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Cow's Skull: Red, White, and Blue is a painting by American artist Georgia O'Keeffe.It depicts a cow skull centered in front of what appears to be a cloth background. In the center of the background is a vertical black stripe, surrounded by two vertical stripes of white laced with blue.
Skull art is found in various cultures of the world. Indigenous Mexican art celebrates the skeleton and uses it as a regular motif. The use of skulls and skeletons in art originated before the Conquest : The Aztecs excelled in stone sculptures and created striking carvings of their Gods. [ 1 ]
Untitled is a painting created by Haitian American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat in 1982. The artwork, which depicts a skull, is among the most expensive paintings ever. In May 2017, it sold for $110.5 million at Sotheby's, the highest price ever paid at auction for artwork by an American artist in a public sale.
Pages in category "Skulls in art" The following 107 pages are in this category, out of 107 total. ... Cow's Skull: Red, White, and Blue; Crucifixion (van Dyck)
Elder had a major exhibition of his works in an art gallery in 1972. Elder is best known for creating the painted skulls used in the cover artwork for The Eagles' 1975 album One of These Nights and their compilation album Their Greatest Hits (1971–1975). [3] On October 16, 2018, Elder died of natural causes in San Marcos, Texas.
Charles Marion Russell (March 19, 1864 – October 24, 1926), [1] [2] also known as C. M. Russell, Charlie Russell, and "Kid" Russell, was an American artist of the American Old West.
Red Skull was executed in 1982, which is considered Basquiat's most valuable year. [2] His top three most expensive paintings sold at auction all date to 1982. The success of his first American solo exhibit at the Annina Nosei Gallery in March 1982 led to a string of major solo exhibitions internationally.
Art historian Britta Benke argues that due to "its meditative contemplation of individual objects", Summer Days is closer to a still life composition than to a landscape painting. [11] Author Marjorie P. Balge-Crozier suggests that there is an art historical precedent to O'Keefe's combination of still life and landscape imagery seen in Summer Days.