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Max Eisler Eine Nachlese folio “Allegory of Life and Death” collotype print
By (after) Gustav Klimt
Located in Chicago, IL
.
2018 marks the 100th anniversary of Gustav Klimt’s death. It is a fitting time to reflect upon the
Category
1930s Vienna Secession Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper
Skull and Ornament - Vanitas, Still Life, Color Pencil Drawing, Framed
By John Hrehov
Located in Chicago, IL
.
Fearful Symmetry. Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN.
Allegories in Contemporary Life
Category
2010s Surrealist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Color Pencil
Baroque silver Vase with Flowers with a Fruit Tray and a Clock by A. Zuccati
Located in PARIS, FR
fruits and a clock that reminds us of the brevity of life.
1. Adeodato Zuccati, a recently rediscovered
Category
Late 17th Century Old Masters Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Seasons: Cycles Unveiled (Momento Mori)
Located in Brooklyn, NY
contemplate the intricate dance of life and death, offering a moment of reflection on the unyielding nature of
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Renaissance Still-life Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Archival Ink
Sugar Skull
By Nicholas & Sheila Pye
Located in Montreal, Quebec
, whose mementos of death were intended as moralistic reminders of the transience of life and the futility
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
"Cesta de flores", 17th Century Oil on Canvas, Still Flowers by Juan de Arellano
By Juan de Arellano
Located in Madrid, ES
, shows the fame and prestige of those who enjoyed Arellano already in life. It became the most sought
Category
17th Century Old Masters Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Two Bottles" American Scene Realism Mid 20th Century Female Artist WPA 1940's
By Helen Clark Oldfield
Located in New York, NY
east to college, Oldfield followed her family to a new life of farming. She found this life frustrating
Category
1940s American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Allegory of Defense Industry (figurative male illustration)
By Frank Godwin
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Frank Godwin (1889-1959). Allegory of Defense Industry, 1919. Oil on canvas. Signed lower right
Category
Early 20th Century American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Large Neoclassical Carved Giltwood Mantel Clock Allegory of Time
Located in Nashville, TN
. Where death was common and life often short, Time weighed heavily upon some.
Considering age in a
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Swedish Neoclassical Mantel Clocks
Materials
Giltwood
Flemish 17th c., Allegory of war and peace, circa 1630, by Adriaen van Stalbemt
Located in PARIS, FR
allegory of Vanity (vanity of earthly things, but also the transience of human life).
Finally, the
Category
Early 17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
17th Century, Italian painting Allegory of the Spring Follower of Jacopo Bassano
By Jacopo Bassano
Located in IT
Grappa, 13 February 1592), 17th century
Allegory of the Spring
Measures: With frame: cm W 122,5 x H 89 x
Category
Antique Late 17th Century Italian Baroque Paintings
Materials
Canvas
H 35.04 in W 48.43 in D 2.76 in
Draft Horse with Cart / - The Burden of Life -
Located in Berlin, DE
path, which becomes an allegory of the path of life. Thus, the horse has an allegorical dimension that
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
"Fragmento de memoria con berenjenas", tapestry, allegory, bouquets, figurative
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
and femininity, and even life and death. From his canvases to his wallpaper pieces, viewers have
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Paper
"Fragmento de memoria en el espacio", tapestry, allegory, bouquets, figurative
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
and femininity, and even life and death. From his canvases to his wallpaper pieces, viewers have
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
H.O. Miethke Das Werk folio "Life is a Struggle" collotype print
By Gustav Klimt & K.K. Hof-und Staatsdruckerei
Located in Chicago, IL
Life is a Struggle (The Golden Knight), no. 10 from the second installment of Das Werk Gustav
Category
Early 1900s Vienna Secession Figurative Prints
Materials
Archival Paper
"Civilized to Death" (Contemporary, Playful, Text, Type, Nude, Figurative, Pink)
By Nicholas Evans
Located in Paris, IDF
CIVILIZED TO DEATH
2019
Pink painting of a nude figure featuring typography which reads
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Oil
Goddess and Pillar of Sky of Skies - Paint by Parimah Avani - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
, and belonging. Her journey is marked by recurring motifs of death and rebirth to celebrate the
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Ink, Acrylic
H 93.71 in W 12.6 in D 0.08 in
