#giorgiodechirico

The Nostalgia of the Infinite, Giorgio de Chirico, Paris 1912-13? (dated on painting 1911),MoMA: Painting and Sculpture

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Size: 53 ¼ x 25 ½" (135.2 x 64.8 cm)
Medium: Oil on canvas

http://www.moma.org/collection/works/78738

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The Philosopher’s Conquest, Giorgio de Chirico, 1913,Art Institute of Chicago: Modern Art

The work of Giorgio de Chirico represents an unexpected form of classicism in early avant-garde painting. This canvas, one of six in a series, combines a Mediterranean cityscape with still-life objects. Familiar elements appear in many of de Chirico’s paintings like pieces of a mysterious puzzle: a classical arcade, oddly oversize artichokes, a cannon and cannonballs, a clock, an industrial brick chimney, a monumental tower, a running train, and a square-rigged sailing ship. Here the stage set for this extraordinary juxtaposition of objects is an Italian piazza, virtually deserted except for the menacing shadowy figures outside the edge of the scene. De Chirico represented objects with a matter-of-fact, though intentionally crude, precision. He painted his scenes flatly, in bright colors, and illuminated them with a cold white light. Rendered in this clear style, works like The Philosopher’s Conquest seem rife with meaning, though they remain resolutely enigmatic. Indeed, by juxtaposing incongruous objects, the artist sought to produce a metaphysical quality, what he called “art that in certain aspects resembles … the restlessness of myth.” De Chirico’s works would profoundly affect the Surrealists, who in the 1920s and 1930s attempted to portray dreams and images of the subconscious in their work. Joseph Winterbotham Collection
Size: 125.1 × 99.1 cm (49 ¼ × 39 in.)
Medium: Oil on canvas

https://www.artic.edu/artworks/30839/

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Classical Architecture, Giorgio de Chirico, c. 1926,Harvard Art Museums

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Marian H. Phinney © Giorgio and Isa de Chirico Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / Italian Society of Authors and Publishers (SIAE), Rome
Size: 53.3 × 64.8 cm (21 × 25 ½ in.) framed: 76.2 × 87.6 cm (30 × 34 ½ in.)
Medium: Oil on canvas

https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/228138

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