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Mstislav Dobuzhinsky

On April 8, 2025 - 20th Century, august 14, Lithuanian

Odd Nerdrum

On April 8, 2025 - 20th Century, april 8, Norwegian

Odd Nerdrum, Norwegian painter, born 8 April 1944

Odd Nerdrum, 2020

Sleeping Boy, 1992 Oil on canvas, 19 x 20 1/2 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

The Cloud, 1985 Oil on canvas, 48.4 x 54.7 in // The Nerdrum Museum, Stavern, Norway

Cannibals, 2005 Oil on Canvas, 79 in × 98 in // Private collection

Gustav Klimt

On April 7, 2025 - 19th Century, 20th Century, Austrian, july 14

Gustav Klimt, Austrian artist, 14 July 1862-6 February 1918

Photographic portrait of Gustav Klimt from 1914

Park, 1909-1910 Oil on canvas, 43.5 x 43.5 in // Museum of Modern Art, New York

Beech Grove, circa 1902 Oil on canvas, 39.3 in x 39.3 in // Galerie Neue Meister, Dresden

Arthur Wesley Dow

On April 6, 2025 - 19th Century, 20th Century, American, april 6

Arthur Wesley Dow, American artist, April 6, 1857 – December 13, 1922

Dow posed at the Grand Canyon for Alvin Langdon Coburn.

Arthur Wesley Dow, Willows in the Meadow, from Ipswich Prints, first set, 1902 Photo-mechanical relief reproduction on paper, 7 x 8 in Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, MA

Willows in the Meadow, from Ipswich Prints, first set, 1902 Photo-mechanical relief reproduction on paper, 7 x 8 in // Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, MA

Cosmic Cities, Grand Canyon of Arizona, 1912 Oil On Canvas, 60 x 78 in Private Collection

The Long Road--Argilla Road, Ipswich, ca. 1898 Color woodcut, 5 3/8 x 8 1/2 in // Brooklyn Museum, New York

John Singer Sargent

On April 5, 2025 - 19th Century, 20th Century, American, january 12

John Singer Sargent, American artist, January, 12, 1856– April 14, 1925

Purdy, John Singer Sargent

John Singer Sargent, Spanish Soldiers, ca. 1903 Translucent watercolor and touches of opaque watercolor with graphite underdrawing, 12 x 18 1/16 in Brooklyn Museum, New York

Spanish Soldiers, ca. 1903 Translucent watercolor and touches of opaque watercolor with graphite underdrawing, 12 x 18 1/16 in // Brooklyn Museum, New York

Riva Degli Schiavoni, Venice, c.1904 Watercolor on paper, 100 x 140 in // Tate Gallery, London

John Singer Sargent, Daphne, 1910 Translucent watercolor, with touches of opaque watercolor and wax resist, over graphite on paper, 20 11/16 x 15 13/16 in Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Daphne, 1910 Translucent watercolor, with touches of opaque watercolor and wax resist, over graphite on paper, 20 11/16 x 15 13/16 in // Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Dugout, 1918 Watercolor and graphite on white wove paper, 15 5/16 x 20 7/8 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

John Singer Sargent, Robert Louis Stevenson and His Wife, 1885 Oil on canvas, 20.5 in x 24.4 in Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas

Robert Louis Stevenson and His Wife, 1885 Oil on canvas, 20.5 in x 24.4 in // Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas

John D. Rockefeller, 1917 Oil canvas, 57.9 in x 45 in // Private collection

Group with Parasols (Siesta), 1904. Oil on canvas; 22 3/8 x 28 9/16 in // Private Collection

White Walls in Sunlight, Morocco, 1879–80 Oil on wood, 10 1/4 x 13 3/4 in. // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

John Singer Sargent, Two Male Figures, Possible Study for "Hell", ca. 1910 Charcoal on white laid paper, 18 15/16 x 24 11/16 in Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Two Male Figures, Possible Study for "Hell", ca. 1910 Charcoal on white laid paper, 18 15/16 x 24 11/16 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Small Boats, 1913 Watercolor and graphite on white wove paper, 10 x 13 15/16 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Édouard Vuillard

