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Thomas Eakins

On March 16, 2025 - 19th Century, 20th Century, American, july 25

Thomas Eakins, American artist, July 25, 1844 – June 25, 1916

Self-Portrait, 1889–94 Platinum print Metropolitan Museum, New York

Eakins' 1902 Self portrait, now housed at the National Academy of Design in New York City Born

Portrait of Walt Whitman, 1887 Oil on canvas, 30 1/8 x 24 1/4 in // Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia

Portrait of Mary Adeline Williams, 1899 Oil on canvas, 24 × 20 1/16 in Art Institute of Chicago

Billy Smith, c.1898 Oil on canvas, 20 x 16 in Philadelphia Museum of Art

Study of an old man, by 1911 Private Collection

Mending the Net, 1882 Watercolor on paper, 11.3 x 16.7 in // Private Collection

Signora Gomez d'Arza, 1901-2 Oil on canvas, 30 x 24 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Taking the Count, 1898 Oil on canvas, 104.0 in × 93 in // Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut

Carmelita Requena, 1869 Oil on canvas, 21 x 17 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

The Chess Players, 1876 Oil on wood, 11 3/4 x 16 3/4 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Portrait of Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1897 Oil on canvas, 24 5/8 × 20 1/8 in // Hyde Collection Art Museum, Glens Falls, NY

Harrison S. Morris, 1896 Oil on canvas, 54 1/2 x 36 in // Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia

Mending the Net, 1881 Oil on canvas, 32.1 in x 45.1 in // Philadelphia Museum of Art

The Cello Player, 1896 Oil on canvas, 64.2 in x 48.1 in // Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia

Portrait of General George Cadwalader, ca. 1880 Oil on canvas, 30 x 25.1 in // The National Museum of American History, Washington, DC

Portrait of Charles Percival Buck, 1904 Oil on canvas, 20 x 24 in // Private Collection

General E. Burd Grubb, circa 1898 Oil on canvas, 30 x 22 in // Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut

Frank Jay St. John, 1900 Oil on canvas, 20 x 24 in // Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

Whistling for Plover, 1874 Watercolor on paper, 16.7 x 11.2 in // Brooklyn Museum, New York

Study for The Crucifixion, 1880 Oil on canvas mounted on wood, 22 x 18 in // Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, D.C.

Wrestlers, 1899 Oil on canvas, 48.3 x 60 in // Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Maud Cook, 1895 Oil on canvas, 24.4 x 20 in // Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut

The Gross Clinic, 1875 Oil on canvas, 96.07 x 78.05 in // Philadelphia Museum of Art

Elizabeth Crowell with a Dog, between 1873 and 1874 Oil on canvas, 13.7 x 17.1 in // San Diego Museum of Art

The Pair-Oared Shell, 1872 Oil on canvas, 24 x 35.9 in // Philadelphia Museum of Art

Baseball Players Practicing, 1875 Watercolor over charcoal on paper, 10 5/8 x 7 15/16 in Rhode Island School of Design

The Chess Players, 1876 Oil on panel, 11.7 x 16.7 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Portrait of Sarah Ward Brinton, 1878 Oil on canvas Private Collection

The Artist's Wife and His Setter Dog, between 1884 and 1889 Oil on canvas, 30 x 23 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Between Rounds, between 1898 and 1899 Oil on canvas, 50.1 x 39.8 in // Philadelphia Museum of Art

Clara, 1890s Oil on canvas, 24 x 20 in // Musée d'Orsay, Paris

Archbishop William Henry Elder, 1903 Oil on canvas, 66.1 x 45.1 in // Cincinnati Art Museum

Amedeo Modigliani

On March 15, 2025 - 20th Century, Italian, july 12

Amedeo Modigliani, Italian painter, July 12, 1884 – January 24, 1920

Amedeo Modigliani in his Studio, c 1918

Seated Nude, 1914 Pencil and watercolor on paper, 21 1/4 x 16 3/8 in Museum of Modern Art, New York

