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Harvest near Auvers (1890), a size 30 canvas, by Vincent van Gogh. French standard sizes for oil paintings refers to a series of different sized canvases for use by artists. The sizes were fixed in the 19th century. Most artists [weasel words] —not only French—used this standard, as it was supported by the main suppliers of artist materials ...
Big Painting No. 6 (sometimes Big Painting or Big Painting VI) is a 1965 oil and Magna on canvas painting by Roy Lichtenstein. Measuring 235 cm × 330 cm (92.5 in × 129 in), it is part of the Brushstrokes series of artworks that includes several paintings and sculptures whose subject is the actions made with a house-painter's brush.
The painting was executed two years after the revolutions of 1848 that provided a shock to the stable world embodied in the dusty solitude of the library. In the lower left corner of the painting an old faded globe can be seen; the bookworm is not interested in the outside world, but in the knowledge of the past.
Warrior is a painting created by American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat in 1982. It is interpreted as "a semi-autobiographical work championing his creative vision as a black artist." [1] In March 2021, the painting sold for $41.8 million at Christie's in Hong Kong, becoming the most expensive Western artwork sold at auction in Asia. [2]
My Wife's Lovers is a canvas painting by Austrian artist Carl Kahler (1856–1906) depicting forty-two of American millionaire Kate Birdsall Johnson's Turkish Angora and Persian cats. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The title of the painting was potentially conceived by her husband, [ 3 ] who may have referred to the cats with the phrase. [ 4 ]
No. 6 (Violet, Green and Red) is a 1951 painting by the Latvian-American expressionist artist Mark Rothko. It was painted in 1951. In common with Rothko's other works from this period, No. 6 consists of large expanses of colour delineated by uneven, hazy shades. In 2014, it became one of the most expensive paintings sold at auction.
The has the dimensions of 57.5 x 73 centimeters. It is in the collection of the Saarland Museum, in Saarbrücken. [1] [2] The picture depicts a young horse in the foreground, standing with its legs in a balanced position.
Some time after Marley's death, the painting was found at the site of an old brewery by an elderly Californian couple (as stated in their original eBay listing). [3] [4] The painting appeared on the auction website eBay in February 2000. According to the seller, the aforementioned couple, the painting carried some form of curse.