The 248 Artworks created around 1950 and containing the word yves klein, new realism, saints, 1950

study after velazquez's portrait of pope innocent x is a 1953 painting by Francis Bacon. The work shows a distorted version of the Portrait of Innocent X painted by the Spanish artist Diego Velázquez in 1650. The work is one of a series of variants of the Velázquez painting which Bacon executed thro...

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Defying the common understanding and definitions of art – from his experiments with architecture made of air to his leap into the void – Klein aimed to rethink the world in spiritual and aesthetic terms. His philosophy was revolutionary and demonstrated his acute grasp of the contemporary moment, fr...

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Christ of Saint John of the Cross is a painting by Salvador Dalí made in 1951. It depicts Jesus Christ on the cross in a darkened sky floating over a body of water complete with a boat and fishermen. Although it is a depiction of the crucifixion, it is devoid of nails, blood, and a crown of thorns, ...

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The mid-1940s mark the beginning of Victor Brecheret’s second Brazilian phase, characterized by his interest in stones and religious motifs, particularly the figures of saints. The postwar years brought economic and political stability in Brazil and, with it, the commission of Brecheret’s most impor...

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