Anna Zborowska, 1917 Oil on canvas, 51 1/4 x 32" Museum of Modern Art, New York

Little Serving Woman, 1919 Oil on canvas Minneapolis Institute of Arts

The Boy, 1919 Oil on canvas, 36.2 in x 23.7 in Indianapolis Museum of Art

Portrait of a Woman in a Black Tie, 1917 Oil on canvas Private Collection

Woman in Yellow Jacket (The Amazon), 1909 Oil on Canvas Private Collection

Jeanne Hébuterne, 1919 Oil on canvas, 39 3/8 × 25 9/16 in The Barnes Collection, Philadelphia

Portrait of Picasso, c.1915 Oil on cardboard, 17 x 10.5 in // Private collection

Chaim Soutine, 1917 Oil on canvas, 36.1 x 23.5 in // National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Juan Gris, 1915 Oil on canvas, 21 5/8 x 15 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Reclining Nude on Blue Cushion, 1916 Oil on canvas, 23.6 x 36.2 in // Private collection

Female Nude, circa 1916 Oil on canvas, 36.3 x 23.5 in // Courtauld Institute of Art, London

Reclining Nude (on the Left Side), 1917 Oil on canvas, 35 x 57.4 in // Private collection

Alice, circa 1918 Oil on canvas, 30.9 x 15.3 in // Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen

Jeanne Hébuterne with Hat and Necklace, 1917 Oil on canvas, 64.5 x 53.9 in // Private collection

Portrait of Maude Abrantes, 1908 Oil on canvas, 31.7 x 19.7 in // Hecht Museum, Haifa

Akira Yoshizawa

On March 14, 2025 - 20th Century, Japanese, march 14

Akira Yoshizawa, Japanese origamist, 14 March 1911 – 14 March 2005

Akira Yoshizawa

Wet-Folding Bull Origami

Monkey Origami

Two Crows Origami

Reginald Marsh

On March 14, 2025 - 20th Century, American, march 14

Reginald Marsh, American painter, March 14, 1898 – July 3, 1954

Reginald Marsh Peter A. Juley And Son, Selected Portraits Of Artists

Wooden Horses, 1936 Tempera on board Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT

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Hauptmann Must Die, 1935 Egg Tempera On Masonite, 27 3/4 x 35 3/4 in Indianapolis Museum Of Art

High Yaller, 1934 Egg tempera on composition board "From memory after a visit to Harlem."

Lucky Daredevils (The Thrill of Death), 1931 Tempera on panel, 30 x 36 in Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia

Show Window, 1934 Tempera on board, 42 × 34 in // Saint Louis Art Museum

Diane Arbus

On March 14, 2025 - 20th Century, American, march 14, Photography

Diane Arbus, American photographer, March 14, 1923 – July 26, 1971

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"Nothing is ever the same as they said it was." — Diane Arbus, American photographer, born March 14, 1923

Headless woman, Palisades Park, N.J., 1961 Gelatin silver print, 8 5/8 in. × 6 in Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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Lady at a masked ball with two roses on her dress, N.Y.C., 1967 Gelatin Silver Print, 14.75 x 14.5

Girl in a Shiny Dress, NYC, 1967 Gelatin silver print, 20 × 16 in

Ferdinand Hodler

On March 14, 2025 - 19th Century, 20th Century, march 14, Swiss

Ferdinand Hodler, Swiss painter, March 14, 1853 – May 19, 1918

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The Monk with Clouds, 1911 Oil on canvas, 64.5 x 91.5 cm Private Collection

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The Woodman, 1910 Oil on canvas Museo de Arte de Sao Paulo (MASP), Sao Paulo, Brazil

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The Halberdier, 1895 Oil on canvas Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX

The netmender, 1883 Oil on canvas, 9.4 x 7.1 in Kunstsammlung Thomas Schmidheiny, Switzerland

