Gustav Klimt’s large painting Death and Life, created in 1910, features not a personal death but rather merely an allegorical Grim Reaper who gazes at “life” with a malicious grin. This “life” is comprised of all generations: every age group is represented, from the baby to the grandmother, in this depiction of the never-ending circle of life. Death may be able to swipe individuals from life, but life itself, humanity as a whole, will always elude his grasp. The circle of life likewise repeats itself in the diverse, wonderful, pastel-coloured circular ornaments which adorn life like a garland. Gustav Klimt described this painting, which was honoured with a first prize at the 1911 International Art Exhibition in Rome, as his most important figurative work. Even so, he seems to suddenly no longer have been satisfied with this version in 1915, for he then began making changes to the painting—which had by that time long since been framed. The background, reportedly once gold-coloured, was made grey, and both death and life were given further ornaments. Standing before the original and examining the left interior edge of Josef Hoffmann’s frame for the painting, one can still discern traces of the subsequent over-painting, which was done by Klimt himself.
There is a picture of the first stage of the painting when Klimt made it in 1909/1910. It was reworked into what is posted. Here's the first stage.
Gustav Klimt: Stehender Akt im Profil nach links, den Kopf nach hinten gesenkt ('Standing nude in profile to the left, head bowed back', 1906/07) Pencil MoMA, New York (Strobl s1599)
This is drawing that belongs to numerous studies of standing nudes or semi-nudes Klimt made in 1906 and 1907. Strobl mentions these were studies for the Stoclet Frieze.
Endre Hegedüs, (Hungarian, 1913 - murdered 1945). "The Garden of Eden", 1943, oil on canvas. Hegedüs was killed in Mauthausen concentration camp in the Holocaust.
Egon Schiele’s younger sister, Gertrude (Gerti), fell in love with his former Academy classmate and fellow Neukunstgruppe painter, Anton Peschka. She and Peschka married on November 24, 1914, and welcomed a son the following month.
The painting "Young Mother" was Egon's belated wedding gift to Gerti. Its subject, a nurturing, attentive maternal figure, attests to the artist’s high regard for his sister. Today in the collection of the @wienmuseum, "Young Mother" is one of two motherhood allegories Schiele executed in 1914, each representing one of the two types into which he believed humanity could be sorted: “noble spirits” (seen here) and “life-blind and incompetent people” (exemplified by the canvas “Blind Mother).
Portrait of Friederike Maria Beer (1914) - Bildnis Friederike Maria Beer Oil on canvas. (Kallir P276)
Friederike Maria Beer (1891-1980) is the only person to be painted in oil by both Egon Schiele and Gustav Klimt. She is said to have paid 600 kronen for the Schiele portrait and 20,000 for the Klimt painting. Beer was the daughter of the proprietor of the successful Kaiser-Bar, a close friend of the painter Hans Böhler, and an ardent admirer of the Wiener Werkstätte.
Böhler introduced her to Schiele, who reported receiving the portrait commission on October 2, 1914; sittings apparently continued through mid-December. Beer wore a Wiener Werkstätte dress, which Schiele adorned with woven South American dolls. The pose (achieved by the subject lying face down with her arms wrapped around a pillow) is related to that in “Young Mother” and “Death and Maiden.”
from "The Travelling Musicians" - a story by the Brothers Grimm, (1944) illustrated by Hans Fischer .
Hans Fischer was born in Bern in 1909. He studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Geneva and then at the Ferdinand Léger Academy in Paris, before turning his talents to a variety of fields, including cartooning, caricature and theatre set design. German fairy tales, Swiss folklore and the fables of La Fontaine were his main sources of inspiration.In 1944, he published his first album, Pitschi, le petit chat qui voulait toujours autre chose, which was an international success. When he died in 1958, he left a prolific body of work.
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"Young Girl Reading", (1960)
Palmer Hayden ( 1890 - 1973 )
Jan 21, 2022
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Erich Heckel (1883–1970), “Bathers in a Pond,” 1908, oil on canvas. Private Collection
Jan 22, 2022
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Walburga "Wally" Neuzil (1894-1917)
by Egon Schiele (1912)
Feb 16, 2022
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Egon Schiele
Feb 16, 2022
Eva Libre
"Virgin Enthroned" (1891)
Abbott Handerson Thayer (1849-1921)
Medium : oil on canvas
Genre : religious art
References : Smithsonian American Art Museum
Feb 16, 2022
Eva Libre
"The Virgin (detail)", (1893)
Abbott Handerson Thayer (August 12, 1849 – May 29, 1921)
Feb 16, 2022
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Vasily Kandinsky (1866–1944) , “Murnau: Street with Women,” 1908, oil on board.
