Dramatic 20th Century Art

Powerful and expressive artwork reflecting significant historical events and mythology, utilizing intense colors and dynamic compositions.

FALCH Johann(1687-1727) Butterflies and a lizard Oil on copper 36x29 State Pushkin Museum of Fane Arts Moscow

ARTE SIGLO XX. JAPON. ASIA. MARUKI, Iri. Pintor japonés que sufrió la tragedia de Hiroshima. "AGUA". Detalle de un biombo de 8 x 3 m., que representa las escenas vividas algunos instantes después de la explosión de la bomba atómica sobre la ciudad.

Ceiling painting, St., Saint, Saint

Enric Cristòfor Ricart i Nin / 'El Dragón', 1926, Óleo sobre lienzo. Museu Victor Balaguer, Vilanova i la Geltrú.

Bullocks dragging siege-guns up hill during Akbar's attack on Ranthambhor Fort, 1568

Uzume awakens the curiosity of Ama-terasu

'The Martyrdom of Saint Maurice' (detail), 1580-1582, Oil on canvas. Author: EL GRECO-Domenikos Theotokopoulos (1540-1614). Location: MONASTERIO-PINTURA. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.

Tom sees three little girls swimming with fish under the water. Date: 1920

The Mission of Virgil, 1824-27. William Blake. Blake was an extraordinarily individual visionary whose work epitomises the most famous quality of British art - its literary nature. Even when illustrating the work of other authors, Blake applied his own symbolism and world-view so that his illustrations are often really interpretations. Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery own six watercolours from Blake's series of designs for illustrations to Dante's 'Divine Comedy' in which Virgil guides Dante through the stages of his spiritual salvation. Blake's view that organised religion is cruel and oppressive is shown here in the two figures at the top of the image representing Jehovah the 'Angry God', and religious and imperial power. The figures in flames represent mankind enslaved by ignorance and the repression of natural desires. Dante is shown from behind as he is about to step forward to the next stage of his own salvation.

FALCH Johann(1687-1727) Butterflies and a lizard Oil on copper 36x29 State Pushkin Museum of Fane Arts Moscow

Design for wallpaper featuring shells, waterlilies, and cattails. Artist: Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise (French, died 1897); Eugène-Pierre Gourdet (French, born Paris, 1820-1889). Dimensions: image: 7 1/4 x 6 13/16 in. (18.4 x 17.3 cm). Date: 1830-97. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Sodome, by Savinio Alberto (Andrea de Chirico), 1929, 20th Century, oil on canvas. Private collection. Whole artwork. Surreal dream vision shapes: forms pink white black gray violet.

Mosaic at the Berlin-Tierpark U-Bahn or underground station, Berlin, Germany, Europe

Woman looking at stars by William Blake, Black chalk, watercolor on paper, between 1816 and 1820, 1757-1827, Usa, New York, The Morgan Library & Museum,

Christ Walking on the Water'. Alexander Ivanov (c1840-1875) Russian artist.Tretiakov Gallery, Moscow.

Siyah Kalem or 'Black Pen' is the name given to the 15th century school of painting attributed to Mehmed Siyah Kalem. Nothing is known of his life, but his work indicates that he was of Central Asian Turkic origin, and thoroughly familiar with camp and military life. The paintings appear in the 'Conquerors Albums', so named because two portraits of Sultan Mehmed II the Conqueror are present in one of them. The albums are made up of miniatures taken from manuscripts of the 14th, 15th, and early 16th centuries, and one series of paintings is inscribed 'work of Master Muḥammad Siyah Kalem'. Something of the style and techniques of Chinese paintings is apparent in these, and an acquaintance with Buddhist art, particularly in the depictions of grotesque demonic figures. It seems likely that certain paintings contained in the 'Conqueror's Albums' are of Chinese origin and may have been used as stylistic guides for painters in the Siyah Kalem tradition.

PINTURA MURAL DE SANT ESTEVE D´ANDORRA LA VIEJA. Author: MESTRE D'ANDORRA.

