I am for an art that takes its form from the lines of life itself, that twists and extends and accumulates and spits and drips, and is heavy and coarse and blunt and sweet and stupid as life itself - Claes OldenburgView All Tags | FAQ | AskTumblr (3.0; @a-r-t-history)http://a-r-t-history.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/99658c2ff1faeadba73537b0470d12e1/tumblr_mh7ao2hho01qj02z5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Xu Beihong, work from Cat Series, 1930’s</p>http://a-r-t-history.tumblr.com/post/41465521878http://a-r-t-history.tumblr.com/post/41465521878Fri, 25 Jan 2013 16:36:00 -0500xu beihongart historychinacats<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/5586bc2b269145a0f2148aa1f927ae4e/tumblr_mh7am2iDGZ1qj02z5o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/b5d7764c2dc7c1ad23f14be45562362d/tumblr_mh7am2iDGZ1qj02z5o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Xu Beihong, work from Magpie Series, 1940’s</p>http://a-r-t-history.tumblr.com/post/41465432559http://a-r-t-history.tumblr.com/post/41465432559Fri, 25 Jan 2013 16:34:00 -0500xu beihongchinapaintingart history<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/6b6842bfc7c9661fe153a0f751ba7787/tumblr_mh79zsDFsK1qj02z5o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/dd67d00acb03d903173c90a1455359e6/tumblr_mh79zsDFsK1qj02z5o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Xu Beihong, <em>Sound of the Flute</em>, 1926, oil on canvas</p>http://a-r-t-history.tumblr.com/post/41464497585http://a-r-t-history.tumblr.com/post/41464497585Fri, 25 Jan 2013 16:23:06 -0500xu beihongchinapaintingart history<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ff859eb97175eb171598114a761285c7/tumblr_mh79qkrEfn1qj02z5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Guan Zilan, <em>Portrait of Miss L</em>, 1929, oil on canvas</p>http://a-r-t-history.tumblr.com/post/41463942747http://a-r-t-history.tumblr.com/post/41463942747Fri, 25 Jan 2013 16:15:55 -0500guian zilanpaintingchinaart historymodernism<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/1822c163ad86b0f0618d79894d797d86/tumblr_mfb8aoXl4P1qj02z5o1_r2_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Willem de Kooning, <em>Untitled XXI</em>, 1982, oil on canvas (via <a href="http://www.philamuseum.org/collections/permanent/88822.html?mulR=31526%7C158">Philadelphia Museum of Art</a>)</p>http://a-r-t-history.tumblr.com/post/38665320047http://a-r-t-history.tumblr.com/post/38665320047Sun, 23 Dec 2012 18:45:23 -0500willem de kooningunited statesnetherlandspaintingabstract expressionismart historyphiladelphia museum of art<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/82aa7247ca599bcfd8831b49c8c8fe93/tumblr_mfb86qy0lZ1qj02z5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>René Magritte, <em>The Six Elements</em>, 1929, oil on canvas (via <a href="http://www.philamuseum.org/collections/permanent/51043.html?mulR=31526%7C145">Philadelphia Museum of Art</a>)</p>http://a-r-t-history.tumblr.com/post/38654876691http://a-r-t-history.tumblr.com/post/38654876691Sun, 23 Dec 2012 16:30:30 -0500rene magrittepaintingbelgiumart historyphiladelphia museum of artsurrealism<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/2b651ffbb05b175b9291b676b697c9bb/tumblr_mfb84g0Fqx1qj02z5o1_r1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Giorgio de Chirico, <em>The Soothsayer’s Recompense</em>, 1913, oil on canvas (via <a href="http://www.philamuseum.org/collections/permanent/51288.html?mulR=31526%7C146">Philadelphia Museum of Art</a>)</p>http://a-r-t-history.tumblr.com/post/38644586311http://a-r-t-history.tumblr.com/post/38644586311Sun, 23 Dec 2012 14:15:25 -0500giorgio de chiricoitalypaintingmetaphysical paintingsurrealismart historyphiladelphia museum of art<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ac4e233129890e8ee0e82c0d721a6af5/tumblr_mfb7xnfqpJ1qj02z5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Amedeo Modigliani, <em>Portrait of a Polish Woman</em>, 1919, oil on canvas (via <a href="http://www.philamuseum.org/collections/permanent/59575.html?mulR=19202%7C103">Philadelphia Museum of Art</a>)</p>http://a-r-t-history.tumblr.com/post/38580808972http://a-r-t-history.tumblr.com/post/38580808972Sat, 22 Dec 2012 18:45:34 -0500amadeo modiglianipaintingitalyart historyphiladelphia museum of art<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/373a010ea06cedd0c593616301d459f5/tumblr_mfb7uu5kQV1qj02z5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Joan Miró, <em>Painting (Fratellini)</em>, 1927, oil on canvas (via <a href="http://www.philamuseum.org/collections/permanent/52641.html?mulR=19202%7C98">Philadelphia Museum of Art</a>)</p>http://a-r-t-history.tumblr.com/post/38571025218http://a-r-t-history.tumblr.com/post/38571025218Sat, 22 Dec 2012 16:30:39 -0500joan mirospainart historypaintingphiladelphia museum of art<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/3af9789dc1ab6d5fd8a75fed67d27df9/tumblr_mfb7iaIZZC1qj02z5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Cy Twombly, <em>Fifty Days at Iliam: The Fire that Consumes All before It</em>, 1978, mixed media on canvas (via <a href="http://www.philamuseum.org/collections/permanent/85714.html?mulR=29051%7C49">Philadelphia Museum of