People in the Sun by Edward Hopper.
Hopper is famous for the loneliness in his paintings and even though this is a group of people, the chairs are staggered so each person is alone as they enjoy the sun.
Category: art history
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Lakeside Protection
Fort Mackinac, Michigan, 1872 by Seth Eastman.
Located on Mackinac Island, Fort Mackinac was founded by the British in 1870. It remained an active fort until 1895 and went back and forth between the Americans and the British for years.
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Art in the Family
Veronica, 1960 by Elaine de Kooning.
Elaine was training as an artist when she met Willem de Kooning. She continued to work as an artist and art critic for ARTnews. She eventually concentrated on painting portraits.
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Souvenirs
Dromos, or outer Court of the Great Temple at Edfou in Upper Egypt by David Roberts, RA 1796-1864
Dated 1840 and inscribed ‘EDFOU, UPPER EGYPT’ Roberts painted watercolors of ruins in Egypt and reproduced them as lithographs and sold them in London to disciples of the Grand Tour.
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Summer Flowers
Farm Garden with Sunflowers, 1907 by Gustav Klimt.
Klimt is one of the most famous artists to emerge from the movement known as Art Nouveau. The rich beauty of his style is so appealing.
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Played like a Fiddle
Le Violon d’Ingres, 1924 by Man Ray, © Man Ray Trust
Man Ray took a classical nude photograph in the style of the painter Ingres and altered it by drawing on the “f” or fret holes found on violins.
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Glow Up
Red and Gold, 1915 by Frank Weston Benson.
One of the leaders in the American Impressionist style, Benson had a very long and prosperous career as a leader in the American Impressionist movement.
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Less Menacing
View From Satta Suruga, 1858 by Ando Hiroshige.
Hiroshige is the other famous name in Ukiyo-e printmaking. Younger than Hokusai, his work quickly became just as popular. His style is very appealing to a broad range of people while Hokusai liked to portray similar images with a slight edge to them.
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Really Interesting
500 Years of Female Portraits in Western Art: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUDIoN-_Hxs
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We are the 80’s
Men in the Cities series, 1984 by Robert Longo.
The Men in the Cities series first brought Robert Longo to the public’s attention when it was featured in movies, television and magazines in the 1980’s.
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