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Francis Bacon, Two Figures, 1953. Private collection. Two Figures (1953) (CR 53–24) is an oil painting by Francis Bacon, sometimes known as Two Figures on a Bed (or, affectionately, "The Buggers"). It measures 152.5 cm × 116.5 cm (60.0 in × 45.9 in), and is in a private collection. The painting depicts two naked men grappling with each ...
Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures) is a large acrylic-on-canvas pop art painting by British artist David Hockney, completed in May 1972.It measures 7 ft × 10 ft (2.1 m × 3.0 m), [1] and depicts two figures: one swimming underwater and one clothed male figure looking down at the swimmer.
Trees and Undergrowth is the subject of paintings that Vincent van Gogh made in Paris, Saint-Rémy and Auvers, from 1887 through 1890. Van Gogh made several paintings of undergrowth, a genre of painting known as sous-bois that was brought into prominence by artists of the Barbizon School and the early Impressionists. The works from this series ...
Figure Study I (Oil on canvas, 123 cm × 105.5 cm, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh) [4] Figure Study II (Oil on canvas, 145 cm x 129 cm, Huddersfield Art Gallery, Huddersfield) [2] 1946. Painting (Oil and pastel on linen, 197.8 cm × 132.1 cm (6.5 7/8 x 52 in), Museum of Modern Art, New York City) [5] 1947–48
A painting in which the painting itself, rather than the subject matter, is pre-eminent (vand der Veen and Knapp (2010) p. 164) References: Catalogues raisonnés: F773: Faille, Jacob Baart de la (1970) [1928] The Works of Vincent van Gogh. His Paintings and Drawings, Amsterdam: J.M. Meulenhoff, no. 773 .
Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion, C 1944. 94 cm x 74 cm (ea), Tate Britain, London. This work was the first painting Bacon was happy with and was an instant critical success. The themes it explores reoccur and are re-examined in many of his later panels and triptychs.
The Musicians or Concert of Youths (c. 1595) is a painting by the Italian Baroque master Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571–1610). [1] The work was commissioned by Cardinal Francesco Maria del Monte, who had an avid interest in music. [2] It is one of Caravaggio’s more complex paintings, with four figures that were likely painted from ...
These paintings each colorfully represent three figures wearing masks. The two figures in the center and left are wearing the costumes of Pierrot and Harlequin from the popular Italian theater Commedia dell'arte, and the figure on the right is dressed as a monk. [1] In one version, there also is a dog underneath the table.