Grand Canyon, 1919 by Gustave Baumann, various collections.
Baumann visited the Taos New Mexico art community early in his career while still studying art and returned at the end of his career to retire there.
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Down to the Bare Wood
The Floor Scrapers, 1875 by Gustave Caillebotte.
Caillebotte liked to portray everyday scenes like these workers removing wax from floors. He liked to portray everyday people going about their business in a realistic way.
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Far Out
Love, 1968 by Peter Max. Poster reprinted in 1993.
This poster by Peter Max was so ground breaking and struck such a chord at the time that it changed the way art was viewed and help launch the Psychedelic movement of the 1960’s.
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Eros
Psyche et l’amour, 1817 by Baron Francois Gerard, Louvre, Paris.
A popular subject throughout the 19th century, Gerard version of the story of Cupid and Psyche almost portrays the figures as secondary to the outdoor temple and landscape setting. The vibrancy of the bright colors also serve to draw our attention from the couple.
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Pretty Flowers
Two Sisters (On the Terrace), 1881 by Pierre Auguste Renoir, The Art Institute of Chicago.
Renoir began his career painting on porcelain and the pretty subjects he chose lend themselves well to that type of work. This painting is of the young woman who would become Mme. Renoir and her younger sister. She was a frequent model of his.
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Across the Reflecting Pool
Abraham Lincoln from the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C.,
The memorial dedicated in 1922. Sculpture of Lincoln by Daniel Chester French.
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Controversy
The Peacock Room, 1877 by James McNeill Whistler, Freer Gallery, Smithsonian.
Whistler, in his usual flamboyant and arrogant manner, took his decoration of this London dining room to such an extreme, he angered and the patron and made their argument public.
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What are Your Neighbors Up To?
The Little Bay, Port Vendres by Charles Rennie Mackintosh.
In the last four years of his life Mackintosh left Scotland for France. Although he painted some beautiful watercolors of the area he is not well known there. Exhibitions of his work, including his architecture and furniture designs, have been organized to show the people of the area the work of the architect/artist/designer who lived in their town.
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Biting Cold
February, 1940 by Grant Wood.
Wood came to appreciate lithography as a medium late in his career. Many of his lithographic works were offered through the Associated American Artists project that offered the artistic names of the day through the mail for as little as $5.00.
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