Modern Art - Blog Posts

Marc Chagall, Au-dessus de Vitebsk, 1915-1920, huile sur toile, 67 x 92,7 cm, the Museum of Modern Art, New York.

Source: “Chagall, entre guerre et paix”, du 21 février au 21 juillet 2013, Musée du Luxembourg, Paris. 

Wassili Kandinsky, Couple à cheval, 1906-1907, huile sur toile, 55 x 50,5 cm, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich.

Source: “Le mythe de la couleur”, 29 juin au 21 novembre 2012, Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Martiny. 

Ferdinand Hodler, Le Männlichen, 1908, huile sur toile, 57 x 71,5 cm, collection Christoph Blocher.

Source: “Hodler, Monet, Munch: Peindre l’impossible”, 15 janvier 2016 au 22 janvier 2017, Musée Marmottan-Monet, Paris. 

Eugène Jansson, L’aube sur le Riddarfjärden, 1899, huile sur toile, 150 c 201 cm, Prins Eugen Waldamarsudde Museu, Stockhölm.

Source “Au delà des étoiles, le paysage mythique de Monet à Kandinsky”, 15 mars au 25 juin 2017, Musée d’Orsay, Paris.

Allan D'Arcangelo, Landscape, 1964, peinture acrylique sur toile, 179,1 × 153,7 cm, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. 

Source: “Pop Art: Icons That Matter”, du 22 septembre 2017 au 21 janvier 2018, Musée Maillol, Paris. 

Marc Chagall, Le monstre de Notre-Dame, 1953, huile et sable sur toile, 106 x 83,7 cm, collection privée.

Source: “Chagall, entre guerre et paix”, du 21 février au 21 juillet 2013, Musée du Luxembourg, Paris.

Roberto Monténégro, Ville dans la Brume, 1911, huile sur toile, musée régional de Guadalajara, Guadalajara. 

Source: “Mexique (1900–1950)”, du 5 Octobre 2016 au 23 Janvier 2017, Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris. 

When people look at abstract art and go "uh I could make that"

Fuck, I wish you would!

I wish you would let this inspire you. I wish that seeing a piece of abstract art would move you to self expression.

I wish you would go to the craft store, buy a cheap canvas and some cheap paint and let yourself play with color and form just to see if you can.

I wish that there were more amateur painters, trying their hand at geometric abstraction and color field painting. That would be so fucking cool.

"I could make that" should be a joyous revelation, not a snarky dismissal.

You could make that? Holy shit. please. Please make that.

Jack Bush

Kenneth Noland

Piet Mondrain

Pat Lipsky

Joan Mitchell

Helen Frankenthaler

Kikuo Saito

Marilyn Kirsch

Mark Rothko

Adolph Gottlieb

Transitional Bedroom in Dallas Inspiration for a sizable transitional master bedroom remodel with a traditional fireplace, a stone fireplace, and gray walls. The room has a dark wood floor and a brown floor.

Kitchen Dining Dining Room Houston

An illustration of a medium-sized French country kitchen/dining room combination with a medium tone wood floor and white walls.

Home Bar Galley Mid-sized mountain style galley carpeted wet bar photo with an undermount sink, flat-panel cabinets, beige cabinets, granite countertops, beige backsplash, wood backsplash and black countertops

San Francisco Enclosed

Example of a large classic enclosed dark wood floor family room design with gray walls, a standard fireplace, a stone fireplace and a wall-mounted tv