6. Benedetto Croce “ We must hold firmly to our identification, because among the principal reasons which have prevented Aesthetic, the science of art, from revealing the true nature of art, its real roots in human nature, has been its separation from the general spiritual life, the having made of it a sort of special function or aristocratic club…. There is not … a special chemical theory of stones as distinct from mountains. In the same way, there is not a science of lesser intuition as distinct from a science of greater intuition, nor one of ordinary intuition as distinct from artistic intuition.”
29. Constantin Brancusi There are idiots who define my work as abstract; yet what they call abstract is what is most realistic. What is real is not the appearance, but the idea, the essence of things."
Artist: Gustave Courbet Title: The Stone Breakers Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 5'3" X 8'6" (1.6 X 2.59 m) Date: 1849 Source/ Museum: Formerly Gemäldegalerie, Dresden. Destroyed in World War II
Artist: Andre Derain Title: The Dance Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 5'3" X 8'6" (1.6 X 2.59 m) Date: 1849 Source/ Museum: Formerly Gemäldegalerie, Dresden. Destroyed in World War II
Artist: André Derain Title: Mountains at Collioure Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 32 X 39 ½" (81.5 X 100 cm) Date: 1905 Source/ Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. John Hay Whitney Collection
Artist: André Derain Title: Mountains at Collioure Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 32 X 39 ½" (81.5 X 100 cm) Date: 1905 Source/ Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. John Hay Whitney Collection
Henri Matisse
Henri Matisse
Henri Matisse
Henri Matisse
Artist: André Derain Title: Mountains at Collioure Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 32 X 39 ½" (81.5 X 100 cm) Date: 1905 Source/ Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. John Hay Whitney Collection
Artist: Karl Schmidt-Rottluff Title: Three Nudes—Dune Picture From Nidden Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 38 ⅝ X 41¾" (98 X 106 cm) Date: 1913 Source/ Museum: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Nationalgalerie
Henri Matisse
Henri Matisse
Henri Matisse
Henri Matisse
Henri Matisse
Henri Matisse
Maurice de Vlaminck
Maurice de Vlaminck
Henri Matisse
Henri Matisse
Henri Matisse
Henri Matisse
Henri Matisse
Henri Matisse
Artist: Karl Schmidt-Rottluff Title: Three Nudes—Dune Picture From Nidden Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 38 ⅝ X 41¾" (98 X 106 cm) Date: 1913 Source/ Museum: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Nationalgalerie
Artist: Karl Schmidt-Rottluff Title: Three Nudes—Dune Picture From Nidden Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 38 ⅝ X 41¾" (98 X 106 cm) Date: 1913 Source/ Museum: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Nationalgalerie
Artist: Gustave Courbet Title: The Stone Breakers Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 5'3" X 8'6" (1.6 X 2.59 m) Date: 1849 Source/ Museum: Formerly Gemäldegalerie, Dresden. Destroyed in World War II
Henri Matisse
Henri Matisse
Henri Matisse
Henri Matisse
Henri Matisse
Artist: Constantin Brancusi Title: Magic Bird Medium: White marble Size: height 22' (55.8 cm), on three-part limestone pedestal, height 5'10" (1.78 m), of which the middle part is the Double Caryatid (c. 1908); overall 7'8" X 12 ¾" X 10 ⅝ (237 X 32 X 27 cm) Date: 1908-12 Source/ Museum: The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Katherine S. Dreier Bequest
Artist: Constantin Brancusi Title: The Newborn Medium: Marble Size: 5 ¾ X 8¼ X 5⅞" (14.6 X 21 X 14.8 cm) Date: 1915 Source/ Museum: Philadelphia Museum of Art. Louise and Walter Arensberg Collection. 1950.134.10. Artists Rights Society
