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Feb 26 2011
Fur Traders Descending the Missouri, George Caleb Bingham, 1845
American / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of “Fur Traders Descending the Missouri” of 1845 by George Caleb Bingham. The American artist George Bingham was thirty-four when he created this masterpiece. He was born in Augusta County, Virginia. The family moved to Missouri and Bingham’s father died when he was twelve. Seven years later he was painting portraits for twenty dollars each. He continued to paint and grew a practice in St. Louis where he was elected to the Missouri General Assembly in 1848. He moved to Europe in 1856. He returned to Missouri in time for the Civil War during which he served as State Treasurer. He became the first professor of art at the University of Missouri before his death on July 7, 1789. The original painting is 28.9 by 36.6 inches and is currently at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City.
Sep 25 2010
Sad Young Man “Jeanne Homme triste dans un train” by Marcel Duchamp, 1912
Contemporary / French / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc
Marcel Duchamp’s masterpiece, “Jeune home triste dans un train”, or Sad Young Man in a Train, 1912. Duchamp was a leading artist in both Dadaism and Surrealism. This is abstract depiction appears to fall between the two movements or perhaps embodies elements of both. It is a very early work closely related to the more famous "Nude Descending a Staircase No. 2." This work is more colorful but shares the mechanical nature of the painting which reflects the influence of Cubism on the young Duchamp who was twenty-five years old. Duchamp continued to influence Western Art in fundamental ways until his death on October 2, 1968. The original of this work is in the Guggenheim Museum, New York.
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