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Wassily Kandinsky

On August 17, 2025 - 19th Century, 20th Century, december 4, Russian

Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky, Russian painter, December 4, 1866-December 13, 1944

Adolf Elnain, Vassily Kandinsky, 1925

The Rider (Lyrical), 1911 Oil on canvas, 37 x 51.1 in // Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam

Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky, Color Study, Squares with Concentric Circles, 1913 Watercolor, gouache and crayon on paper, 9.4 x 12.4 in Lenbachhaus, Munich

Color Study, Squares with Concentric Circles, 1913 Watercolor, gouache and crayon on paper, 9.4 x 12.4 in // Lenbachhaus, Munich

Yellow-Red-Blue, 1925 Oil on canvas, 50.3 x 79.3 in // National Museum of Modern Art, Paris

Small Worlds I, 1922 Lithograph, 9 3/4 x 8 9/16 in // National Gallery of Denmark, Copenhagen

On White II, 1923 Oil on canvas, 41.3 x 38.5 in // National Museum of Modern Art, Paris

Circles in a Circle, 1923 Oil on canvas, 38.8 x 37.6 in // Philadelphia Art Museum

Several Circles Oil on canvas, 55.1 x 55.1 in // Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York

Inner Alliance, 1929 Oil on canvas, 29.9 x 25.9 in // Albertina, Vienna

Brown with Supplement, 1935 Oil on canvas, 31.8 x 39.3 in // Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam

Composition 9, 1936 Oil on canvas, 44.6 x 76.7 in // National Museum of Modern Art, Paris

Composition X, 1939 Oil on canvas, 51.1 x 76.7 in // Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf

Various Actions, 1941 Oil and enamel on canvas, 35 1/8 x 45 3/4 in // Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York

Small Dream In Red, 1925 Oil on cardboard, 14 × 16.2 in // Bern Kunstmuseum

Untitled, 1941 Gouache, 18.9 × 12.3 in // The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York

In Grey, 1919 Oil on canvas, 50.8 × 69.3 in // Musee National Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris

Composition VIII, 1923 Oil on canvas, 55.1 × 79.1 in // The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York

Study for "Circles on Black," 1921 Watercolor on paper, 10 x 10 in

Succession, 1935 Oil on canvas, 31 7/8 x 39 3/8 in // Phillips Collection, Washington DC

Small worlds II, 1922 Four-color lithograph, 14 x 11 inches // Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University

Blue segment, 1921 Oil on canvas Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York

Painting with White Border, 1913 Oil on canvas Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

Composition VII, 1913 Oil on canvas, 78.7 × 118.1 in // The State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

Moonlight Night, 1907 Colour lithograph, 8.4 × 7.5 in // The State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

A Floating Figure, 1942 Oil on wood, 10.2 x 7.9 in Musée Zervos (Maison Romain Rolland), Vézelay, France

Otto Dix

On August 11, 2025 - 20th Century, december 2, German

Otto Dix, German painter, December 2, 1891-July 25, 1969

Hugo Erfurth, Otto Dix with a Brush, 1929 Oil pigment print

Sunrise, 1913 Oil on canvas, 20 x 26 in

Three Prostitutes On The Street, 1925 Oil on canvas Private collection

Prager Street, 1920 Oil and collage on canvas Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Germany

Stormtroopers Advance Under a Gas Attack, from The War, 1924 Drypoint and aquatint etching

The Skull, from The War, 1924

Lens Being Bombed, from The War, 1924

Martha Dix, 1928 Oil on canvas

Mother with Child, 1921 Oil on canvas, 31.9 x 47.2 in // Galerie Neue Meister, Dresden, Germany

The Artist's Parents, 1921 Oil on canvas, 44.5 × 39 in // Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

Portrait of the Journalist Sylvia Von Harden, 1926 Oil and tempera on wood, 35 x 47.6 in // Georges Pompidou Center, Paris

Engraving from "The War," 1924

Charles Demuth

On July 27, 2025 - 20th Century, American, november 8

Charles Demuth, American artist, November 8,, 1883 - October 23, 1935

Self-Portrait, 1907 Oil on canvas, 26 1/16 x 18 inches // The Demuth Museum, Lancaster, PA.