Artist: Constantin Brancusi Title: The Newborn Medium: Marble Size: 5 ¾ X 8¼ X 5⅞" (14.6 X 21 X 14.8 cm) Date: 1915 Source/ Museum: Philadelphia Museum of Art. Louise and Walter Arensberg Collection. 1950.134.10. Artists Rights Society
Artist: Constantin Brancusi Title: The Newborn Medium: Marble Size: 5 ¾ X 8¼ X 5⅞" (14.6 X 21 X 14.8 cm) Date: 1915 Source/ Museum: Philadelphia Museum of Art. Louise and Walter Arensberg Collection. 1950.134.10. Artists Rights Society
Artist: Constantin Brancusi Title: The Newborn Medium: Marble Size: 5 ¾ X 8¼ X 5⅞" (14.6 X 21 X 14.8 cm) Date: 1915 Source/ Museum: Philadelphia Museum of Art. Louise and Walter Arensberg Collection. 1950.134.10. Artists Rights Society
Artist: Constantin Brancusi Title: Tmale Torso Medium: Marble Size: 5 ¾ X 8¼ X 5⅞" (14.6 X 21 X 14.8 cm) Date: 1915 Source/ Museum: Philadelphia Museum of Art. Louise and Walter Arensberg Collection. 1950.134.10. Artists Rights Society
Artist: Constantin Brancusi Title: Tmale Torso Medium: Marble Size: 5 ¾ X 8¼ X 5⅞" (14.6 X 21 X 14.8 cm) Date: 1915 Source/ Museum: Philadelphia Museum of Art. Louise and Walter Arensberg Collection. 1950.134.10. Artists Rights Society
Artist: Constantin Brancusi Title: Bird in Flight Medium: Marble Size: 5 ¾ X 8¼ X 5⅞" (14.6 X 21 X 14.8 cm) Date: 1915 Source/ Museum: Philadelphia Museum of Art. Louise and Walter Arensberg Collection. 1950.134.10. Artists Rights Society
Artist: Gustave Courbet Title: The Stone Breakers Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 5'3" X 8'6" (1.6 X 2.59 m) Date: 1849 Source/ Museum: Formerly Gemäldegalerie, Dresden. Destroyed in World War II
Friedrich Nietsche
Henri Matisse
Artist: Karl Schmidt-Rottluff Title: Three Nudes—Dune Picture From Nidden Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 38 ⅝ X 41¾" (98 X 106 cm) Date: 1913 Source/ Museum: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Nationalgalerie
Artist: Karl Schmidt-Rottluff Title: Three Nudes—Dune Picture From Nidden Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 38 ⅝ X 41¾" (98 X 106 cm) Date: 1913 Source/ Museum: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Nationalgalerie
Artist: Karl Schmidt-Rottluff Title: Three Nudes—Dune Picture From Nidden Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 38 ⅝ X 41¾" (98 X 106 cm) Date: 1913 Source/ Museum: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Nationalgalerie
Artist: Karl Schmidt-Rottluff Title: Three Nudes—Dune Picture From Nidden Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 38 ⅝ X 41¾" (98 X 106 cm) Date: 1913 Source/ Museum: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Nationalgalerie
Artist: Karl Schmidt-Rottluff Title: Three Nudes—Dune Picture From Nidden Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 38 ⅝ X 41¾" (98 X 106 cm) Date: 1913 Source/ Museum: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Nationalgalerie
Artist: Karl Schmidt-Rottluff Title: Three Nudes—Dune Picture From Nidden Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 38 ⅝ X 41¾" (98 X 106 cm) Date: 1913 Source/ Museum: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Nationalgalerie
Artist: Gustave Courbet Title: The Stone Breakers Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 5'3" X 8'6" (1.6 X 2.59 m) Date: 1849 Source/ Museum: Formerly Gemäldegalerie, Dresden. Destroyed in World War II
Artist: Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Title: Street, Berlin Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 47½ X 35⅞" (120.6 X 91 cm) Date: 1913 Source/ Museum: The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Purchase (274.39)
Artist: Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Title: Street, Berlin Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 47½ X 35⅞" (120.6 X 91 cm) Date: 1913 Source/ Museum: The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Purchase (274.39)
