
1916-1917 Sketch Book by Egon Schiele

1916-1917 Sketch Book by Egon Schiele

Egon Schiele, Reclining Female Nude, 1917

Georgia O’Keeffe, Poppies, 1950, oil on canvas, 36×30 inches

Egon Schiele, Self-Portrait with Striped Armlets, 1915

Like a fire that consumes all before it – 1978 – Cy Twombly

Two pink shells / Two Pink Shells, 1937 Georgia O’Keeffe

…More appreciated over the years by collectors than academicians and critics, Modigliani was indifferent to staking a claim for himself in the intellectual avant garde of the art world. One can say he recognized the merit of Jean Cocteau’s proclamation: “Ne t’attardes pas avec l’avant-garde” (“Don’t wait for the avant-garde”). Pseudo-goitre, a medical condition is also known as Modigliani syndrome. This name was derived from the curved neck of women in Modigliani’s paintings… [wiki]

Georgia O’Keeffe. ‘Flower Abstraction’ 1924

Milton Avery, Untitled – 1937, watercolor. 22” x 30”

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