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German artist Käthe Kollwitz was born #OnThisDay in 1867. She is known for the empathetic quality of her art. Her prints, drawings, and sculpture are imbued with eloquent and often painful commentary on the human condition, especially the horrors of war.
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On April 14, 1912, the world’s largest luxury liner, RMS Titanic, struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic Ocean on its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City. The impressive ship sank two hours later.
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German artist Käthe Kollwitz is known for the empathetic quality of her art. Her work is imbued with eloquent and often painful commentary on the human condition, especially the horrors of war.
To learn more about the artist...
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❤️❤️❤️ Happy Valentine’s Day! We imagine that Cupid is out playing in the snow.
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Gabriele Möschl, Cupid in Winter, 1911, chromolithograph. Wiener Werkstätte Postcard 547. Leonard A. Lauder Collection. Neue Galerie New York.
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On Wednesdays we wear pink. 💗 This painting was presented our exhibition "Ferdinand Hodler: View to Infinity," the largest show ever devoted to this major Swiss artist in the US.
Ferdinand Hodler, Portrait of Gertrud Müller, 1911. Kunstmuseum Solothurn, Dübi-Müller-Stiftung.
Thinking about your New Year’s Resolutions? #CaptionThis
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Egon Schiele, "Standing Male Figure (Self-Portrait)," 1914. © National Gallery, Prague.
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We wish you a happy #FirstDayOfWinter! ❄️
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Gabriele Möschl, Cupid in Winter, 1911, chromolithograph. Wiener Werkstätte Postcard 547. Leonard A. Lauder Collection. Neue Galerie New York.
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On day 2 of leftovers, when you and your pod realize that you may have gone a little overboard with the Thanksgiving food and beverage. 🍷
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Marianne von Werefkin, “At the Café,” ca. 1939, oil on canvas. Ascona, Fondazione Marianne Werefkin.
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In the early 1920s George Grosz was mostly focused on his satirical drawings and prints, published by Malik. The artist is perhaps best known for his vivid depictions of the rampant political and social corruption that characterized Germany in the 1920s.
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#WorldMigratoryBirdDay is a campaign to conserve migratory birds and this year’s theme is “Birds Connect Our World.” To celebrate the occasion, we share this beautiful arrangement of multicolored birds by Franz Marc.
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