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100 Great Paintings. 100 Great Paintings is a British television series broadcast in 1980 on BBC Two, devised by Edwin Mullins. [ 1 ] He chose 20 thematic groups, such as war, the Adoration, the language of colour, the hunt, and bathing, picking five paintings from each. [ 2 ] The selection ranges from 12th-century China through the 1950s, with ...
Many valuable paintings have been stolen.The paintings listed are from masters of Western art which are valued in millions of U.S. dollars.The US FBI maintains a list of "Top Ten Art Crimes"; [1] a 2006 book by Simon Houpt, [2] a 2018 book by Noah Charney, [3] and several other media outlets have profiled the most significant outstanding losses.
This is a list of paintings and drawings by the 17th-century Spanish artist Diego Velázquez. Velázquez is estimated to have produced between only 110 and 120 known canvases. [ 1 ] Among these paintings, however, are many widely known and influential works.
Edwin Mullins. Edwin Brandt Mullins (14 September 1933 – 22 January 2024) was a British art critic, novelist, and television presenter. [1] Among his books are a monograph on Georges Braque, ‘Swimming with Dali’ and ‘Van Gogh: The Asylum Year’. His television series include A Love Affair with Nature (Channel 4, 1985) [2] and 100 Great ...
Gemäldegalerie (Berlin) Venus and Adonis - many different versions, with varying contributions by Titian himself. See ones in the Prado and New York above. c. 1560. 187 × 184 cm. Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica (Rome) Madonna and Child with Saints Luke and Catherine of Alexandria. c. 1560. 127.8 × 169.7 cm.
Many early portrayals of Danaë were erotic; other paintings completed in similar style are Klimt's Medicine(1900– 1907), and No. 16, Water Snakes(1904–1907). [12] 20. 1905–1909 – Tree of Life(carton/panel, 138.8 cm × 102 cm) Central panel for the mural at the Palais Stocletin Brussels.
47 cm × 35 cm (18 + 1 ⁄ 2 in × 13 + 3 ⁄ 4 in) Kimbell Art Museum, purchased from Sotheby's auction, Catalogue of Old Masters sale (Lot No. 69), 9 July 2008 by Adam Williams Fine Art, New York, as "Workshop of Domenico Ghirlandaio". Subsequently purchased by the Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas and attributed to Michelangelo. [10] [11]
This is an incomplete list of paintings by Impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Renoir painted about 4000 paintings that have sold at auction for as much as $78.1 million (in 1990). [1][2] The largest collection of Renoir paintings is at the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. [3]