Author: Max Beckmann Dimensions: 133 cm × 153 cm Support: Oil on canvas Interpretation: Three men appear to invade a small, cramped room, where they terrorize the scene. To the left, a man is hung by one of the intruders, and his arm twisted by another. A woman, seemingly the man's wife, is bound to one of the room's supports after … [Read more...] about The Night – Max Beckmann
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Violent Passages – Louise Woodard
Title: Violent Passages Author: Louise Woodard Year: 1989 Foundation: National Headache Foundation "Violent Passages" is a time-lapse painting of the artist's migraine sequence as she sees it. Her work focuses on the pain surrounding her eye and the confusion she feels, especially with numbers, as a result of the migraine." (Cited from "Migraine … [Read more...] about Violent Passages – Louise Woodard
Perseus with the head of Medusa – Rigoberto A. Gonzalez
Author: Rigoberto A. Gonzalez Title: Perseus with the head of Medusa Support: Oil on linen Dimensions: 7 feet tall by 5 1/2 feet wide Rigoberto Gonzalez’s Baroque-inspired paintings explore contemporary issues affecting the Texas-Mexico border region. The figures in his paintings, drawn from both historic and contemporary corridos (or Mexican folk … [Read more...] about Perseus with the head of Medusa – Rigoberto A. Gonzalez
Death of Silence – Angela Dufresne
Artist: Angela Dufresne Title: Death of Silence or Jean-Louis Trintignant Year: 2013 Support: oil on canvas Dimensions: 10 by 13 inches. Courtesy of the artist and Monya Rowe Gallery, New York. Angela Dufresne (born 1969) is a painter originally from Connecticut who is based in Brooklyn. Dufresne received a BFA in 1991 from the Kansas City Art Institute and … [Read more...] about Death of Silence – Angela Dufresne
Punishment of Marsyas – Tiziano
Artist: Tiziano Year: 1570–1576 Type: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 212 × 207 cm Location: National Museum, Kroměříž The Punishment of Marsyas (also known as The Flaying of Marsyas) is a painting by the Italian late Renaissance artist Titian, executed around 1570-1576. It is currently housed in National Museum in Kroměříž, in the Czech Republic. It's … [Read more...] about Punishment of Marsyas – Tiziano
