Francis Picabia

Edtaonisl is a piece by Francis Picabia. It translates to Clergyman. This piece is interesting due to the variety created by different shapes. They all pull together very well to make an interesting artwork. This was created in 1913.

Comic Wedlock is also an interesting piece by Francis Picabia. He uses interesting and organic shapes to again create a piece. The colors and gradients used make it very pleasing to look at. This was created in 1914 and is located at the MoMA.

Post-Impressionism

Starry Night Over the Rhône is by Vincent Van Gogh. It is located at the Musée d'Orsay and was painted in 1888. Similar to Starry Night the colors are very pleasing to look at and the texture makes the piece even more interesting.

The Persistence of Memory by Salvador Dali is very intriguing due to the odd objects he includes in irregular forms such as the dropping clocks and branch extending from the block. The colors are also very warm and dreamlike. It was painted in 1931 and is located in Museum of Modern Art.

January Art Pieces

Water Lily Pond is an oil on canvas piece by Claude Monet. It was created in 1899 and is currently located at the MET. This piece is very pleasing and calming to look at because of the color palette used which is very natural and the shapes and lines are very organic.

The Storm on the Sea of Galilee is a piece by Rembrandt that was painted in 1633 and was held at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. This piece depicts a scene of a storm very well with the intense contrast of dark clouds with a break of sunlight against the wave. It creates a sense of instability with the tilting ship and light and dark on opposite sides of the piece.

December Artists

Chasse with the Crucifixion and Christ in Majesty is a alter furnishing created in around 1180–90. This piece is very interesting because the colors used are very pleasant and the subject is unique. It is currently held at the MET and was a gift from J. Pierpont Morgan in 1917.

Evening: Landscape with an Aqueduct is by Théodore Gericault created in 1818. It is an oil on canvas. This piece is intriguing because of the contrast used that really bring out the landscape and gives it a very majestic and neverending feeling. This is also located at the MET

Feminist Artworks

Judy Chicago's The Dinner Party is one of the most famous feminist artworks ever known. It is located at the Center for Feminist Art at the Brooklyn Museum. This installation consists of thirty-nine place settings honoring different woman of history. 999 names of other woman were inscribed on the floor below the table. This piece is interesting to me because it takes something as mundane as a table and makes it a statement for feminism.

Suzanne Lacy's Three Weeks of May works against violence against woman. This was a three-week performance with one being them marking up the sidewalk where two woman were raped with an outline of a body such like that the police would do for a murder victim. These performances addressed something very serious that many people seem to ignore and place outside of their realm of reality.

O'Keeffe

Abstraction White Rose is a painting by Georgia O'Keeffe painted in 1927. This piece uses contrast to create realism and makes the flower pop out. She also uses a very cool color palette that is very pleasing to look at. This piece is currently at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

This is Music Pink and Blue painted in 1918. The colors in this piece are very soft and complement each other very well. She uses complimentary colors such as orange and blue and it looks very captivating. This is currently located at the MoMa.

M.C. Escher

Hand with Reflecting Globe by Escher is very interesting to me because it is very detailed and seems abstract even though it isn't and is just the warping by the spherical shape of the globe. He uses contrast to create shapes in the piece and shadows in the hand to make it seem very realistic. This piece is currently at the Cordon Art Baarn and was first printed in 1935.

Stars is another piece by M.C. Escher. This piece is interesting because of the concept of life and death intertwined. The shapes used are very intricately placed to make it seem like there is a complex form popping out of the page. He uses value to create realism in the piece. This is also at Cordon Art Baarn and was made in 1948.