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20th Century European Art
20th Century Overview

 

 European Art
before World War I


(Part 3 of 3)

 

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Vladimir Tatlin

born: Kharkiv, Ukraine, Russian Empire; 28 December 1885
died: Moscow, USSR; 31 May 1953

Tatlin: Board No 1—Old Basmannaia Street

Board No 1—
Old Basmannaia Street

1917

Tatlin: Woman

Woman
1933

Tatlin: Meat

Meat
1947

 

 

Robert Delaunay

born: Paris, France; 12 April 1885
died: Montpellier, France; 25 October 1941

 

 Delaunay, Robert: Towers Laon

The Towers of Laon
1914
School of Design
Providence, Rhode Island, US

 

Sonia Delaunay

born: Gradizhsk, Ukraine; 14 November 1885
died: Paris, France; 5 December 1979

Delaunay, Sonia: Electric Prisim

Electric Prism
1914
Georges Pompidou Centre
Paris, France

 

Nine more Delaunay pictures (from both Robert and Sonia)

 

 

Kokoschka: Self  Oskar Kokoschka

born: Pöchlarn an der Donau, Austria; 1 Mar 1886
died: Montreux, Switzerland; 22 Feb 1980

 

 Kokoschka: The Bride of the Wind

The Bride of the Wind
1914
Kunstsammlung
Basel, Switzerland

Seventeen more Kokoschka pictures.

See also: A Survey of PreWar German Expressionism

 

  

Marc Chagall

born: Vitebsk, Russia; 7 July 1887
died: Saint Paul, Alpes-Maritimes, France; 28 March 1985

 

 Chagall: Red Nude

Red Nude

Thirteen more Chagall pictures.

 

 

Marcel Duchamp

born: Blainville, France; 28 July 1887
died: Neuilly, France; 2 October 1968

 

Duchamp: Father

Father

Duchamp: Bicycle Wheel

Bicycle Wheel
1913

Five more Duchamp pictures.

 

 

August Macke

born: Meschede, Germany; 3 January 1887
died: Perthes-les-Hurles, France; 26 September 1914

 

 Macke: Three Girls in a Barque

Three Girls in a Barque
1911

Macke: Garden Gate

Garden Gate
1914

 Macke: Hat Shop

Hat Shop
1914

 Macke: Girls and Trees

Girls and Trees
1914

 Macke: Lady in the Green Coat

Lady in the Green Coat
1913

 

See also: A Survey of PreWar German Expressionism

 

Juan Gris

born: Madrid, Spain; 23 March 1887
died: Boulogne-sur-Seine, France; 11 May 1927

 

Gris: Picasso

Picasso
1912

 Gris: Houses - Paris

Houses -- Paris

 

Twenty-one more Juan Gris pictures.

 

 

Giorgio de Chirico

born: Volos, Greece; 10 July 1888
died: Rome, Italy; 19 November 1978

 

 Chirico de: The Great Metaphysician

The Great Metaphysician
1917

Ten more de Chirico pictures.

 

 

Lyubov Sergeyevna Popova

born: near Moscow, Russia; 24 April 1889
died: Moscow, USSR; 25 May 1924

She worked with Valdimir Tatlin, in Moscow early in the 20th century and visited Paris and Italy in 1911 and 1912. She is primarily a cubist painter but she also designed textiles, dresses, books, costumes, and theater sets.

 

 Popova: Objects

Objects
1915

 Popova: Composition

Composition

 

 

Schiele: Self  Egon Schiele

born: Tulln on the Danube, Austria; 12 June 1890
died: Vienna, Austria; 31 October 1918

 

 Schiele: Hindering the Artist is a Crime

Hindering the Artist Is a Crime,
It is Murdering Life in the Bud!
1912
Graphische Sammlung Albertina
Vienna, Austria

About Sixty more Schiele pictures
with a biography
divided into three galleries.

See also a survey of Pre WW I German Expressionism.

 

 

Giorgio Morandi

born: Bologna, Italy; 20 July 1890
died: Bologna, Italy; 18 June 1964

 

Morandi: Still Life 1916

Still Life
1916
Museum of Modern Art
New York, NY, US

Morandi: Still Life with a Ball 1918

Still Life with a Ball
1918
Civico Museo d’Arte
Contemporaneo
Milan, Italy

Morandi: Still Life with a Dummy 1918

Still Life with a Dummy
1918
Hermitage
St Petersburg, Russia

Morandi: Still life with a Brioche 1920

Still life with a Brioche
1920
Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen
Düsseldorf, Germany

Morandi: Still Life 1929

Still Life
1929
Brera
Milan, Italy

Morandi: Still Life with Three Flasks, about 1946

Still Life with Three Flasks
about 1946

Morandi: Still Life with Cups and Boxes

Still Life with Cups and Boxes
1951

Dali: Self  Salvador Dalí
Salvador Felipe Jacinto Dalí

born: Figueras, Spain; 2 May 1904
died: Barcelona, Spain; 23 January 1989

Dali did very little work before World War I. Spain was neutral in the war, and Dali was an adolescent in art school. It was the period after the war which gave him notoriety and fame.

 

 

Dalí: Landscape near Figural

Landscape near
Figueras

1910
Astoria Collection
Astoria, NY, US

Dalí: Hortensia, Peasant Woman

Hortensia,
a Peasant Woman
from Cadaqués
about 1918-19
Private Collection

 

Four more early Dali pictures from before the end of the First World War.

 

 

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2003-10-31