On April 4, 2025 - 19th Century, 20th Century, French, november 11

Édouard Vuillard, French painter, November 11, 1868 – June 21, 1940

Self-portrait, Aged 21, 1889 Edit this at Wikidata Oil on canvas, 8.7 in x 6.8 in // National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

Seated Nude, 1903 Oil on canvas, 32 x 25.4 in // Private Collection

Breakfast at Villerville, 1910 Oil on board, 23 x 30.5 // Private Collection

People in an Interior: Intimacy, 1896 Distemper on canvas Petit Palais (Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris)

In Bed, 1891 Oil on canvas, 29.13 x 36.22 in // Musée d'Orsay, Paris

Sir William Orpen

On April 4, 2025 - 20th Century, Irish, november 27

Sir William Orpen, Irish painter, November 27, 1878 – September 29, 1931

Self-portrait, 1913 Oil on canvas, 48 3/8 x 35 3/8 in // Saint Louis Art Museum

The Girls' College, Péronne, 1917 Oil on canvas, 30 x 25 // Imperial War Museums, London

The Main Street, Combles, 1917 Oil on canvas, 30 x 25 in // Imperial War Museums, London

František Kupka

On April 3, 2025 - 20th Century, Czech

František Kupka, Czech painter, September 23, 1871 – June 24, 1957

Self-Portrait, 1905 Oil on canvas, National Gallery, Prague

The Wave, 1902 Gouache and watercolor on cardboard,

The Way of Silence I, c.1903 Oil on pasteboard, 23 x 27 in // National Gallery, Prague

The Way of Silence II, 1903 Color etching, drypoint, aquatint and roulette, 13 7/16 x 13 11/16 in // Minneapolis Institute of Art

Music, 1936 Oil on canvas, 37 x 33 1/2 in // Georges Pompidou Center, Paris

Max Ernst

On April 2, 2025 - 20th Century, april 2, German

Max Ernst, German artist, April 2, 1891-April 1, 1976

Punching Ball or the Immortality of Buonarroti (Self-Portrait)

Garden Airplane Trap, 1935–36 Oil on canvas, 21 x 26 in // Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice

Une Semaine de Bonté, Third Book, Tuesday; Element: Fire; Example: The Court of the Dragon, 1933 // Collage-Novel

Ubu Imperator, 1923 Oil on Canvas, 39 x 32 in // Georges Pompidou Center, Paris

Raymond Mathewson Hood

On March 29, 2025 - 20th Century, American, march 29

Raymond Mathewson Hood, American architect, March 29, 1881 – August 14, 1934

Raymond Mathewson Hood, Rockefeller Center, 1931-1939 Complex of 19 commercial buildings covering 22 acres Between 48th Street and 51st Street New York City

Rockefeller Center, 1931-1939 Complex of 19 commercial buildings covering 22 acres / Between 48th Street and 51st Street / New York City

The lobby of the RCA Building

The main entrance to the RCA Building.

Wisdom, created by architectural sculptors Lee Lawrie and colorist Leon V. Solon. Applied ornament above the entrance to 30 Rockefeller Plaza.

Wisdom. Applied ornament above the entrance to 30 Rockefeller Plaza.

American Radiator Building, 1924 338 ft-tall (103 m), 23-story skyscraper / 40 West 40th Street / New York City

Daily News Building, 1928 36-story tower that is 476 feet (145 m) skyscraper 220 East 42nd Street New York City

Globe in the lobby of the Daily News Building

McGraw-Hill Building, 1930-31 485-foot-tall (148 m), 33-story skyscraper / 330 West 42nd Street / New York City

The lobby of the McGraw-Hill Building.

The Tribune Tower, 1925 463-foot-tall (141 m), 36-floor neo-Gothic skyscraper / 435 North Michigan Avenue / Chicago, Illinois

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