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This is a list of public art by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen, also termed their "large scale projects". Oldenburg (1929-2022) and van Bruggen (1942–2009) were married Swedish-American and American-Dutch sculptors (respectively), best known for their Installation art typically featuring very large replicas of everyday objects.
(The Large Bathers) 1884–87: 115 cm × 170 cm (45 in × 67 in) Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania The Daughters of Catulle Mendès: 1888: 61.9 cm × 129.9 cm (24.4 in × 51.1 in) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, New York [36] Young Woman with a Blue Ribbon (French: Jeune fille au ruban bleu) 1888
The fireplace mantel or mantelpiece, also known as a chimneypiece, originated in medieval times as a hood that projected over a fire grate to catch the smoke. The term has evolved to include the decorative framework around the fireplace , and can include elaborate designs extending to the ceiling.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York: The Allegory of Painting, also known as The Art of Painting: 1666–67 or c. 1666–68 [8] Oil on canvas, 100 × 120 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna: Mistress and Maid, also known as Lady with her Maidservant Holding a Letter: 1667/68 Oil on canvas, 90.2 × 78.7 cm Frick Collection, New York
Typical French craquelure in a portrait from c. 1750, larger and less regular patterns, with curving cracks. Painting systems are composed of complex layers with unique mechanical properties that depend on the type of drying oil or paint medium used and the presence of paint additives, such as organic solvents, surfactants, and plasticizers.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art: 72: Portrait of a 40-year-old Man: 1632: Oil on panel: 75.6 x 52.1: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York: 73: Portrait of a 39-year-old Woman: 1632: Oil on panel: 74.5 x 55: Nivaagaards Malerisamling: 74: The hand and the booklet were added by another painter Portrait of a 62-year-old Woman, possibly Aeltje ...
In "Art and Objecthood", Michael Fried derisively labels art that acknowledges the viewer as "theatrical" (Fried 45). There is a strong parallel between installation and theater: both play to a viewer who is expected to be at once immersed in the sensory / narrative experience that surrounds him and maintain a degree of self-identity as a viewer.
The sale of Vincent van Gogh's Sunflowers was the first time a "modern" (in this case 1888) painting became the record holder. Old master paintings had previously dominated the market. [ 3 ] In contrast, there are currently only nine pre-1875 paintings among the listed top 89, and none created between 1635 and 1874.