Friday, June 29, 2012

Art Institute of Chicago European Modern Art, 1900-1950

Man Ray's Invention, 1916
Amedeo Modigliani's painting of Mr. and Mrs. Lipchitz
Arshile Gorky's self-portrait, 1927-1928
Marc Chagall's The Praying Jew, 1923...painting the cultural types of his homeland (now Belarus)
Maurice de Vlaminck's Houses at Chaton, 1905.  Note influence of Van Gogh
Joan Miro's Portraint of Juanita Obrador, 1918
Wassily Kandinsky's Houses at Murnau, 1909
Henri Matisse's Lorette with Cup of Coffee, 1916-17
Pablo Picasso's The Old Guitarist painted during his 'blue period' 1903-1904
I first saw copies of this painting 53 years ago.  It itroduced me into the emotional adventures of art appreciation.
Henry Moore
Marc Chagall's Birth, 1911/12.  This was painted whle he was living "In La Ruche", the hive.  Chagall lived there with Modigliani and other painters.  He said you either came our dead or famous.
Francis Picabia's Tetes-paysage, 1928
Alexei Jawlensky's Girl with the Green Face, 1910

Salvador Dali's "A Chemist Lifting withExtreme Precaution the Cuticle of a Grand Piano", 1936

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