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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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Joan of Arc, John Everett Millais, 1865

French / Inspirational prints / Millais - 1 year ago - troycapc

A reproduction of a work by John Everett Millais, “Joan of Arc” of 1865.  This Pre-Raphaelite work attempts to capture the ecstasy of the paramount heroine of France.  The artist was born in England of a notable Jersey family and entered the Royal Academy at the age of eleven.  His “Christ in the House of his Parents” was controversial due to his portraying the Holy Family in a proletarian context.  His “Huguenot” of 1852 was produced two years later and became the model for much of his later work.  Millais married and had eight children and was a leading light among British artists until his death in 1896 at the age of sixty-seven years.