Deity of Day and Night of the Ways - Paint by Parimah Avani - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
geometric shapes and rebellious miniature figures that shape the narrative metaphorically through death
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Ink, Acrylic
H 27.96 in W 9.85 in D 0.08 in
Goddess and Pillar, Protector of Twins and the..- Paint by Parimah Avani - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
journey is marked by recurring motifs of death and rebirth to celebrate the sacrifices of women through
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Ink, Acrylic
H 93.71 in W 12.6 in D 0.08 in
Goddess and Pillar, Protector of the Dawn of... - Paint by Parimah Avani - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
journey is marked by recurring motifs of death and rebirth to celebrate the sacrifices of women through
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Charcoal
H 93.71 in W 12.6 in D 0.08 in
Dream of Deads and Alives - Paint by Parimah Avani - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
narrative of seven days of a week metaphorically through death, birth, and rebirth, accompanied by a visual
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Ink, Acrylic
H 25.2 in W 5.91 in D 0.08 in
Goddess of Tears and Water - Paint by Parimah Avani - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
, man and woman, birth and death, night and day. Half-moon and horn as a crown of Venus and figures
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Ink, Acrylic
H 47.25 in W 17.72 in D 0.08 in
Goddess of Invisibility, Air, and Pendulants - Paint by Parimah Avani - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
motifs of death and rebirth to celebrate the sacrifices of women through mythological symbolism. The
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Ink, Acrylic
H 47.25 in W 17.72 in D 0.08 in
Goddess and Pillar of the North Sky - Paint by Parimah Avani - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
, and belonging. Her journey is marked by recurring motifs of death and rebirth to celebrate the
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Ink, Acrylic
H 71.66 in W 12.6 in D 0.08 in
Goddess and Pillar of the West Sky - Paint by Parimah Avani - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
journey is marked by recurring motifs of death and rebirth to celebrate the sacrifices of women through
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Ink, Acrylic
H 71.66 in W 12.6 in D 0.08 in
Goddess and Pillar of the Middle East Sky - Paint by Parimah Avani - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
, and belonging. Her journey is marked by recurring motifs of death and rebirth to celebrate the
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Ink, Acrylic
H 71.66 in W 12.6 in D 0.08 in
Points of Departure II: Nijinsky Variations
By Peter Milton
Located in Middletown, NY
with a white beard. An allegory to the privilege of long life. While also in the foreground we see
Category
1990s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Engraving, Etching
“Still Life” Oil on Canvas, Mañanós Martínez, Asterio, 1933
Located in Madrid, ES
the sessions and the salons of the Senate. One of his last canvases was an allegory to the Second
Category
Vintage 1930s Spanish Other Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Messenger of the Afterlife - Paint by Parimah Avani - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
narrative of seven days of a week metaphorically through death, birth, and rebirth, by the natural element
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Ink, Acrylic
H 25.2 in W 5.91 in D 0.08 in
Children Amongst Foxgloves - Pink Flowers, Female Illustrator of The Golden Age
Located in Miami, FL
.
Life
Bauerle was born in the Bayswater area of London, the daughter of the German artist Karl Wilhelm
Category
Early 1900s Pre-Raphaelite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper, Pencil
Rare Set of 24 Framed Lithographs of Game and Wild Animals
Located in Pewsey, GB
from life in their native haunts by Captain W. Cornwallis Harris and drawn on stone by Frank Howard and
Category
Antique 1840s South African Victorian Prints
Materials
Paper
Paradox of St. Sebastian - Contemporary Oil Painting with Graffiti and Shackles
By Bruno Surdo
Located in Chicago, IL
divine intervention only to be beaten to death later after warning the emperor of his sins. St
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 60 in W 36 in D 2.5 in
Alexander Calder Santa Claus E. E. Cummings Portfolio of Prints and Prose, 1974
By Alexander Calder
Located in Pasadena, TX
associated with 'science" (Richard S. Kennedy). "The play is an allegory in which Death and Santa Claus
Category
Vintage 1970s North American Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
H 28 in W 22 in D 2 in
Art Nouveau Copper Cicada Vase with Opal by Ludwig Karl Maria Vierthaler
By Ludwig Karl Maria Vierthaler, J. Winhart & Co.
