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Mstislav Dobuzhinsky

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

Mstislav Dobuzhinsky, Lithuanian artist, August 14, 1875 – November 20, 1957

Portrait of Dobuzhinsky by Osip Braz, 1922

Vilno. Side street Piles, c 1906

Mstislav Dobuzhinsky, The Man in Eyeglasses (Konstantin Erberg), circa 1905–1906 Watercolor, gouache, charcoal and pencil on paper mounted on cardboard, 24.9 x 39.2 in Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

The Man in Eyeglasses (Konstantin Erberg), circa 1905–1906 Watercolor, gouache, charcoal and pencil on paper mounted on cardboard, 24.9 x 39.2 in // Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

New York Rooftops, my Window in New York, 1943 Oil on cardboard, 30 x 20 in // Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

Urban Types, 1908 Watercolor and gouache on paper, 8.7 × 11.4 in // Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

The Provinces in the 1830s, c.1908 Watercolor on paper

Glassmakers Street in Vilno, 1906 Pencil, watercolor, and whitewash on paper State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

Vitebsk, 1919 Ink and watercolor on paper

October Idyll, 1905

The Lion Bridge in Petrograd, 1922

Saint Petersburg, 1904

White Nights, 1922, Illustration

Riga Watercolor on paper

Project for the First Almanac "Chipovnick", 1906 Illustration

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

Portrait of a Lady, 1894 Oil on canvas, 11.8 x 9 in // Vienna Museum

The Blind Man, 1896 Oil on canvas, 26.0 x 21.0 in // Leopold Museum, Vienna

Schubert at the Piano I, circa 1896 Oil on canvas, 11.8 x 15.3 in // Private collection

Mermaids, circa 1899 Oil on canvas, 32.3 x 20.5 in // Bank Austria Creditanstalt Collection, Vienna

Lake Atter, 1900 Oil on canvas, 31.57 x 31.57 in // Leopold Museum, Vienna

Woman in an Armchair, 1897 Oil on board, 20 1/2 by 20 1/2 in // Private collection

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

Portrait de Madame Frantz Jourdain, 1914 Maruflé on canvas Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris

Édouard Vuillard, Jos and Lucie Hessel in the Small Salon, Rue de Rivoli, circa 1900–1905 Oil on cardboard mounted on canvas, 14.4 x 22.3 in Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Jos and Lucie Hessel in the Small Salon, Rue de Rivoli, circa 1900–1905 Oil on cardboard mounted on canvas, 14.4 x 22.3 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Dressmakers, 1890 Oil on canvas, 18¾ x 22 5/8 in // Private collection

The Flowered Dress, 1891 Oil on canvas, 14.9 x 18.1 in // São Paulo Museum of Art

Venus de Milo, 1920 Oil on canvas Jill Newhouse Gallery

La Salle Clarac, 1922 Oil with distemper on canvas, 38.62 x 45.62 in // Toledo Museum of Art

A Cafe Scene for the Grand Teddy Café and Bar, 1918 Oil on canvas, 5 ft x 11.5 ft (approximately) // Private collection

Lucie Belin Eating a Biscuit, 1915 Pastel on paper, 24¼ x 18 7/8 in // Private collection

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

The Mirror, 1900 Oil on canvas, 20 x 15.9 in // Tate Britain, London

Leading the Life in the West, c. 1910 Oil on canvas, 40.1 x 33.1 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Le Chef de l'Hôtel Chatham, Paris, 1921 Oil on canvas, 50 x 40.3 in // Royal Academy of Arts, London

František Kupka

On April 3, 2025 - 20th Century, Czech, september 23

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

The Beginning of Life, c.1900 Etching on paper Georges Pompidou Center, Paris

The Victorious Dragon, 1900 Chalk and ink on paper, 11.4 x 7.9 in // Private Collection

Creation, 1920 Oil on canvas, 45.7 x 48.8 in // Private Collection

The Yellow Scale, 1907 Oil on canvas 31 x x 29.25 in // Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Two grays I, 1928 Oil on canvas, 26 x 26 in // Museum of Modern Art, New York

Two grays II, 1928 Oil on canvas, 15 x 24.8 in

Syncopated Accompaniment/Staccato, c.1928 Oil on canvas, 28.7 x 39.5 in // Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid

The First Step, c 1910 - c 1913 Oil on canvas, 32 3/4 x 51 in // Museum of Modern Art, New York

Gallic Girl, 1910 Oil on canvas, 42.5 x 39.4 in // Kinsky Palace, Prague

Nocturne, 1910 Oil on canvas, 26 x 26 in // Private collection

Hindu Motif, or Graduated Red, 1919 Oil on canvas, 49 x 48 in // Georges Pompidou Center, Paris

Creation, c 1920 Oil on canvas, 45.3 x 49.2 in // Narodni Galerie, Prague

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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