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Lamberto Melina (born Premosello, Italy, 1969)

Humana Hera
2010
Oil on canvas
140 x 70 cm

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William Logsdail (1859-1944)The Garden Of The Palazzo MalipieroOil on canvas188244 x 58 cm(17.32” x 22.83”)Private collection

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Girl in Spanish dress, by Mstislav Pavlov

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Waves, by Mstislav Pavlov

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Pierre Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)La LogeOil on canvas1874Courtauld Institute Galleries (London, United Kingdom)

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Piltz Otto

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Personal favourites (May, 2011)

Here we go! My favourite artworks posted last month are:

1) Young King of the Black Isles, by Maxfield Parrish

2) Soft Self-portrait with Grilled Bacon, by Salvador Dalí

3) Pushkin farewell to the sea, by Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky and Ilya Repin

4) Oliver Cromwell opening the coffin of Charles I, by Paul Delaroche

5) The Fighting ‘Téméraire’, by William Turner

6) The Singing Butler, by Jack Vettriano

7) Head of a Peasant Woman, by Sir George Clausen

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Gottfried Helnwein
Mutter - Du hier? (Mother, Is It You?)
1971
40 cm x 30 cm
Oil on paper and board
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It’s impressive how a line can make a big difference. Imagine this portrait without the cut on the woman’s face nor the straw coming out of her nose. Would you have the same reaction to this painting?

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spiritual-tramp asked: Just wanted to tell you how awesome your icon is, Dali was and still is amazing :)

It’s my funniest icon so far! I feel so cool with it. HAHA!

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Edgar Degas (1834-1917)Song of the DogGouache1876-1877Private collection

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Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky
View of Constantinople by moonlightOil on canvasThe Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia

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Jack VettrianoElegy for The Dead AdmiralOil on canvas20 x 24 inches

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Needing to feel emotionally uncomfortable to create his edgy, atmospheric dramas, the self-taught Vettriano often listens to Leonard Cohen’s requiems while he works. Known for toiling tirelessly until a painting is completed, Vettriano has sold more works than Dali, Monet and Van Gogh, and his sales set a record at Scotland Sotheby’s.
Art.com

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Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851)Fort VimieuxOil on canvas1831106.7 x 71.1 cm

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Salvador Dalí
Autumn Cannibalism
1936
Oil on canvas
65 x 65.2 cm
The Tate Gallery, London
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As with many artists, Dalí was to depict war and conflict in several of his major works. Autumn Cannibalism was painted in 1936, the year the civil war began in Spain. The painting is an evocative interpretation of the horror and destruction of war, and also comments on the devoring nature of sexual relationships.
On a chest of drawers placed on a Catalonian beach sit the top halves of two people. They are so entangled that the viewer has to look carefully to see which arm belongs to which figure. One figure holds a fork pointed to the other one’s head, while it dips a spoon into the malleable flesh. A languid hand holds a gleaming knife that has sliced into the soft flesh of the other. Their featureless heads merge into each other, their individuality becoming indistinguishable.
Dali-gallery.com

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Salvador Dalí
Soft Self-portrait with Grilled Bacon
1941
Oil on canvas
61.3 x 50.8 cm
Fundación Gala-Salvador Dalí, Figueras
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“Raised on its pedestal, this face becomes a fantastic effigy. The rusher of bacon is a reference to culinary tastes in the United States, where Dalí’s work enjoyed great success during those years.”
Dali-gallery.com

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