Charles Demuth, In Vaudeville: Acrobatic Male Dancer with Top Hat, 1920 Watercolor, graphite, and charcoal on wove paper Barnes Collection, Philadelphia

In Vaudeville: Acrobatic Male Dancer with Top Hat, 1920 Watercolor, graphite, and charcoal on wove paper, 13 x 8 in Barnes Collection, Philadelphia

Pink Tulips, 1930 Watercolor and graphite on paper 13 5/8 x 19 1/4 inches // The Demuth Museum, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Dancing Sailors, 1917 Watercolor over graphite, 8 1/16 x 10 1/8 in // Cleveland Museum of Art

Musician, 1918 Watercolor and graphite on wove paper, 10 3/8 x 8 in Barnes Collection, Philadelphia

I Saw the Figure 5 in Gold, 1928 Oil on board, 35.5 x 30 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Iris, 1933 Watercolor and pencil on paper, 8 1/16 x 10 1/8 in // Cleveland Museum of Art

Bermuda No. 2, The Schooner, 1917 Watercolor and graphite on paper, 10 x 13.8 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Love, Love, Love. Homage to Gertrude Stein, 1928 Oil on panel, 20 x 21 in // Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid

Chimney and Water Tower, 1931 Oil on board Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth

Machinery, 1920 Gouache and graphite on paperboard, 24 x 19 7/8 in Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

After Sir Christopher Wren, 1920 Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on cardboard, 24 x 20 in Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Lulu and Alva Schön at Lunch, 1918 Watercolor and graphite on wove paper, 7.9 x 12.9 in // Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia

The Death of Countess Geschwitz, 1918 Watercolor and graphite on wove paper, 7.9 x 12.9 in // Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia

Piano Mover's Holiday, 1919 Distemper on composition board, 20 x 15.9 in // Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia

Calla Lilies/Bert Savoy, 1927 Oil on board, 40.9 x 47.5 in // Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas

Lancaster, 1921 Tempera and pencil on paperboard, 19.8 x 16 in Buffalo AKG Art Museum

Bermuda: Tree, 1917 Edit this at Wikidata Watercolor and graphite on wove paper, 10 x 14 in // Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia

William Merritt Chase

On July 12, 2025 - 19th Century, 20th Century, American, november 1

William Merritt Chase, American painter, November 1, 1849 - October 25, 1916

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Afternoon by the Sea (Gravesend Bay), ca 1888 Pastel on linen

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William Merritt Chase, Mrs Meigs Playing the Piano, 1883

Mrs Meigs Playing the Piano, 1883 Oil on canvas Unknown location

End of the Season, c. 1885 Pastel on paper, 13.8 x 17.7 in // Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, South Hadley

The Mirror, c.1883 Oil on canvas Private Collection

The White Fence Oil on canvas, 18 x 24 in

Portrait of Louis Betts Oil on canvas, 16 x 20 in Private Collection

For the Little One, aka Hall at Shinnecock Oil on canvas, 35 x 40 in

Afternoon Shadows Oil on panel

Frank Duveneck

On July 8, 2025 - 19th Century, 20th Century, American, october 9

Frank Duveneck, American painter, October 9, 1848 - January 3, 1919

Self-portrait, circa 1877 Oil on canvas, 29.3 x 23.7 in // Cincinnati Art Museum

The Turkish Page, 1876 Oil on canvas, 42 x 58 1/4 in // Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia

The Cobbler’s Apprentice, 1877 Oil on canvas, 39.5 x 27.8 in // Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati

Elizabeth Boott Duveneck, 1888 Oil on canvas, 64.7 x 34.7 in // Cincinnati Art Museum

Portrait of Maggie Wilson, 1898 Oil on cardboard, 15 x 12 in // Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Major Dillard H. Clark, 1877 Oil on canvas Formerly Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Portrait of Winslow Homer Oil on canvas mounted on masonite, 20 x 15.9 in // Private collection

Reclining Nude, 1892 Oil on canvas Indianapolis Museum of Art

Portrait of Marie Danforth Page, circa 1889 Oil on canvas, 37.9 x 25.2 in // Cincinnati Art Museum

Beechwoods at Polling, circa 1876 Oil on canvas, 45.5 x 37 in // Cincinnati Art Museum

Still-life with Watermelon, circa 1878 Oil on canvas, 25 x 38 in // Cincinnati Art Museum

Professor Ludwig Loefftz, circa 1873 Oil on canvas, 37.9 x 28.7 in // Cincinnati Art Museum

Ivan Yakovlevich Bilibin

On July 5, 2025 - 19th Century, 20th Century, august 16, Russian

Ivan Yakovlevich Bilibin, Russian illustrator and stage designer, August 16, 1876 – February 7 1942

Boris Kustodiev , Portrait of Ivan Bilibin, 1901

Koschei the Deathless (from Marya Morevna, 1900)

