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Jamez Barrett 🜃 ॐ Ⓐ

Axel Törneman
Swedish, 1880-1925
"Absinthe", 1902
Oil on canvas 🍸

Törneman was one of Sweden's earliest modernist painters. Born in Persberg, Värmland, he grew to work in several modernist styles, was one of the first Swedish expressionist artists, and became a part of the international avant-garde in art after embracing more abstract art styles in Germany and France that were evolving there during the early 1900s

#Absinthe#Expressionism#ModernArt
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"Portrait of a Lady's Smile," Paul Klee, 1921.

Klee (pronounced "Clay," you philistines) was a Swiss/German artist who experimented a lot in Expressionism, Cubism, and Surrealism.

Klee (1879-1940) was teaching at the Bauhaus when he painted this It's a vastly intriguing work when you look closely. The lady here seems simultaneously in profile and facing front, a Cubist flair as they monkeyed with perspective, as well as how the overlapping shapes create a profile. But the features are almost cartoonish, which I think reflects Klee's humor; apparently a lot of his works contain dry jokes, if you know where to look.

From the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond.

An Expressionist painting with aspects of Cubism. A variety of overlapping shapes in yellow and orange form a picture of a woman, who is simultaneously in profile and en face. Her eyes and mouth are cartoonishly drawn and are prominent by their incongruity.
#Art#Bauhaus#PaulKlee
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"Four Girls in Åsgårdstrand,"Edvard Munch, 1903.

We all know Munch. One thing that he did a lot was portraits of children, always without their parents. Munch's own mother had died when he was five, and he had a distant, uncaring father. So the sense of isolation and self-reliance that he felt as a child is externalized here.

There were just neighbor's children, posed by the wall of Munch's house. They stand facing the viewer, and the world, with only each other and their own resources to call on. It's partly sad, partly frightening, and partly empowering.

From the Munch Museum, Oslo.

An Expressionist quadruple-portrait of four young girls standing at a wall. The tallest, to the left, wears a gray smock with red edging and a broad straw hat. She holds the hand of a much younger child, in a blue dress, dark blue coat, and white hat. Next to her, a slightly taller girl with reddish hair wears a gray dress and a red hat. Beside her stands a slightly taller blond girl in a gray dress and black hat with points.
#Art#EdvardMunch#Expressionism
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