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Ad Parnassum
Paul Klee, oil on canvas, 1932 This is an interesting work. It represents the culmination of a series of experiments by Klee, who sought to redefine the traditional system of colour representation in a radial pattern around an axis consisting of red, yellow and blue (the three primary colours). Klee drew inspiration from nature and… Read more →
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Roy Lichtenstein
Blondes, beds, and black-and-white works sum up this selection of Roy Lichtenstein’s series, based on an exhibition mounted at Vienna’s famous Kunsthaus Bregenz in 2005. This substantial catalogue contains 80 essential color reproductions, some in high-quality foldouts, under three thematic groupings: early black-and-white works of the 60s; the woman as motif in his paintings from… Read more →
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Roy Lichtenstein: Beginning to End
The Fundacion Juan March (Madrid) presents a selection of 97 works created between 1966 and 1997 by Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997) who, together with Andy Warhol, was one of the major exponents of American Pop Art. Organized in collaboration with the Roy Lichtenstein Foundation in New York and curated by Jack Cowart, this book offers for… Read more →
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New York Movie
Edward Hopper, oil on canvas, 1939 This painting has an interesting balance, with two distinct regions that contrast with one another in theme, tone and light. The woman appears isolated from the rest of the audience — waiting for someone, perhaps — or is she merely the usher waiting for the film’s end? Read more →
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Chop Suey
Edward Hopper, oil on canvas, 1929 I like the conversational quality of this painting; one can readily imagine the atmosphere within the second story of this Asian café, with its grimy windows and sunlit tables. The half-cropped woman at the left, and the vacant expression of the facing woman, lend an unresolved feeling to the… Read more →
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Nighthawks
Edward Hopper, oil on canvas, 1942 Edward Hopper (1882–1967) was an American painter who lived in New York. Nighthawks has often been described as conveying loneliness and desolation through its emptiness and isolated, anonymous actors. Hopper denied any conscious intention: ‘I didn’t see it as particularly lonely … Unconsciously, probably, I was painting the loneliness… Read more →