Founded the Royal Academy of Arts and championed Grand Manner historical painting to the exclusion of less idealized and didactic works
Gaslight:Pablo Picasso
Collected and used African art in his paintings and simultaneously denied any African influence or inspiration on his work
Girlboss:Berthe Morisot
Exhibited under her full maiden name instead of her married name or a pseudonym; quit showing at the prestigious Salon de Paris to exhibit with the Impressionists
Malewife: Eugène Manet
Cared more about and put more effort into supporting his wife’s artistic career than his own
amrita sher-gil self-portrait(1930) \ marie bracquemond self-portrait\ berthe morisot self-portrait(1885) \ tracey moffatt self portrait (1999) \ frida kahlo self-portrait with cropped hair (1940) \ elisabeth louise vigée le brun self portrait in a straw hat (1872) \ alice bailly self portrait (1917) \ hyun mi yoo self portrait (jayeon) (2010) \ sarah lucas self portrait with fried eggs (1996) \ lois mailou jones self portrait (1940)
We mark Easter and the end of the Christian Holy Week with Franz von Stuck’s powerful painting of the Crucifixion, which he made during the difficult years of World War I.
Stuck departs from traditional representations and places the suffering Christ at eye level. The viewer’s position–immediately to the left of the crucified thief in the foreground and to the right of the Virgin Mary– thus becomes part of an intimate circle. Referencing late nineteenth-century debates about the historical details of this method of execution, as well as its location, Stuck depicts Christ with his feet side by side rather than overlapping, and includes Mediterranean style architecture in the background.
Stuck’s oil painting is on view in “Monet to Morisot: The Real and Imagined in European Art.” Entry to this exhibition is included with admission—find out more about the artworks: https://bit.ly/3EVZuKU
Franz von Stuck (German, 1863-1928). Golgotha, 1917. Oil on canvas. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Alfred W. Jenkins, 28.420 → Installation view, Monet to Morisot: The Real and Imagined in European Art. On view February 11, 2022 - May 21, 2023, Brooklyn Museum. (Photo: Danny Perez)
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