The Wheelbarrow; La Brouette. Salvador Dali (1904-1989). Watercolour, pen and ink and pencil on paper. Signed and dated 1944. 16.2 x 26.4cm.

ENSOR, James (1860-1949). Theatre of Masks. 1908. Expressionism. Oil on canvas. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum of Art.

The Vision of Saint John, El Greco, 1608-1614, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Manhattan, New York City, USA, North America

Tropical Garden. Glyn Warren Philpot (1884-1937). Oil on canvas. Painted early in 1935. 216 x 183cm

VISTA Y PLANO DE TOLEDO - DET DE LA VIRGEN MARIA CON LA CASULLA DE SAN ILDEFONSO - 1608/1614 - RENACIMIENTO ESPAÑOL/MANIERISMO ESPAÑOL- Conj 313. Author: EL GRECO. Location: CASA MUSEO DEL GRECO-COLECCION. SPAIN.

Flowers in a Vase on a Stand with Asparagus, Lobsters, Oysters and Fish. Dragutin Inkiostri-Medensak (1866-1942). Oil on canvas. 109 x 73cm.

The Good Samaritan, by Vincent van Gogh, 1890, Kroller-Muller Museum, Hoge Veluwe National Park, Otterlo, Netherlands, Europe

CERAMICA DE TALAVERA - SAN SEBASTIAN - SIGLO XVI. Location: CASA MUSEO DEL GRECO-COLECCION. Toledo. SPAIN.

Watercolor and cover color work by Adolf Böhm depicting a church interior with a female figure bent over a golden tomb, emphasizing architectural and figurative details.

Mauri Dance , Fine Art

Mehmed Siyah-Kalem was a 15th-century artist known solely by the attribution of his name to a remarkable series of paintings preserved in the Imperial Ottoman Palace Library (Topkapi Saray). Nothing is known of his life, but his work indicates that he was of Central Asian (presumably Turkish) origin, probably from Iran or Turkestan, and thoroughly familiar with camp and military life. His paintings appear in the 'Conqueror's Albums', so named because they contain two portraits of Sultan Mehmed II the Conqueror.

HORDA - 1927. Author: Max Ernst (1891-1976). Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPAIN.

'Temptation (Adam and Eve)'. France, Circa 1910. Dimensions: 73x60 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: OTHON FRIESZ.

BOVEDA AL FRESCO-1699/1701. Author: ANTONIO PALOMINO Y VELASCO (1655-1726). Location: IGLESIA DE LOS SANTOS JUANES. Valencia. SPAIN.

The Four Elements. Ernest Procter (1886-1935). Oil on canvas. Signed and dated 1928. 60 x 48in

Saturn Devouring His Son depicts the Greek Myth of the Titan Cronus eating one of his children, out of fear that they would overthrow him. By Francisco Goya (1746 -1828) Spanish romantic painter. Dated 1823

The Album. Artist: Édouard Vuillard (French, Cuiseaux 1868-1940 La Baule). Dimensions: 26 3/4 x 80 1/2 in. (67.9 x 204.5 cm). Date: 1895.In 1894-95, Thadée and Misia Natanson commissioned from Vuillard a series of five decorative panels known collectively as "The Album." The unusual character of these works matched that of the Natansons' Paris apartment, a large open space adjoined by several small alcove areas. Its unconventional decor reflected Misia's taste, which was inspired by the English Arts and Crafts movement. The apartment often served as an alternative office for Thadée's lively avant-garde journal, "La Revue blanche." Among the contributors to this influential publication were Claude Debussy, Léon Blum, Stéphane Mallarmé, and André Gide. The evocative Symbolist qualities of Mallarmé's poetry and Debussy's music find echoes in Vuillard's five panels, which take their name from this painting. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Spanish school. First page of the first number of the review "Minotaure". Portada del N°1 de la revista "Minotaure". 1/6/1933. Madrid, present of the National Society of the International Expositions in Spain (SEEI) Marti Gasull. Author: PABLO PICASSO. Location: SEEI. MADRID. SPAIN.

