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The Cushion by Max Kurzweil
This quietly arresting painting presents a reclining female figure resting against richly patterned textiles, uniting Secessionist decorative…
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The meaning and history of famous paintings: what they show, where the originals hang, and how each one is recreated by hand in oil on canvas.
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A Dear Visitor by Max Kurzweil
This intimate interior scene depicts a young woman receiving a visit at home, rendered with the warm color sensitivity and psychological…
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Spring by Agnes Slott-Møller
Completed in 1888, Spring is an early and foundational statement of the Symbolist direction that Agnes Slott-Møller would pursue throughout her…
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Dying Betrothed by Agnes Slott-Møller
Painted in 1906, The Dying Betrothed depicts the dying Hr Oluf in bed as his betrothed comes to him, translating a Danish medieval ballad into an…
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Bacchante by Adolf Hirémy-Hirschl
A vivid portrayal of a female follower of Bacchus in a state of ecstatic abandon, this painting exemplifies the sensuous yet psychologically…
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Loki by Thomas Theodor Heine
In this striking oil composition, Thomas Theodor Heine brings the Norse trickster deity Loki to life through the sinuous decorative language of…
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Adoration of the Magi by Adolf Hirémy-Hirschl
A richly layered religious composition in which the three wise men pay homage to the Christ child, rendered with the full technical command and…
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Simplicissimus Cover with Red Bulldog by Thomas Theodor Heine
The iconic red bulldog image created by Thomas Theodor Heine for Simplicissimus became the defining visual symbol of German satirical culture at…
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The Souls of Acheron by Adolf Hirémy-Hirschl
A monumental vision of the dead gathering at the river Acheron, this painting stands as the defining achievement of Adolf Hirémy-Hirschl and one…
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Symphony in White No. 1
This large and luminous portrait of a young woman dressed entirely in white stunned viewers at the Salon des Refuses in 1863 and announced the…
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The Transfiguration by Raphael
The Transfiguration is a monumental altarpiece begun by Raphael in 1516 and left incomplete at his death in 1520, depicting the biblical…
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Stone City, Iowa by Grant Wood
Stone City, Iowa depicts the rolling limestone hills and orderly farms of a small Iowa valley with a stylized, tapestry-like richness that…
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The Circus by Georges Seurat
The Circus captures the dazzling spectacle of the Cirque Fernando in Paris through Seurat's most animated Pointillist composition, unfinished at…
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Siegfried by Thomas Theodor Heine
Thomas Theodor Heine rendered the Germanic hero Siegfried in 1921 as a bold allegorical figure, fusing Art Nouveau decorative intensity with…
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Sistine Madonna by Raphael
The Sistine Madonna is a large devotional painting by Raphael depicting the Virgin Mary carrying the Christ Child as she descends through a parted…
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Daughters of Revolution by Grant Wood
Daughters of Revolution presents three severe-faced women posed before Emanuel Leutze's Washington Crossing the Delaware, rendered with biting…
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Bathers at Asnieres by Georges Seurat
Bathers at Asnieres portrays working-class young men resting by the Seine near Paris, painted with a hybrid technique that bridges Impressionism…
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Nocturne in Black and Gold
This dazzling and controversial depiction of a fireworks display over Cremorne Gardens in London triggered one of the most consequential legal…
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