Artist: Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Title: Street, Berlin Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 47½ X 35⅞" (120.6 X 91 cm) Date: 1913 Source/ Museum: The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Purchase (274.39)
Artist: Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Title: Street, Berlin Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 47½ X 35⅞" (120.6 X 91 cm) Date: 1913 Source/ Museum: The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Purchase (274.39)
Artist: Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Title: Street, Berlin Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 47½ X 35⅞" (120.6 X 91 cm) Date: 1913 Source/ Museum: The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Purchase (274.39)
Artist: Emil Nolde Title: Masks Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 29 ⅛ X 30¾" (74 X 78 cm) Date: 1911 Source/ Museum: Nelson-Atkins Museum, Kansas City, Missouri
Artist: Emil Nolde Title: Masks Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 29 ⅛ X 30¾" (74 X 78 cm) Date: 1911 Source/ Museum: Nelson-Atkins Museum, Kansas City, Missouri
Artist: Emil Nolde Title: Masks Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 29 ⅛ X 30¾" (74 X 78 cm) Date: 1911 Source/ Museum: Nelson-Atkins Museum, Kansas City, Missouri
Artist: Emil Nolde Title: Masks Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 29 ⅛ X 30¾" (74 X 78 cm) Date: 1911 Source/ Museum: Nelson-Atkins Museum, Kansas City, Missouri
Artist: Karl Schmidt-Rottluff Title: Three Nudes—Dune Picture From Nidden Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 38 ⅝ X 41¾" (98 X 106 cm) Date: 1913 Source/ Museum: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Nationalgalerie
Artist: Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Title: Street, Berlin Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 47½ X 35⅞" (120.6 X 91 cm) Date: 1913 Source/ Museum: The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Purchase (274.39)
Artist: Karl Schmidt-Rottluff Title: Three Nudes—Dune Picture From Nidden Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 38 ⅝ X 41¾" (98 X 106 cm) Date: 1913 Source/ Museum: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Nationalgalerie
Artist: Erich Heckel Title: Crouching Woman Medium: Painted linden wood Size: 11⅞ X 6¾ X 3⅞" (30 X 17 X 10 cm) Date: 1912 Source/ Museum: Estate of Erich Heckel, Hemmenhofen am Bodensee, Germany
Artist: Erich Heckel Title: Crouching Woman Medium: Painted linden wood Size: 11⅞ X 6¾ X 3⅞" (30 X 17 X 10 cm) Date: 1912 Source/ Museum: Estate of Erich Heckel, Hemmenhofen am Bodensee, Germany
Artist: Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Title: Street, Berlin Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 47½ X 35⅞" (120.6 X 91 cm) Date: 1913 Source/ Museum: The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Purchase (274.39)
Artist: Gustave Courbet Title: The Stone Breakers Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 5'3" X 8'6" (1.6 X 2.59 m) Date: 1849 Source/ Museum: Formerly Gemäldegalerie, Dresden. Destroyed in World War II
Artist: Vasily Kandinsky Title: The Blue Mountain Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 41¾ X 38" Date: 1908–09 Source/ Museum: Guggenheim Museum, New York. Gift of Solomon R. Guggenheim, 1941.41.505. Photo David Heald. Artists Rights Society Guggenheim Museum, New York.
Artist: Vasily Kandinsky Title: The Blue Mountain Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 41¾ X 38" Date: 1908–09 Source/ Museum: Guggenheim Museum, New York. Gift of Solomon R. Guggenheim, 1941.41.505. Photo David Heald. Artists Rights Society Guggenheim Museum, New York.
Artist: Vasily Kandinsky Title: The Blue Mountain Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 41¾ X 38" Date: 1908–09 Source/ Museum: Guggenheim Museum, New York. Gift of Solomon R. Guggenheim, 1941.41.505. Photo David Heald. Artists Rights Society Guggenheim Museum, New York.
