Umberto Boccioni painted Dynamism of a Cyclist in the oil on canvas technique, in 1913. This painting is part of the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice. What is Depicted in the Dynamism of a Cyclist? The painting represents a cyclist in motion. The Dynamism of a Cyclist shows how a figure or object would resolve …
Carlo Carrà painted The Funeral of the Anarchist Galli in the oil on canvas technique, in 1911. This painting was purchased from the author in 1912 and became part of the Borchardt collection in Berlin. It was then part of the Kluxen collection by 1920. From 1920 to 1948, the painting was owned by Paul …
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The ‘Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee Around a Pomegranate a Second Before Awakening’ was painted by Salvador Dalí in 1944. The dimensions of the work are 51 x 41cm, and the medium used is oil paints on a wood panel. The artwork is on display at the Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, in Madrid, …
Italian futurist painter Gerardo Dottori painted Primavera Umbria in oil on canvas in 1923. Primavera Umbria is in the collection of the Civic Museum of Palazzo della Penna in Perugia. This painting is part of a series of Dottori’s futurist landscapes that were created mostly in Umbria. What is Depicted in the Primavera Umbria? The …
The Awakening Conscience is a didactic genre scene by Pre-Raphaelite William Holman Hunt. Completed in 1853, the oil on canvas measures 76 x 56 cm. It was initially commissioned by Thomas Fairbairn. Fairbairn, the owner of an engineering company in Manchester, paid 350 guineas for the work, but was unsatisfied with the face of the …
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Luigi Russolo painted Dynamism of a Car in oil on canvas in 1913. The Dynamism of a Car is part of the collection of the National Museum of Modern Art in Paris. What is Depicted in the Dynamism of a Car? The painting Dynamism of a Car represents a fragmented automobile in motion. Dynamism of …
Gino Severini painted Ballerina in Blue or Blue Dancer in oil on canvas in 1912. This painting was created in Paris as a part of a series in which Severini represented cabaret scenes along with the dynamism of dance. The painting is part of the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice. What is Depicted in the …
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Gerardo Dottori painted Ascending Forms (or Ascending Forces) in oil on canvas in 1930. This painting is currently in the Civic Museum of Palazzo della Penna in Perugia. What is Depicted in the Ascending forms (or Ascending forces)? The painting Ascending Forms or Ascending Forces represents a dynamic aerial landscape. In the lower part of …
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Sir John Everett Millais’s Christ in the House of His Parents, also referred to as The Carpenter’s Shop, was painted between 1849 and 1850. The oil on canvas measures 86.4 cm × 139.7 cm and is housed in the Tate Britain in London, England. The museum purchased the work in 1921. It is framed in an ornamental gold …
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The Sistine Madonna (also known as the Madonna di San Sisto) is one of the most important and famous religious paintings by the High Renaissance master Raphael. It is an oil painting on canvas, with dimensions 265 x 196 cm. The painting was commissioned in 1512 for the church of San Sisto in Piacenza by …