Feb 23, 2022
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"Ophelia", (1905)
Odilon Redon
Feb 25, 2022
Eva Libre
Apr 3, 2022
Rosmarie Heusser
∼ Beautiful paintings❣️ ∼ Thanks to You Eva!
Apr 5, 2022
Eva Libre
Nice to read your comment, Rosmarie!
Apr 7, 2022
Eva Libre
“Seated Nude, Three-Quarter-Length (Moa),” (1911)
Egon Schiele
watercolor, gouache, pen and ink, and pencil on paper.
Private Collection
Apr 7, 2022
Eva Libre
"Piti Tiena" (Two Sisters) (1892az)
Paul Gauguin
Apr 13, 2022
Luna Arjuna
Apr 21, 2022
Eva Libre
GOOD MORNING
Art by Anna Ancher
Apr 29, 2022
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"Woman Carrying A Bull"
by Vladimir Fokanov
May 22, 2022
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Death and Life, 1915 .
Gustav Klimt’s large painting Death and Life, created in 1910, features not a personal death but rather merely an allegorical Grim Reaper who gazes at “life” with a malicious grin. This “life” is comprised of all generations: every age group is represented, from the baby to the grandmother, in this depiction of the never-ending circle of life. Death may be able to swipe individuals from life, but life itself, humanity as a whole, will always elude his grasp. The circle of life likewise repeats itself in the diverse, wonderful, pastel-coloured circular ornaments which adorn life like a garland. Gustav Klimt described this painting, which was honoured with a first prize at the 1911 International Art Exhibition in Rome, as his most important figurative work. Even so, he seems to suddenly no longer have been satisfied with this version in 1915, for he then began making changes to the painting—which had by that time long since been framed. The background, reportedly once gold-coloured, was made grey, and both death and life were given further ornaments. Standing before the original and examining the left interior edge of Josef Hoffmann’s frame for the painting, one can still discern traces of the subsequent over-painting, which was done by Klimt himself.
There is a picture of the first stage of the painting when Klimt made it in 1909/1910. It was reworked into what is posted. Here's the first stage.
May 27, 2022
Eva Libre
" La Clématite" (1934)
Emil Nolde
Watercolor on paper
May 27, 2022
Eva Libre
"Two Women Embracing", (1911)
Egon Schiele, Austrian (1890 - 1918)
May 28, 2022
Eva Libre
"Bodies have their own light which they consume to live: they burn, they are not lit from the outside."
Egon Schiele - born today in 1890
("The embrace", 1917)
Jun 12, 2022
Eva Libre
Today is the birthday of Egon Schiele (1890-1918)
Egon Schiele. Portrait of Wally Neuzil. 1912, oil on panel, 32 cm x 39.8 cm. Leopold Museum. Vienna.
A scandalous artist and a relaxed and devoted lover who never became a wife but gave the most inspirational period in his work.
Probably the most famous muse of Egon Schiele was Walburga / Wally Neuzil.
Jun 12, 2022
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"Fisherman Woman Coming to Bath her Children", (1881)
Virginie Demont-Breton, French (1859 - 1935)
Jun 25, 2022
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"Sunflower", (1908)
Egon Schiele ( 1890 - 1918 )
Jul 2, 2022
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"Annunciation", c. 1905
Paula Modersohn-Becker (German, 1876-1907)
Technic : oil on canvas
Gallery : Vatican Museum
Jul 4, 2022
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"A Rooster" , (1938)
Pablo Picasso ( 1881 - 1973 )
Jul 4, 2022
Mody Ibrahem
Thank you Eva for your inviting me to this lovely group
so beautiful really .
have a nice evening
Jul 4, 2022
Eva Libre
Gustav Klimt:
Stehender Akt im Profil nach links, den Kopf nach hinten gesenkt ('Standing nude in profile to the left, head bowed back', 1906/07)
Pencil
MoMA, New York
(Strobl s1599)
This is drawing that belongs to numerous studies of standing nudes or semi-nudes Klimt made in 1906 and 1907. Strobl mentions these were studies for the Stoclet Frieze.
Aug 17, 2022
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“Herbstsonne" (Autumn Sun), (1914)
Egon Schiele (Austrian, 1890-1918)
Technic : oil on canvas
Sep 1, 2022
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Henri Matisse painting in his last days of life.
Oct 24, 2022
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Endre Hegedüs, (Hungarian, 1913 - murdered 1945).
"The Garden of Eden", 1943, oil on canvas.
