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  • Self Aware

    Self-Portrait with Fur-Trimmed Robe, 1500 by Albrecht Dürer. Dürer was fully aware of his reference to paintings of Jesus Christ when he created this self-portrait. He did a series of self-portraits through-out his career.…

  • Best Wishes

    The Arnolfini Portrait by Jan van Eyck, National Gallery London. Painted in the 15th century, this work is full of symbolism all meant to bring good luck to the marriage of this couple. van…

  • Shapes of Color

    Ocean Park No. 67 by Richard Diebenkorn, SFMoMA Diebenkorn taught at the California School of Fine Arts in San Francisco where one of his students was Mark Rothko. This is part of the Ocean…

  • Earning a Living

    Girl with a Watering Can, 1876 by Pierre Auguste Renoir. Renoir painted this young girl to attract people and some portrait business. Portraiture was the 19th century artist’s bread and butter.

  • Avalon

    Lucy Ferry, 1986 by Robert Mapplethorpe© The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation. Mapplethorpe’s work created a huge controversy when some of his work was deemed obscene in Cincinnati in 1990.

  • Classical Drapery

    Melittion, 1882 by Frederic Lord Leighton. Although this figure is dressed in the classical style, a clear reference to a Greek character could not be found. In a play from 1818 by Austrian Franz…

  • Before Cameras

    Niagara Falls, 1843 by Karl Bodmer, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha NE. Karl Bodmer traveled with Prince Maximilian of Wiedneuwied as he explored the Missouri river. Bodmer was in charge of capturing images of the…

  • Nickname: Jack the Dripper

    Galaxy, 1947 by Jackson Pollock, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE. One of Pollock’s earliest “drip” paintings this work incorporated house paint and automobile paint mixed with sand and ashes.

  • Color and Shape

    La Danseuse Creole, 1965 by Henri Matisse. As he was losing his eye sight, Matisse continued to work late in his career creating works (particularly collages) out of bits and pieces of color and…