Edvard Munch (pronounced [mʉŋk], December 12, 1863 – January 23, 1944) was a Norwegian Symbolist painter, printmaker, and an important forerunner of expressionistic art. His best-known composition, The Scream is one of the pieces in a series titled The Frieze of Life, in which Munch explored the themes of life, love, fear, death, and melancholy.
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Source: The Seattle Times
WASHINGTON — Stored inside a laptop at FBI headquarters are photos of thousands of paintings, sculptures and artifacts, works by Vincent Van Gogh and Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso and Paul Cezanne — international treasures worth millions of dollars each. ...
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Source: Forbes
Come June, there will be plenty of Munch to go around. You know him – Edvard Munch, Norway’s most revered artist of all times, and a global icon for that whirling, screaming head whose anxiety, panic and depression haunts our very d ...
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From May 19 to July 28, the National Gallery of Art will feature the exhibit "Edvard Munch: A 150th Anniversary Tribute," which will include the Norwegian artist's most famous work, The Scream. If you're interested in learning more about the c ...
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The author is a Reuters Breakingviews columnist. The opinions expressed are his own. Ben Bernanke probably deserves a spot somewhere in New York’s Museum of Modern Art. A record $495 million sale at Christie’ ...
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ARTIST: Russian abstract painter, Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944) ARTWORK: Oil painting of religious pilgrims in Kiev painted in 1909. AUCTION: Christie's Impressionist and Modern Art Sale (November 2012) PRICE: $23,042, ...
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Source: ArtInfo
NEW YORK — Auction history was made at Christie’s postwar and contemporary evening sale on Wednesday, which raked in $495,021,500 — the highest ever tally for any auction in any category. It nicked the $491.4 million ma ...
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Source: The Huffington Post
By Susan Vaughan Moshofsky for Brain, Child: The Magazine for Thinking Mothers “Can I bring home Ernest, Mommy?” four-year-old Reed begged. “For the summer?” Ernest, the preschool class turtle, for the whole summer. I loathe reptiles. Reed ...
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Source: MOMA
Taking monumental frescos to a multitouch screen, MoMA’s eBook Diego Rivera, David Alfaro Siqueiros, and Josè Clemente Orozco offers a fresh exploration of three great figures in the revival of mural painting that brought modern Mexican art to in ...
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