Hegedüs was killed in Mauthausen concentration camp in the Holocaust.
Nov 4, 2022
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"Girl with a Death Mask" , (1938)
Frida Kahlo (Mexican, 1907 - 1954)
Technic: oil on a tin plate
Gallery: Nagoya City Art Museum
Nov 6, 2022
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"Twelve Proverbs", (c.1558)
by Pieter Bruegel the Elder
and I feel exactly like this, today…
Nov 18, 2022
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"Schauspieler Maske" ("Actor’s Mask"), 1924.
Paul Klee
Technic: Oil on canvas mounted on board
Gallery: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Dec 5, 2022
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"Young Mother", (1914)
Egon Schiele
Technic: oil on canvas
Gallery: Wien Museum
Egon Schiele’s younger sister, Gertrude (Gerti), fell in love with his former Academy classmate and fellow Neukunstgruppe painter, Anton Peschka. She and Peschka married on November 24, 1914, and welcomed a son the following month.
The painting "Young Mother" was Egon's belated wedding gift to Gerti. Its subject, a nurturing, attentive maternal figure, attests to the artist’s high regard for his sister. Today in the collection of the @wienmuseum, "Young Mother" is one of two motherhood allegories Schiele executed in 1914, each representing one of the two types into which he believed humanity could be sorted: “noble spirits” (seen here) and “life-blind and incompetent people” (exemplified by the canvas “Blind Mother).
Kallir Research Institute
Dec 9, 2022
Luna Arjuna
Christmas greetings from Pablo Picasso.
Dec 22, 2022
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"Blue Bird"
by Viktoria Kalaichi (Ukraine)
May 28, 2023
Eva Libre
Oct 26, 2023
Rosmarie Heusser
Mar 7, 2024
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"A Mouse and a Frog Near a Pond"
From an illustrated edition of the works of Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī , aka Mawlānā (مولانا,) , Persia / Iran , 1073 AH / 1663 AD.
Jun 2, 2024
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"Strong Dream" (1929)
Paul Klee
Jul 19, 2024
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Egon Schiele:
Portrait of Friederike Maria Beer (1914) - Bildnis Friederike Maria Beer
Oil on canvas.
(Kallir P276)
Friederike Maria Beer (1891-1980) is the only person to be painted in oil by both Egon Schiele and Gustav Klimt. She is said to have paid 600 kronen for the Schiele portrait and 20,000 for the Klimt painting. Beer was the daughter of the proprietor of the successful Kaiser-Bar, a close friend of the painter Hans Böhler, and an ardent admirer of the Wiener Werkstätte.
Böhler introduced her to Schiele, who reported receiving the portrait commission on October 2, 1914; sittings apparently continued through mid-December. Beer wore a Wiener Werkstätte dress, which Schiele adorned with woven South American dolls. The pose (achieved by the subject lying face down with her arms wrapped around a pillow) is related to that in “Young Mother” and “Death and Maiden.”
Aug 1, 2024
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"Gatering Wood"
By Pierre-Edouard Frere (1819-1886).
Oct 19, 2024
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"Witch Country, Cushing", (1973)
by Andrew Wyeth
Muskegon Museum of Art, Michigan
https://muskegonartmuseum.org/.../witch-country-cushing/
Oct 31, 2024
Richard L
Nov 1, 2024
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"Decorating the Christmas Tree", (1898)
by Carl Larsson (Swedish, 1853-1919)
Dec 7, 2024
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"Glove puppet"
Self Portrait, (1924)
Paul Klee
Dec 15, 2024
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"Fantaisie de Noël", (1938)
Marc Chagall
Dec 24, 2024
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"On the Sleigh", (1958)
Marc Chagall
Dec 25, 2024
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Look closely in the right hand corner and you can see Tomi drew this Christmas image aged 5 years and 2 months.
#crayons
#fromthearchives
Musées de la Ville de Strasbourg / Diogenes Verlag AG, Zürich / Tomi Ungerer Estate
Dec 29, 2024
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from "The Travelling Musicians" - a story by the Brothers Grimm, (1944) illustrated by Hans Fischer .
Hans Fischer was born in Bern in 1909. He studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Geneva and then at the Ferdinand Léger Academy in Paris, before turning his talents to a variety of fields, including cartooning, caricature and theatre set design. German fairy tales, Swiss folklore and the fables of La Fontaine were his main sources of inspiration.In 1944, he published his first album, Pitschi, le petit chat qui voulait toujours autre chose, which was an international success. When he died in 1958, he left a prolific body of work.
Dec 29, 2024