Artist: Vasily Kandinsky Title: The Blue Mountain Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 41¾ X 38" Date: 1908–09 Source/ Museum: Guggenheim Museum, New York. Gift of Solomon R. Guggenheim, 1941.41.505. Photo David Heald. Artists Rights Society Guggenheim Museum, New York.
Artist: Franz Marc Title: The Large Blue Horses Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 3'5⅜" X 5'11¼" (1.05 X 1.81 m) Date: 1911 Source/ Museum: Walker Art Center, Minneapolis. Gift of T. B. Walker Collection, Gilbert M. Walter Fund, 1942
Artist: Franz Marc Title: The Large Blue Horses Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 3'5⅜" X 5'11¼" (1.05 X 1.81 m) Date: 1911 Source/ Museum: Walker Art Center, Minneapolis. Gift of T. B. Walker Collection, Gilbert M. Walter Fund, 1942
Artist: Franz Marc Title: The Large Blue Horses Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 3'5⅜" X 5'11¼" (1.05 X 1.81 m) Date: 1911 Source/ Museum: Walker Art Center, Minneapolis. Gift of T. B. Walker Collection, Gilbert M. Walter Fund, 1942
Artist: Franz Marc Title: The Large Blue Horses Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 3'5⅜" X 5'11¼" (1.05 X 1.81 m) Date: 1911 Source/ Museum: Walker Art Center, Minneapolis. Gift of T. B. Walker Collection, Gilbert M. Walter Fund, 1942
Artist: Franz Marc Title: The Large Blue Horses Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 3'5⅜" X 5'11¼" (1.05 X 1.81 m) Date: 1911 Source/ Museum: Walker Art Center, Minneapolis. Gift of T. B. Walker Collection, Gilbert M. Walter Fund, 1942
Artist: Franz Marc Title: The Large Blue Horses Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 3'5⅜" X 5'11¼" (1.05 X 1.81 m) Date: 1911 Source/ Museum: Walker Art Center, Minneapolis. Gift of T. B. Walker Collection, Gilbert M. Walter Fund, 1942
Artist: Franz Marc Title: The Large Blue Horses Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 3'5⅜" X 5'11¼" (1.05 X 1.81 m) Date: 1911 Source/ Museum: Walker Art Center, Minneapolis. Gift of T. B. Walker Collection, Gilbert M. Walter Fund, 1942
Artist: Franz Marc Title: The Large Blue Horses Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 3'5⅜" X 5'11¼" (1.05 X 1.81 m) Date: 1911 Source/ Museum: Walker Art Center, Minneapolis. Gift of T. B. Walker Collection, Gilbert M. Walter Fund, 1942
Artist: Franz Marc Title: The Large Blue Horses Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 3'5⅜" X 5'11¼" (1.05 X 1.81 m) Date: 1911 Source/ Museum: Walker Art Center, Minneapolis. Gift of T. B. Walker Collection, Gilbert M. Walter Fund, 1942
Artist: Franz Marc Title: The Large Blue Horses Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 3'5⅜" X 5'11¼" (1.05 X 1.81 m) Date: 1911 Source/ Museum: Walker Art Center, Minneapolis. Gift of T. B. Walker Collection, Gilbert M. Walter Fund, 1942
Artist: Paul Klee Title: Hammamet with its Mosque Medium: Watercolor and pencil on two sheets of laid paper mounted on cardboard Size: 8 ⅛ X 7⅝" (20.6 X 19.7 cm) Date: 1914 Source/ Museum: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The Berggruen Klee Collection, 1984 (1984.315.4)
Artist: Paul Klee Title: Hammamet with its Mosque Medium: Watercolor and pencil on two sheets of laid paper mounted on cardboard Size: 8 ⅛ X 7⅝" (20.6 X 19.7 cm) Date: 1914 Source/ Museum: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The Berggruen Klee Collection, 1984 (1984.315.4)