The Faithful Spouse, by Savinio Alberto (Andrea de Chirico), 20th Century, 1929, oil on canvas, cm 81 x 64

Untitled (Knight and fairy creatures), England, by Richard Corbould. Gift of Archdeacon F.H.D. Smythe, 1957.

Netherlands, Lion Cachet, Carel Adolph, De Barmhartige Samaritaan, 1896, print, prent, prints, Nederlands, 1864-11-28 - 1945-05-15, print maker, printmaker, paper, papier, kleurlithografie (process), Expression creation

Vrubel, Mikhail Alexandrovich (1856-1910) State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow Painting 317x133,8 Mythology, Allegory and Literature Venus, Amor and Paris (Triptych ""The Judgment of Paris"", central part)

Friesz, Achille-Emile-Othon (1879-1949) State Hermitage, St. Petersburg c. 1910 73x60 Oil on canvas Modern France Bible

Angel, Robert Anning Bell (London, England, 1863 - 1933) c.1890

Austria, Vienna, Illustration of Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy (Heaven, Song XI) by Franz von Bayros, detail

Bust of Voltaire number1 by Salvador Dali, oil on canvas, 1941, 1904-1989, Private Collection

Fireworks and illumination on the occasion of the Treaty of Abo on September 15th, 1743 by Anonymous / State Hermitage, St. Petersburg/ Mid of the 18th cen./ Russia/ Watercolour, Gouache on cardboard/ Rococo/ History

DETALLES DE LA FIRMA DEL CUADRO "LA INMACULADA CONCEPCION". AUTOR: DOMENIKOS THEOTHOKOPOULOS, EL GRECO. EN EL MUSEO DE SANTA CRUZ, Nº INVENTARIO 1277. (1608-1613, OLEO SOBRE LIENZO, DEPOSITO DE LA PARROQUIA DE SAN NICOLAS DE BARI, TOLEDO).

Siren. Artist: Henri-Arthur Lefort, Des Ylouses, French, 1846-1912

Madonna of the Rose Garden, 1420-1435, attributed to Stefano da Verona (ca 1374-1438) or Michelino da Besozzo (active late 14th and early 15th century), tempera on panel. Detail.

Untitled. Oil on paper mounted on paperboard. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

The Rhine Maidens teasing Alberich - Das Rheingold (The Rhinegold) Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung)

Johan Thorn Prikker, Monumental drawing watercolor, pasted on canvas, in two parts: The Sower, drawing watercolor pastel material paper linen each, Rotterdam 1910: bought by K.E. Osthaus by Thorn Prikker for 600 Mark

Dead soldier by Vasili Vasilyevich Vereshchagin, oil on canvas , 1870s-1880s, 1842-1904, Russia, Mykolaiv , Regional W. Wereshchagin Art Museum, 455x278

The Underworld, Francois de Nome, (c1593-c1644/French)

Polar lands imagined above Greenland. Date/Period: 1575 - 1586. Oil painting on wood. Height: 115 mm (4.52 in); Width: 57 mm (2.24 in). Author: STEFANO BONSIGNORI.

Couple romancing on a couch

Joaquín Torres García / Frescos del Salón de Sant Jordi. Palau de la Generalitat de Barcelona, 1913-1914.

OSWALDO PUGLIESE - 1992 - ACRILICO/LIENZO - 120x120. Author: CARLOS SANCHEZ PERES (1958-2018) CEESEPE. Location: III MOSTRA UNION FENOSA (1993). LA CORUNA. A CORUÑA. SPAIN.

Apocalypse of Angers: The Grand Prostitute Detail: The Prostitute (no. 64) 1373-1387 Nicolas Bataille (ca.1363-1400 French) Tapestry Museum of Tapestries, Angers, France

The Legend of Theodelinda, by Zavattari (brothers), 1430 - 1448, 15th Century, fresco. Italy. Lombardy. Monza Brianza. Monza. Cathedral. The Legend of Theodelinda of Theodelinda and Agilulf Hunting. Detail. Scene 31. Horse headdress/headgear hat tiercel/tercel/falcon bird young man/boy black gold reins/bridle

The Majesty, by Martini Simone, 1313 - 1315, 14th Century, fresco. Italy, Tuscany, Siena, Palazzo Pubblico, Sala del Mappamondo. Detail. Right hand of St John the Baptist (on the right side of the throne) light blue: azure green red blue brown hues: shades.

