Painting

Pool (1968) by Ed Ruscha

Among Ed Ruscha’s inventive, witty series are his sensuous Romance with Liquids paintings and drawings of the mid-late 1960s. Look…

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Landscapes
by Herri met de Bles

We know very little about Herri met de Bles. He was one of the earliest landscape painters in the southern…

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Flower Still Life (1669)
by Maria van Oosterwyck

17th century Dutch painter Maria van Oosterwyck sold her floral still lifes to royal patrons throughout the world. Her signature…

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Radiator Building, Night, New York (1927)
by Georgia O’Keeffe

Georgia O’Keeffe painted this view of the Radiator Building in 1927, as her marriage to Alfred Stieglitz was beginning to…

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St. Sebastian (1457-59) by Andrea Mantegna

Andrea Mantegna depicted St. Sebastian at least three times, and each painting is different. In this version, a horse and…

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Autumn Leaves (1856)
by John Everett Millais

Four girls have been gathering autumn leaves for burning. The sun has set, and their task is almost over for…

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Marilyn (Vanitas) (1977)
by Audrey Flack

This groundbreaking photorealist painting by Audrey Flack, despite its festive candy colors, is actually a meditation on the inevitability of…

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Travelers Among Mountains and Streams (c. 1000)
by Fan Kuan

Fan Kuan painted this majestic hanging scroll, almost seven feet tall, more than a thousand years ago. In 1958 a…

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Holy Mountain Series
(1944-45) by Horace Pippin

At first glance, Horace Pippin's Holy Mountain paintings appear to be idyllic scenes of harmony in Paradise. But closer inspection…

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Three Marys at the Tomb
(c. 1410-26), attributed to Jan &/or Hubert Van Eyck

This beautiful scene depicts "the three Marys" visiting Jesus's tomb the morning after the Crucifixion. It is full of the…

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