Located in Chicago, US
use of allegory also shows his uncanny understanding of the dual nature of German life at the time. On
Category
Antique Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Decorative Bowls
Materials
Copper
H 7.25 in W 3.25 in D 3.25 in
"Rush Hour" British Modern Mid 20th Century Vorticist European Vorticism Woman
By Sybil Andrews
Located in New York, NY
for the rest of her life. She died at a hospital in Victoria (B.C.)
Her mediums were the colour
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Linocut
Figure - Original Woodcut by Giulio Aristide Sartorio - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
mythology, the "poem of human life". It consists of fourteen scenes, painted on 240 square meters in just
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
17th Century Antwerp Cabinet with Painted Panels Attributed to H. Van Balen
Located in PARIS, FR
of Pomona evoke the allegory of summer and the abundance of nature.
While on the right door, under
Category
Antique Early 17th Century Belgian Louis XIII Cabinets
Materials
Wood, Paint
H 64.96 in W 38.19 in D 17.72 in
"Winch" British Linocut Grosvenor School Machine Age 1930 Woman Artist Print
By Sybil Andrews
Located in New York, NY
worked, taught and lived for the rest of her life. She died at a hospital in Victoria (B.C.)
Her
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Linocut
La Gourmandise - Etching by James Ensor - 1904
By James Ensor
Located in Roma, IT
time with demonstrating the skeleton,indicates to death.
Skeleton and mask are the most important
Category
Early 1900s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Sema portfolio, 1912, "Male Nude I" Lithograph print 21/215
By Egon Schiele
Located in Chicago, IL
his death in 1918 - shortly after he was invited to join the Munich artists’ association, Sema, in
Category
1910s Vienna Secession Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Samuel Bak Surrealist Etching Israeli Bezalel Artist "Hidden Pear", Fruit Bowl
By Samuel Bak
Located in Surfside, FL
masters. The artist never paints direct scenes of mass death. Instead, he employs allegory, metaphor and
Category
20th Century Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
The gift of flowers
By Conrad Kiesel
Located in Berlin, DE
novel allegory that includes eros, death, and the triumph of art over death alongside the unfolding of
Category
1890s Academic Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
First Couple, First Moon - Paint by Parimah Avani - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
narrative of seven days of a week metaphorically through death, birth, and rebirth, by the natural element
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Ink, Acrylic
H 25.6 in W 5.91 in D 0.08 in
Questioning the Dead Under Moonlight - Paint by Parimah Avani - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
that shape the narrative of seven days of a week metaphorically through death, birth, and rebirth, by
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Ink, Acrylic
H 25.6 in W 5.91 in D 0.08 in
Mother Earth - Painting by Parimah Avani - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
. All refer to the circle of birth, death, and rebirth beautifully, with two figures as leges standing
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Ink, Acrylic, Paper
Gustave Riquet (1866-1938) Les Œillets de la vie, 1898 watercolor signed
By Gustave Riquet
Located in Paris, FR
Gustave Riquet (1866-1938)
Les Œillets de la vie, 1898 (Carnations of life)
Signed and dated on the
Category
1890s Symbolist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
18th Century Italian Neoclassical Wood Dresser Attributed to Francesco Bolgiè
By Francesco Bolgié
Located in IT
and of the green earth, author of the cycle of seasons, life and death, protector of marriage and
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Dressers
Materials
Giltwood, Wood
H 32.29 in W 52.76 in D 23.23 in
Three drawings by François Boucher in a mounting by Jean-Baptiste Glomy
By François Boucher
Located in PARIS, FR