PINTURA. Author: LUCIO MUÑOZ (1929-1998). Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Thanatos on the gravestone, grave of Dr. jur. Georg Ludwig Ritter von Maurer, 1790-1872, privy council, Alter Suedfriedhof Cemetery, Munich, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Detail of bear-hunt from the Devonshire Hunting Tapestries, 15th century. Artist: Unknown

Illustration from 'Fleur de Neige (Snow Flower)', by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm. Illustration by Kay Nielsen, 1925

Chinese Coromandel lacquered screen manufactured for a European market 1600-1700

Painting titled 'Archangel Michael' by Blasco de Grañén, Gothic painter from the 15th Century. Dated 15th Century

POLIFEMO - 1988. Author: GUILLERMO PEREZ VILLALTA. Location: GALERIA SOLEDAD LORENZO. MADRID. SPAIN. POLYPHEM. ULISES.

untitled work 1970 by Ljubomir "Ljuba" Popovic (1934 - 2016), Serbian surrealist painter. He is renowned for his many erotic and unconventionally juxtaposed subject matters.

Digitally restored, Der Bauer heimlich bei Nacht am Fenster seiner Geliebten, Kupferstich aus Augsburg, Veroeffentlichung aus dem Jahr 1882, Digitally improved:, The farmer secretly at night at the window of his beloved, copper engraving of Augsburg, publication from the year 1882

Illustration by Leon Carre, for the 1924 edition of the 'Garden of gems' by Leonard Rosenthal (1874 - 1955 ), a French diamond dealer and businessman from Dagestan

Muses of Paris (Les Muses Parisiennes) Jules Joseph Lefebvre (1836-1912/French) Hotel de Ville, Paris

Ancient Roman fresco with birds and tragic theatre mask, 1st Century

Roman fresco depicting God Dionysus with a bunch of grapes. In the background, Mount Vesuvius. 62-79 AD. House of the Centennial, Pompeii. National Archaeological Museum. Naples. Italy.

Portion of the Central Panel of 'The Garden of Worldly Delights' by Hieronymus Bosch (1450-1516) Early Netherlandish painter. Dated 16th Century

Poseidon rises with his chariot from the sea, Detail of Map of Liguria, Gallery of Maps, Vatican Museums, Rome, Italy

Scene from medieval romances Princesse lointaine by Mikhail Alexandrovich Vrubel, Oil on canvas, 1896, 1856-1910, Russia, Moscow, State Tretyakov Gallery, 75x140

Swedish embroidery of Adam, Eve, and the serpent, 19th century. Artist: Unknown

St Peter.Artist, El Greco (Dominico Theotocopuli - 1545/50-1614) Pitti Palace.

The Sacred Elephant (Péri). Date/Period: 1882. Drawing. Watercolour and gouache on paper Watercolour and gouache on paper. Height: 570 mm (22.44 in); Width: 435 mm (17.12 in). Author: GUSTAVE MOREAU.

Ramon de Mur / El infierno, detalle del 'Retablo de Guimerá', 1412, siglo XV, proveniente de Guimera, Urgell. Museu d'Art Medieval MEV.

Lady of Shalott, Art

Sokoli zlot dzielnicowy. 15-16 VIII 1925 Warszawa. Nowina-Przybylski, Wacław (1869-1933), author, Zakłady Graficzne B. Wierzbicki i S-ka w Warszawie, printing house, Sokół, Polskie Towarzystwo Gimnastyczne (Lwów ; towarzystwo sportowe ; 1860-1939), ordering party

Avenue of the Opera; Avenue de l'Opera. Marc Chagall (1887-1985). Oil on canvas. 54.5 x 45.6cm.