Art</a>)</p>http://a-r-t-history.tumblr.com/post/38561262567http://a-r-t-history.tumblr.com/post/38561262567Sat, 22 Dec 2012 14:15:00 -0500cy twomblyunited statesart historypaintingphiladelphia museum of art<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/1b86ea34053b1353deb8c8676da794ae/tumblr_mfb7f5stRo1qj02z5o1_r2_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Joan Miró, <em>Female Nude</em>, 1926, oil on canvas (via <a href="http://www.philamuseum.org/collections/permanent/51062.html?mulR=29051%7C38">Philadelphia Museum of Art</a>)</p>http://a-r-t-history.tumblr.com/post/38500248253http://a-r-t-history.tumblr.com/post/38500248253Fri, 21 Dec 2012 18:46:37 -0500joan mirospainpaintingart historyphiladelphia museum of art<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/de96a80c4fc1d437f5bd6c9fd99208d1/tumblr_mfb6xupU2m1qj02z5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>John Singer Sargent, <em>In the Luxembourg Gardens</em>, 1879, oil on canvas (via <a href="http://www.philamuseum.org/collections/permanent/101764.html?mulR=1608%7C73">Philadelphia Museum of Art</a>)</p>http://a-r-t-history.tumblr.com/post/38492493386http://a-r-t-history.tumblr.com/post/38492493386Fri, 21 Dec 2012 17:02:55 -0500john singer sargentunited statespaintingart historyphiladelphia museum of art<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/60199416015c7cb50bb4c14651731fb1/tumblr_mfb6uz2KbZ1qj02z5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Santiago Rusiñol, <em>Interior of a Café</em>, 1892, oil on canvas (via <a href="http://www.philamuseum.org/collections/permanent/101761.html?mulR=1608%7C75">Philadelphia Museum of Art</a>)</p>http://a-r-t-history.tumblr.com/post/38480673615http://a-r-t-history.tumblr.com/post/38480673615Fri, 21 Dec 2012 14:15:47 -0500santiago rusinolspainpaintingart historyphiladelphia museum of artpost impressionism<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/fb453a28001a37ec89fbc9414d9bd442/tumblr_mfb6lghVJe1qj02z5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Alfred-Émile-Léopold Stevens, <em>Departing for the Promenade (Will You Go Out with Me, Fido?)</em>, 1859, oil on panel (via <a href="http://www.philamuseum.org/collections/permanent/104330.html?mulR=21431%7C43">Philadelphia Museum of Art</a>)</p>http://a-r-t-history.tumblr.com/post/38419080845http://a-r-t-history.tumblr.com/post/38419080845Thu, 20 Dec 2012 18:45:35 -0500art historyphiladelphia museum of art<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/c7f5fc9def540568dd67cbf6807a3773/tumblr_mfb6g4HwLY1qj02z5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Camille Pissarro, <em>Avenue de l’Opéra: Morning Sunshine</em>, 1989, oil on canvas  (via <a href="http://www.philamuseum.org/collections/permanent/86418.html?mulR=21431%7C10">Philadelphia Museum of Art</a>)</p>http://a-r-t-history.tumblr.com/post/38408327611http://a-r-t-history.tumblr.com/post/38408327611Thu, 20 Dec 2012 16:30:49 -0500camille pissarrofrancepaintingimpressionismart historyphiladelphia museum of art<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/8a93cec0c20122b787ad2f056131ab22/tumblr_mfb5zvXpXb1qj02z5o1_r1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, <em>At the Moulin Rouge: The Dance</em>, 1890, oil on canvas (via <a href="http://www.philamuseum.org/collections/permanent/82776.html?mulR=13232%7C2">Philadelphia Museum of Art</a>)</p>http://a-r-t-history.tumblr.com/post/38398571508http://a-r-t-history.tumblr.com/post/38398571508Thu, 20 Dec 2012 14:15:44 -0500henri de toulouse lautrecpaintingfrancepost impressionismart historyphiladelphia museum of art<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a79a6dc1571c2f1b4e316ceaed858e3d/tumblr_mf3fgbO6tm1qj02z5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Max Beckmann,<em> Night</em>, 1919</p>http://a-r-t-history.tumblr.com/post/38260690908http://a-r-t-history.tumblr.com/post/38260690908Tue, 18 Dec 2012 18:45:21 -0500max beckmannpaintinggermanynew objectivityart history<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/350e20cb4520fba0efa7ed17a13dfe92/tumblr_mf3fclB04A1qj02z5o1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Otto Dix, <em>Portrait of Sylvia von Harden</em>, 1926</p>http://a-r-t-history.tumblr.com/post/38249911460http://a-r-t-history.tumblr.com/post/38249911460Tue, 18 Dec 2012 16:30:25 -0500otto dixgermannew objectivitypaintingart historyNational Museum of Modern Art<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/11d6e29de3288ca5e40292e7309bdae0/tumblr_mf3f37hu0p1qj02z5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Balthus, <em>The Living Room</em>, 1941-43, oil on canvas (via <a href="http://www.artsmia.org/viewer/detail.php?v=12&id=1627">Minneapolis Institute of Arts</a>)</p>http://a-r-t-history.tumblr.com/post/38240544727http://a-r-t-history.tumblr.com/post/38240544727Tue, 18 Dec 2012 14:15:41 -0500balthusneoromanticismpaintingswitzerlandart historyminneapolis institute of arts<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/fe6870d9506b2ad6e7e0ecf8022b72d5/tumblr_mf3etzbbyF1qj02z5o1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Joan Miró, <em>The Farmer’s Wife</em>, 1922-23, oil on canvas</p>http://a-r-t-history.tumblr.com/post/38181640356http://a-r-t-history.tumblr.com/post/38181640356Mon, 17 Dec 2012 18:45:24 -0500joan mirospainpaintingart history