Illustration for the Epic "Volga", 1903 Lithograph

Illustration for "Wassilissa the Beautiful", 1899

Sketch for the Opera, The Golden Cockerel, by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, 1908

John Henry Twachtman

On July 5, 2025 - 19th Century, 20th Century, American, august 4

John Henry Twachtman, American painter, August 4, 1853 - August 8, 1902

Gertrude Käsebier, John Henry Twachtman, c 1900

Arques-la-Bataille, 1885 Oil on canvas, 60 x 78 7/8 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Snow Scene, ca. 1890 - 1895 Oil on canvas. 16 x 20 in // Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum

Icebound, c. 1889 Oil on canvas, 25 5/16 × 30 3/16 in // Art Institute of Chicago

Marc Chagall

On June 29, 2025 - 20th Century, july 6, Russian

Marc Chagall, Russian painter, July 6, 1887 - March 28, 1985

Cow with a Parasol, 1946 Oil on canvas, 32 x 42 1/2 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

The Dream, 1939 Pastel with gouache on paper Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, Massachusetts

The Red Rooster, 1940 Oil on canvas, 28 3/4 x 36 in // Cincinnati Art Museum

The Painter to the Moon Gouache on paper, 12.6 x 11.8 in // Private Collection

The Poet Reclining, 1915 Oil on cardboard, 30.3 x 30.5 in // Tate Modern, London

Blue Lovers, 1914 Oil on cardboard, 19.3 x 17.3 in // Private Collection

Marc Chagall, Self Portrait with Brushes, 1909

Self Portrait with Brushes, 1909 by Marc Chagall

The Drunkard, 1912 Oil on canvas 33.5 x 45.3 in // Private collection

The Cattle Dealer, 1912 Oil on canvas, 38.2 x 79.7 in // Kunstmuseum Basel

Still-Life, 1912 Oil on canvas Private collection

Adolph von Menzel

On June 28, 2025 - 19th Century, 20th Century, december 8, German

Adolph von Menzel, German painter, December 8, 1815 – February 9, 1905

Adolph von Menzel in 1900

Blind Man's Buff, 1867 Oil on canvas, 11.6 x 8.9 in // National Gallery, London

Afternoon in the Tuileries Gardens, 1867 Oil on canvas, 19.2 x 27.5 in // National Gallery, London

At the Beer Garden, 1883 Gouache on paper, 5.3 x 7 in // Collection Georg Schäfer

The Studio Wall, 1872 Oil on canvas, 43.7 x 31.1 in // Hamburger Kunsthalle, Germany

Student Torchlight Procession, 1859 Oil on paperboard, 12.2 x 21.3 in // Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin

The Bedroom of the Artist in the Ritterstraße, 1847 Oil on canvas, 22 x 18.1 in // Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin

Living Room With the Artist's Sister, 1847 Oil on paper mounted on millboard, 18.1 x 12.4 in // Neue Pinakothek, Munich

The Balcony Room, 1845 Oil on canvas, 22.8 x 18.5 in // Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin

Menzel's Sister Emilie, Sleeping, circa 1848 Oil on paper mounted on canvas, 18.4 x 23.6 in // Hamburger Kunsthalle, Germany

The Iron Rolling Mill (Modern Cyclopes), 1875 Oil on canvas, 62.2 x 100 in // Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin

Berlin: Backs of Houses in the Snow, 1847 Oil on paper mounted on millboard, 5.1 x 9.4 in Kunst Museum Winterthur, Germany

The Back Garden, between 1850 and 1860 Oil on canvas, 19 x 27 in // Detroit Institute of Arts

Staircase Hallway With Night Lighting, 1848 Oil on paper, board backing, 14.2 x 8.5 in // Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany

Thunderstorm at Tempelhofer Hill, 1846 Oil on paper, 12.2 x 18.5 in // Wallraf–Richartz Museum, Cologne, Germany

Gwen John

On June 27, 2025 - 19th Century, 20th Century, English, june 26

Gwen John, Welsh painter, June 22, 1876 – September 18, 1939

Self-portrait, 1902 Oil on canvas, 17.6 x 13.7 in // Tate Britain, London

Portrait of Chloë Boughton-Leigh, between 1904 and 1908 Oil on canvas, 23 × 15 in // Tate Britain, London

Self-portrait, 1902 Oil on canvas, 17.6 x 13.7 in // Tate Britain, London

Girl Holding a Rose, 1915 to 1925 Oil on canvas, 17 7/8 × 14 5/8 in // Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

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