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 25, 'A Long Story.', William Blake, 1757-1827, British, between 1797 and 1798, Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page, Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm), angels, arches, bricks, building, cathedral, coat of arms, dancing, fairies, literary theme, mask, men, mortar, pinnacles, religious and mythological subject, ruff, sceptre, stained glass, text, vaulted, women

Light of Astronomy panel in the Spectrum of Light ceiling mural representing civilization. Carl Gutherz (1844-1907) Swiss-born painter. House Members Room, Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.

Detail of a fresco showing the garden of Eden

T. P. Chernyshev. Sketch of the panel "Call" for the decoration of the Metal Plant near Okhta in Petrograd by November 7, 1918.

Khusraw Discovers Shirin Bathing, From Pictorial Cycle of Eight Poetic Subjects. Date/Period: Mid 18th century. Painting. Oil on canvas. Author: UNKNOWN.

Recognition of Achilles, House of Castor and Pollux, Pompei, Volume 1, plate IV by Fausto and Felice Niccolini

According to Greek mythology (Roman as well), Charon was described as an old man who ferried the souls of th dead across the River Styx and Acheron to Hades. To be able to get on Charon's boat, a dead person need to have a coin for the passage. Thus it was customary for a coin to be placed in the mouth of a dead perosn before burial. In this illustration that deates to aroun 1900, the ferryman Charon is seen selection those who have the coin and therefore can come on his boat.

Scene tile, figure sitting on the back of merman, corner motif spider, wall tile tile sculpture ceramic earthenware glaze, baked 2x glazed painted Yellow shard square two nail holes. Blue and purple pull on white fond mythology Triton

The Pillar of Fire, by Robusti Jacopo known as Tintoretto, 1577, 16th Century, fresco. Italy, Veneto, Venice, Scuola Grande di San Rocco, Upper Hall. Whole artwork. Ceiling tondo Israelites people men prophet guide clothes: dress drapery: draping sky bright light clouds fire orange pink.

By one's own strength I, Mucha, Alfons Marie (1860-1939)

PAVIMENTO DE LA SALA DEL TRONO - ARBOL FRUTAL - MOSAICO DE ARTE OMEYA - SIGLO VIII. Location: CASTILLO DE JIRBAT AL-MAFYAR. JERICHO.

Italy, Rome, painting of Cain and Abel from Scipione

Black Sun; Sol Niger. Leonora Carrington (1917-2011). Oil on canvas. Painted in 1975. 60.5 x 100.2cm.

The Zodiac and the Costellations, 1574, detail from the fresco on the ceiling of the Hall of Maps, Palazzo Farnese at Caprarola. Italy, 16th century.

JOSE GUTIERREZ SOLANA. PINTOR ESPAÑOL . MADRID 1886 - 1945. " MASCARAS BAILANDO DEL BRAZO " , OLEO 1938. FUNDACION CULTURAL MAPFRE VIDA . MADRID. ATENCION: AUTOR CONTEMPORANEO SUJETO A COPYRIGHT ©. EL CLIENTE FINAL ES RESPONSABLE DE LA GESTION DE LOS DERECHOS DE AUTOR CON LAS SOCIEDADES EXISTENTES DE GESTION DE DERECHOS O DIRECTAMENTE CON LOS ORGANISMOS TITULARES DE LOS MISMOS.

The Island ofPeace. Artist: Heinrich Vogeler, German, 1872-1942

An old man holds up the world - a promotional postcard (in a similar style to William Blake) for a Danish Exhibition. A more modern take on the myth of the ancient God Atlas, who held up the world. Date: 1901

Study for 'Stella Funesta' ('The Evil Star'). Elihu Vedder (United States, New York, New York City, 1836-1923). United States, circa 1892. Drawings. Charcoal and pastel on blue paper

ANUNCIACION - BOCETO PARA VIDRIERA DEL CENTRO DE LA TERCERA EDAD- 1996- 56 X 76 CM-TECNICA MIXTA/PAP. Author: GUILLERMO PEREZ VILLALTA. Location: GALERIA SOLEDAD LORENZO. MADRID. SPAIN. VIRGIN MARY.

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