Anna+Lerew-Phillips

Self-portrait of Egon Schiele - 1912

Art Nouveau **Maude Adams (1872–1953) as Joan of Arc**, 1909 Alphonse Mucha (Czech, 1860–1939) Oil on canvas 82 1/4 x 30 in. (208.9 x 76.2 cm)Signed, dated, and inscribed: (lower left) Mucha / 1909; (bottom) MAUDE ADAMS as JOAN of ARCGift of A. J. Kobler, 1920 (20.33) Painted in Chicago in 1909, this picture depicts the American actress Maude Adams in the role of Joan of Arc in Schiller's //Die Jungfrau von Orleans// (The Maid of Orleans), which she performed in translation on June 21, 1909, at Harvard University Stadium. The portrait was made specifically for the one-night gala performance of the play at Harvard and was displayed as a poster for the event. Mucha also designed the costumes and sets and supervised the direction. Afterwards, at the actress' request, the painting served as the lobby poster for the Empire Theater in New York, where Adams regularly performed. The ornate gilded frame was designed by Mucha for that purpose -- Symbolism in France: Odilon Redon 1840-1916 Unconscious // Eye Balloon // --- Decadence: Frantisec Bilek // How Time Etches Our Wrinkles // // 1902 // // // // Primitivism // // Boris Kustodiev // // Easter Procession // // 1915 //

Expressionism- Franz Marc 1914 "Fighting Forms"

Cubism - "Portrait of Picasso" by Juan Gris 1912

Italian Futurism - Umberto Boccioni "Unique Forms of Continuity in Space" 1913

SURREALISM


 * Title:** Birthday
 * Artist:** Dorothea Tanning
 * Description:** //Birthday// is a self-portrait that Dorothea Tanning painted to commemorate her 30th birthday. Viewed up close, one notices the infinite rooms recessing into the background, symbolizing Tanning's unconscious. Many Surrealists felt architectural imagery was well suited to expressing notions of a labyrinthine self that changes and expands over time; //Birthday// is one of the best examples of this. Also notable is the gargoyle at the subject's feet. Tanning said this was her rendition of a lemur, which has been associated with death spirits. Tanning juxtaposed natural imagery, like the skirt made of roots, against objects representing high culture, like fancy apparel and interior design, to both pay homage to culture and to express nature and wilderness as a feminine construct.
 * Year:** 1942
 * Materials:** Oil on canvas
 * Collection:** Philadelphia Museum of Art

DADAISM

//Aquis submersus// 1919

RUSSIAN AVANT-GARDE



Vasily Kandinsky //Composition VI// 1913