, January 19, 1865 - December 5, 1911

Valentin Serov, between 1901 and 1902

Portrait of Maria Yermolova, 1905 Oil on canvas, 88.1 x 47.2 in // Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

Portrait of Maria Akimova, 1908 Oil on canvas, 30.3 x 24.4 in // National Gallery of Armenia, Yerevan

Odysseus and Nausicaa, 1910 Gouache on cardboard, 32.8 × 39.9 in // Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

Valentin Serov, Portrait of Dancer and Choreographer Ida Rubinstein, 1910 Tempera and charcoal on canvas, 57.8 x 91.7 in Russian Museum, St Petersburg

Portrait of Dancer and Choreographer Ida Rubinstein, 1910 Tempera and charcoal on canvas, 57.8 x 91.7 in // Russian Museum, St Petersburg

Rape of Europa, 1910 Oil on canvas, 27.9 x 38.8 in // Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

Portrait of Ivan Morozov, 1910 Tempera on board, 11.6 x 9 in // Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

Portrait of Henriette Girshman, 1907 Oil on canvas, 55.1 x 55.1 in // Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

Sasha and Yura Serov, 1899 Russian Museum, St Petersburg

Girl With Peaches, 1887 Oil on canvas, 35.8 × 33.4 in // Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

Iphigenia in Tauris, presumably 1893 Oil on canvas, 37 x 52.7 in // Tatarstan State Museum of Fine Arts, Kazan

Portrait of the Composer Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov, 1898 Oil on canvas, 37 x 43.7 in // Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

Bathing of a Horse, 1905 Oil on canvas, 28.3 x 38.9 in // Russian Museum, St Petersburg

Eugène Carrière

On December 31, 2025 - 19th Century, 20th Century, French, january 17

Eugène Carrière, French painter, January 17, 1849 - March 27, 1906

Self-Portrait, c 1893 Oil on canvas, 16.2 x 12.8 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Little d'Artagnan, between c 1880 and c 1885 Oil on canvas Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts

Winding Wool, 1887 Oil on canvas, 39.1 x 34.4 in // Tate Gallery, London

Woman from Behind, Undressing, c 1890–95 Oil on canvas, 18.3 x 15.2 in // Unknown Collection

The Theater of Belleville, 1895 Oil on canvas, 86.6 x 192.9 in // Musée Rodin, Paris

Portrait of a Boy, 1886 Oil on canvas Art Institute of Chicago

Paul Verlaine, 1890 Oil on canvas, 59 x 48 in // Louvre, Paris

Portrait of Paul Gauguin, 1891 Oil on canvas Yale University Art Gallery

Woman Leaning on a Table, c 1893 Oil on canvas, 25.5 x 21.3 in // Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg

Poster: Literary, Artistic, Social Aurore, 1898 Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris

Rodin, 1897 Lithograph National Gallery of Art , Washington DC

Arsène Carriere, 1899/1900 Oil on canvas, 21 7/8 × 18 1/4 in // National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

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