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Girl at the Window, 1890 Oil on canvas Clemens-Sels-Museum, Neuss, Germany

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The Beech Forest, 1885 Oil on canvas, 102 x 131 cm Kunstmuseum Solothurn, Switzerland

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The Disillusioned One, 1892 Oil on canvas, 56.2 x 45.08 cm Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)

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Self-portrait, 1912 Oil on canvas, 13.1 in x 10.6 in Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Switzerland

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Josef Müller, c. 1916 Oil on Canvas, 42 x 26,5 cm Private Collection

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The Road to Everdos, circa 1890 Oil on canvas, 24.6 in x 17.5 in Kunst Museum Winterthur, Switzerland

The Reader, ca. 1885 Oil on canvas, 12 x 15 in Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid

Day, 1900 Oil on canvas, 63 x 134 in Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Study for "Joyful Woman," ca. 1911 Drawing Musée Jenisch Vevey

Mont Blanc Before Sunrise, 1918 Oil on canvas, 26 x 32 in Private Collection

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Communication with the Infinite, 1892 Oil on canvas, 63 x 38 in Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

Thun, Stockhornkette, 1910 Oil on canvas, 26 x 35 in Kunsthalle, Hamburg

The Grand Muveran, 1907–1917 Oil on canvas, 27 3/4 × 37 in // Art Institute of Chicago

The Jungfrau seen from Isenfluh, 1902 Oil on canvas, 29.5 x 22 in // Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

Lake Geneva from Chexbres, c.1905 Oil on canvas, 31.5 x 39.6 in

Landscape with Two Small Trees, c.1893 Oil on canvas, 18 x 12.8 in // Kunstsammlung Thomas Schmidheiny, Switzerland

Portrait of General Ulrich Wille, 1916 Oil on canvas, 43.7 in x 34.6 in // Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland

The Convalescent, 1879 Oil on canvas

Portrait of a Woman, 1887 9.9 x 11.7 inches

Walking at the Forest Edge, 1885 Oil on canvas, 28.3 x 37.7 in

The Kien Valley with the Bluemlisalp Massif, 1902 Oil on canvas, 40.2 x 27.8 in // National Gallery, London

Alexej Georgewitsch von Jawlensky

On March 13, 2025 - 20th Century, march 13, Russian

Alexej Georgewitsch von Jawlensky, Russian painter, 13 March 1864 – 15 March 1941

Brown Curls, 1913 Oil on canvas Kunstmuseum, Basel

Self-portrait, 1905 Oil on cardboard, 20.4 in x 14.9 in Private collection, Bern (Switzerland)

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Portrait of Alexander Sakharoff, 1909 Oil on canvas, 27.3 × 26.1 in Lenbachhaus, Munich

William James Glackens

On March 13, 2025 - 20th Century, American, march 13

William James Glackens, American painter, March 13, 1870 – May 22, 1938

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Chez Mouquin, 1905 Oil on canvas, 47.9 in x 39 in Art Institute of Chicago

Breezy Day, Tugboats, New York Harbor, ca. 1910 Oil on canvas, 26 × 31 3/4 in Milwaukee Art Museum

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East River Park, circa 1902 Oil on canvas, 25.8 in x 32 in Brooklyn Museum, New York

William Glackens. Girl in Green Turban, c. 1913 Oil on canvas, 24 x 18 in // The Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia

René Magritte

On March 12, 2025 - 20th Century, Belgian, november 21

René Magritte, Belgian painter November 21, 1898 - August 15, 1967

The Hunters at the Edge of Night, 1928 Oil on canvas, 46 x 32 in // Private Collection