Artist: Paul Klee Title: Hammamet with its Mosque Medium: Watercolor and pencil on two sheets of laid paper mounted on cardboard Size: 8 ⅛ X 7⅝" (20.6 X 19.7 cm) Date: 1914 Source/ Museum: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The Berggruen Klee Collection, 1984 (1984.315.4)
Artist: Egon Schiele Title: Self-Portrait Nude Medium: Gouache and pencil on paper Size: 20¼ X 13¾" (51.4 X 35 cm) Date: 1911 Source/ Museum: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Bequest of Scofield Thayer, 1982 (1984.433.298)
Artist: Egon Schiele Title: Self-Portrait Nude Medium: Gouache and pencil on paper Size: 20¼ X 13¾" (51.4 X 35 cm) Date: 1911 Source/ Museum: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Bequest of Scofield Thayer, 1982 (1984.433.298)
Artist: Egon Schiele Title: Self-Portrait Nude Medium: Gouache and pencil on paper Size: 20¼ X 13¾" (51.4 X 35 cm) Date: 1911 Source/ Museum: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Bequest of Scofield Thayer, 1982 (1984.433.298)
Artist: Egon Schiele Title: Self-Portrait Nude Medium: Gouache and pencil on paper Size: 20¼ X 13¾" (51.4 X 35 cm) Date: 1911 Source/ Museum: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Bequest of Scofield Thayer, 1982 (1984.433.298)
Artist: Egon Schiele Title: Self-Portrait Nude Medium: Gouache and pencil on paper Size: 20¼ X 13¾" (51.4 X 35 cm) Date: 1911 Source/ Museum: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Bequest of Scofield Thayer, 1982 (1984.433.298)
Artist: Egon Schiele Title: Self-Portrait Nude Medium: Gouache and pencil on paper Size: 20¼ X 13¾" (51.4 X 35 cm) Date: 1911 Source/ Museum: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Bequest of Scofield Thayer, 1982 (1984.433.298)
Artist: Käthe Kollwitz Title: The Outbreak Medium: Etching Size: 20 X 23⅓" (50.7 X 59.2 cm) Date: 1903 Source/ Museum: Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Preussischer Kulturbesitz
Artist: Käthe Kollwitz Title: The Outbreak Medium: Etching Size: 20 X 23⅓" (50.7 X 59.2 cm) Date: 1903 Source/ Museum: Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Preussischer Kulturbesitz
Artist: Käthe Kollwitz Title: The Outbreak Medium: Etching Size: 20 X 23⅓" (50.7 X 59.2 cm) Date: 1903 Source/ Museum: Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Preussischer Kulturbesitz
Artist: Egon Schiele Title: Self-Portrait Nude Medium: Gouache and pencil on paper Size: 20¼ X 13¾" (51.4 X 35 cm) Date: 1911 Source/ Museum: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Bequest of Scofield Thayer, 1982 (1984.433.298)
Artist: Egon Schiele Title: Self-Portrait Nude Medium: Gouache and pencil on paper Size: 20¼ X 13¾" (51.4 X 35 cm) Date: 1911 Source/ Museum: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Bequest of Scofield Thayer, 1982 (1984.433.298)
Artist: Egon Schiele Title: Self-Portrait Nude Medium: Gouache and pencil on paper Size: 20¼ X 13¾" (51.4 X 35 cm) Date: 1911 Source/ Museum: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Bequest of Scofield Thayer, 1982 (1984.433.298)
Artist: Egon Schiele Title: Self-Portrait Nude Medium: Gouache and pencil on paper Size: 20¼ X 13¾" (51.4 X 35 cm) Date: 1911 Source/ Museum: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Bequest of Scofield Thayer, 1982 (1984.433.298)
Artist: Egon Schiele Title: Self-Portrait Nude Medium: Gouache and pencil on paper Size: 20¼ X 13¾" (51.4 X 35 cm) Date: 1911 Source/ Museum: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Bequest of Scofield Thayer, 1982 (1984.433.298)