master every aspect of painting – history and mythology, portraiture, landscape, ordinary life and, as
Category
1750s Old Masters Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk, Ink
17th Century Etchingn and Drypoint" Ceres and Phytalus" by Salvator Rosa, 1662
By Salvator Rosa
Located in Cagliari, IT
subject is inspired by the Life of Theseus of Plutarch and others that the work is more banally due to the
Category
Antique 17th Century Italian Baroque Prints
Materials
Paper
H 14.06 in W 9.26 in D 0.04 in
Hummingbird Augury: Cobalt Blue Pastel Drawing on Handmade Paper w/ Gold Stars
By Nicholas Kahn & Richard Selesnick
Located in Hudson, NY
Macabre, the Medieval allegory that reminds us no matter one’s station in life, the “Dance of Death” will
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon, Pastel, Handmade Paper, Graphite
Feather Augury (Crimson Pastel Drawings on Handmade Paper by Kahn & Selesnick)
By Nicholas Kahn & Richard Selesnick
Located in Hudson, NY
us no matter one’s station in life, the “Dance of Death” will ultimately unite us all. Four five
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon, Pastel, Handmade Paper, Graphite
Foxglove Rabbit Augury: Round Pastel Drawing, Handmade Paper by Kahn & Selesnick
By Nicholas Kahn & Richard Selesnick
Located in Hudson, NY
us no matter one’s station in life, the “Dance of Death” will ultimately unite us all. Four five
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon, Pastel, Handmade Paper, Graphite
Scorpio Augury: Round Astrological Drawing on Handmade Paper by Kahn & Selesnick
By Nicholas Kahn & Richard Selesnick
Located in Hudson, NY
us no matter one’s station in life, the “Dance of Death” will ultimately unite us all. Four five
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon, Pastel, Handmade Paper, Graphite
Rat King Augury: Snow White Owl Pastel on Handmade Paper by Kahn & Selesnick
By Nicholas Kahn & Richard Selesnick
Located in Hudson, NY
one’s station in life, the “Dance of Death” will ultimately unite us all. Four five-foot long
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon, Pastel, Handmade Paper, Graphite
18th Century Personification of the Day Alabaster Sculpture
By Michelangelo Buonarroti
Located in Milan, IT
of Christian light or personification of life; allegory of fire or temper collerico; personification
Category
Antique 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster
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H 4.73 in W 8.27 in D 5.12 in
16th century Brussels tapestry - The Story of David
Located in Bruxelles, BE
humanity. David, the shepherd who risked his life to face the beasts and ensure the sheep's salvation, was
Category
Antique 16th Century Belgian Renaissance Tapestries
Materials
Wool, Silk
Ernst Seger, David and Lion, German Art Deco Patinated Bronze Sculpture, c. 1920
By Ernst Seger
Located in New York, NY
likely to die, and his death would benefit nobody.
Often people wrongly imagine that they are acting in
Category
Vintage 1920s German Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
H 8 in W 7.5 in D 8.5 in
Pair French 19th/20th Century Gilt-Bronze Sculptures of The Marly Horses Lamps
By Guillaume Coustou
Located in Los Angeles, CA
d'Antin, general director of the Bâtiments du Roi commissioned a pair of life-size marbles of Louis XV as
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Louis XV Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
H 31.25 in W 21.75 in D 12.75 in
Jim Shaw - Stocks Painting - Signed and Dated Oil on Canvas
By Jim Shaw
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Cathcart Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, US
1992
Life and Death, Texas Gallery, Houston, TX, US
Metro Pictures
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
H 32.29 in W 47.84 in D 0.4 in
Circle of Othon Friesz, Le Naufrage, Large Scale Work on Canvas
By Achille-Émile Othon Friesz
Located in Cotignac, FR
his life. Lhullier introduced his students to the work of Chardin, Corot, Géricault and Delacroix
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 41.75 in W 57.75 in D 2 in
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