Hegel's Holiday, 1958 Oil on canvas, 24 x 20 in // Private Collection

The Hesitation Waltz, 1950 Oil on canvas, 13.8 x 18.1 in //

The Great War, 1964 Oil on canvas, 32 x 24 in

Paul Klee

On March 11, 2025 - 20th Century, december 19, Swiss

Paul Klee, Swiss-born German artist, December 19, 1879 – June 29, 1940

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A Gate, 1938 Tempera on Ingres Paper on Cardboard, 31.6 x 14.0 cm Beyeler Foundation, Basel, Switzerland

Boy in Fancy Dress, 1931 Watercolor and gouache on paper mounted on cardboard, 24 3/4 × 18 7/8 in, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Mess of Fish, 1940

Striding Out, 1923 Lithograph, 10 1/8 x 6 1/8 // Museum of Modern Art, New York

Paul Klee, Portrait of Mrs. Bl., 1931 Pen and black and brown ink and graphite with smudging on off-white wove paper, laid down on ivory wove card, 13 1/4 × 8 5/16 in Art Institute of Chicago

Portrait of Mrs. Bl., 1931 Pen and black and brown ink and graphite with smudging on off-white wove paper, laid down on ivory wove card, 13 1/4 × 8 5/16 in // Art Institute of Chicago

Athlete's Head, 1932 Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on paper mounted on cardboard, 24 3/4 x 18 7/8 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Paul Klee, Arches of the Bridge Stepping Out of Line, 1937 Charcoal on cloth, mounted on paper, 16 3/4 x 16 1/2 inches Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York

Arches of the Bridge Stepping Out of Line, 1937 Charcoal on cloth, mounted on paper, 16 3/4 x 16 1/2 inches // Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York

Paul Klee, Jumping Jack, 1919 Watercolor, oil transfer drawing, and graphite on paper, mounted on paperboard, 11 3/16 x 8 11/16 inches Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York

Jumping Jack, 1919 Watercolor, oil transfer drawing, and graphite on paper, mounted on paperboard, 11 3/16 x 8 11/16 inches // Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York

Barbarian Sacrifice, 1932 Watercolor on paper, mounted to board, 24 3/4 x 18 7/8 inches // Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York

Stage Landscape, 1922

Paul Klee, Horizon, Zenith and Atmosphere, 1925 Watercolor and graphite on paper, mounted on paperboard, 14 5/8 x 10 5/8 inches Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York

Horizon, Zenith and Atmosphere, 1925 Watercolor and graphite on paper, mounted on paperboard, 14 5/8 x 10 5/8 inches // Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York

Paul Klee, Portrait of a Yellow Man, 1921 Watercolour, transferred printing ink and ink on paper mounted on cardboard The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 23 1/8 × 16 1/2 in

Portrait of a Yellow Man, 1921 Watercolour, transferred printing ink and ink on paper mounted on cardboard, 23 1/8 × 16 1/2 in // The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Paul Klee, Birds Swooping Down and Arrows, 1919 Watercolor on gesso on fabric, bordered with gouache and ink, mounted on cardboard, 9 5/8 × 12 5/8 in Metropolitan Museum, New York

Birds Swooping Down and Arrows, 1919 Watercolor on gesso on fabric, bordered with gouache and ink, mounted on cardboard, 9 5/8 × 12 5/8 in // Metropolitan Museum, New York

Demon as Pirate, 1927 Opaque watercolor on paper, mounted on board, 11 3/4 x 17 in // Philadelphia Museum of Art

Paul Klee, Portrait of Mrs. P. in the South, 1924 Watercolor and oil transfer drawing on paper, with gouache and ink on paperboard mount, 14 3/4 x 10 3/4 in Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice

Portrait of Mrs. P. in the South, 1924 Watercolor and oil transfer drawing on paper, with gouache and ink on paperboard mount, 14 3/4 x 10 3/4 in // Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice

Paul Klee, The Angler, 1921 19 7/8 x 12 1/2" Oil transfer drawing, watercolor, and ink on paper with watercolor and ink borders on board Museum of Modern Art, New York

