the Interest Exhibit

Oscar Parviainen (1880-1938), The End, 1910 

Medium: Pencil and watercolor on paper.

The “Rubens Vase” (Byzantine Empire). Carved in high relief from a single piece of agate, this extraordinary vase was most likely created in an imperial workshop for a Byzantine emperor.

The Casta paintings (17th-18th c.) of the Spanish Colonial period consisted of 12-16 miscegenous triads, showing the mixing and changing of races (or castas). Casta was believed to predict behavior & temperament and was used to justify social standing. All combinations of race were named. (x)

Roberto Matta, Years of Fear, Oil on canvas, 1941

Jackson Pollock, Untitled, Ink on paper, c. 1950

Merzz. 53. Red Bonbon. Paper collage, thread, and glue on cardboard 1920

Hall of the Two Sisters, looking to the Court of the Lions, Alhambra (fortified royal citadel of the Nasrid dynasty), Granada, Spain, 14th Century

Girl Reading Oil On Canvas (14-1/8 in. x 10 in.) ca. 1900

Jean Fouquet (French, 1420-c.1481), La Madonna del latte in trono col Bambino, 1450-55. Oil on canvas, 91,8 × 83,3 cm

EL GRECO Annunciation 1568 Tempera on panel, 24 x 18 cm Galleria Estense, Modena

The Vatican Museums, Vatican City

Medium: oil,canvas

Illinois,Chicago,USA_

Collage created out of left-over papers from larger pieces. Heat-set onto paper.

Jannes de Vries (Dutch, 1901-1986), Cornfields, 1970. Oil on canvas, 60 x 80 cm.

René Magritte