The Angler, 1921 19 7/8 x 12 1/2" Oil transfer drawing, watercolor, and ink on paper with watercolor and ink borders on board Museum of Modern Art, New York

Paul Klee, Dance You Monster to My Soft Song!, 1922 Watercolor and oil transfer drawing on plaster-primed gauze, with watercolor and ink on paperboard mount, 13 7/8 x 11 1/2 in Guggenheim Museum, New York

Dance You Monster to My Soft Song!, 1922 Watercolor and oil transfer drawing on plaster-primed gauze, with watercolor and ink on paperboard mount, 13 7/8 x 11 1/2 in Guggenheim Museum, New York

My mom drunk falls into the chair, 1940

Paul Klee, Hesitation, 1906

Strange Garden, 1923 Watercolor on gesso on fabric, bordered with gouache and ink, mounted on cardboard Metropolitan Museum, New York

Paul Klee: The Witch with the Comb, 1922, Lithograph with graphite pencil inscription, Phillips Collection, Washington, DC

Transparent in Perspective Grooved, 1921 Watercolor Museum Berggruen, Berlin

Chosen Site, 1927 Watercolor and pen, 17.3 x 18.1 in // Private Collection

Traveling Circus, 1937 Mixed media on canvas, 25 1/2 x 19 3/4 in // The Baltimore Museum of Art

Refuge, 1930 Oil, tempera and watercolor on plaster grounded gauze mounted on cardboard // Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, California

Highways and Byways, 1929 Oil on canvas, 32.9 in x 26.5 in // Museum Ludwig, Cologne

Analysis of Various Perversities Chinese ink and watercolor, 18.5 x 12.3 in // National Museum of Modern Art, Paris

Old Man Counting on his Fingers, 1929 Etching, 11.8 x 9.3 in // Finnish National Gallery, Helsinki

Paul Klee, Bird Wandering Off, 1926 Watercolor, sprayed through stencils and brushed, on paper mounted on board, 15 7/8 × 19 1/8 in Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Bird Wandering Off, 1926 Watercolor, sprayed through stencils and brushed, on paper mounted on board, 15 7/8 × 19 1/8 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Dancing Girl, 1940 Oil on cloth, 21 × 20 7/8 in // Art Institute of Chicago

Actor's Mask,1924 Oil on canvas mounted on board, 14 1/2 x 13 3/8 // Museum of Modern Art, New York

Angelus Novus, 1920 India ink, oil, paper, watercolor paint and monoprinting, 12.5 x 9.5 in // Israel Museum, Jerusalem

Park Bei Lu, 1938 Oil and coloured paste on paper on jute; original frame strips, 39.4 x 27.6 in // Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern

Paul Klee, Temple Gardens, 1920 Gouache and traces of ink on three sheets of paper mounted on paper mounted on cardboard, 9 3/8 × 11 7/8 in Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Temple Gardens, 1920 Gouache and traces of ink on three sheets of paper mounted on paper mounted on cardboard, 9 3/8 × 11 7/8 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

The Goldfish, 1925 Oil and watercolor on paper mounted on cardboard, 19.5 in x 27.2 in // Hamburger Kunsthalle, Germany

The Future Man, 1933 Watercolor applied by spatula, 24.3 in x 18.1 in // Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern, Switzerland.

The Man of Confusion, 1939 Oil and watercolor on jute, 26 1/4 × 19 7/8 in // Saint Louis Art Museum

Small Landscape with the village church, 1925

Paul Klee, Suspended Fruit, 1921 Watercolor and graphite on paper mounted on green paper, mounted on cardboard, 12 1/4 × 7 7/8 in Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Suspended Fruit, 1921 Watercolor and graphite on paper mounted on green paper, mounted on cardboard, 12 1/4 × 7 7/8 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

A Young Lady's Adventure, 1922 Watercolor on paper, 17.2 in x 12.1 in // Tate Modern, London

Steps, 1929 Moderna Museet, Stockholm

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