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The films are one way in. Explore the wider collection through the ideas, sources and work-specific observations behind each artist’s research profile.

20 artist references184 documentary assertions144 linked concept IDs
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Repeated short brushstrokes 4 artists ↗Thick brushstroke appearance 2 artists ↗Restricted chromatic range 2 artists ↗Echo a shape across near and distant forms 2 artists ↗Surface cohesion through related texture and colour 2 artists ↗Economical form description 2 artists ↗

20 artists to explore

IN THE ACADEMY FILMS

Claude Monet

oil painting

Repeated short brushstrokesAtmospheric variation across a seriesDepicted reflection of surrounding forms
6 source-linked assertions IN THE ACADEMY FILMS

Vincent van Gogh

oil painting

Swirling depicted sky patternsThick brushstroke appearanceThick paint application
11 source-linked assertions FROM THE RESEARCH COLLECTION

Pablo Picasso

painting; collage separately

Represent volume through planesRestricted chromatic rangeDepicted overlap of angular planes
11 source-linked assertions IN THE ACADEMY FILMS

Leonardo da Vinci

painting; drawings separately

Differentiate depth through warm and cool colourSfumato tonal modellingHigh Renaissance
9 source-linked assertions FROM THE RESEARCH COLLECTION

Michelangelo

fresco; drawings separately

Pyramidal figure arrangementAxial bodily torsionAttributed iconographic reading
13 source-linked assertions FROM THE RESEARCH COLLECTION

Gustav Klimt

painting; metallic material effects separately

Documented metal-leaf materialFloral motif articulationExplore composition through preparatory studies
11 source-linked assertions IN THE ACADEMY FILMS

Katsushika Hokusai

woodblock prints; paintings separately

Echo a shape across near and distant formsDepicted weather contextDocumented pigment identity
8 source-linked assertions FROM THE RESEARCH COLLECTION

Rembrandt van Rijn

oil painting; prints separately

Depicted cast-shadow relationsDepicted light directionLater title context
9 source-linked assertions FROM THE RESEARCH COLLECTION

J. M. W. Turner

oil painting; watercolour separately

Blended paintmark transitionsContrasting light-source coloursEcho colour across depicted regions
10 source-linked assertions FROM THE RESEARCH COLLECTION

Henri Matisse

painting; cut-outs separately

Repeated short brushstrokesDocumented direct-tube paint applicationExposed support between paintmarks
9 source-linked assertions FROM THE RESEARCH COLLECTION

Johannes Vermeer

oil painting

Attributed depicted mental statePlace a focal form against a differentiating backgroundDepicted stillness context
7 source-linked assertions FROM THE RESEARCH COLLECTION

Paul Cézanne

oil painting; watercolour separately

Thick brushstroke appearanceRepeated short brushstrokesEcho a shape across near and distant forms
8 source-linked assertions FROM THE RESEARCH COLLECTION

Georges Seurat

painting; drawings separately

Broad depicted paintmarksDepicted illumination settingDocumented artist revision context
8 source-linked assertions FROM THE RESEARCH COLLECTION

Wassily Kandinsky

painting; works on paper separately

Attributed aesthetic doctrineAttributed iconographic readingCircle prominence
7 source-linked assertions FROM THE RESEARCH COLLECTION

Piet Mondrian

painting

Restricted chromatic rangeBalanced asymmetric rectilinear compositionBlack palette presence
10 source-linked assertions FROM THE RESEARCH COLLECTION

Alphonse Mucha

lithographic design; paintings separately

Art NouveauBotanical design motifsPlace a halo-like disk behind the subject
10 source-linked assertions FROM THE RESEARCH COLLECTION

John Singer Sargent

oil painting; watercolour separately

Coloured shadowsDocumented dry scraping highlightsDocumented drybrush process
11 source-linked assertions FROM THE RESEARCH COLLECTION

Mary Cassatt

oil painting; pastel and prints separately

Attributed depicted mental stateCompressed pictorial depthDepicted physical closeness
9 source-linked assertions FROM THE RESEARCH COLLECTION

Berthe Morisot

oil painting; works on paper separately

Attributed iconographic readingFeathery paintmark appearanceObscure reflected detail with gauzy handling
8 source-linked assertions FROM THE RESEARCH COLLECTION

Utagawa Hiroshige

woodblock prints

Attributed iconographic readingCrossing fine-line weather patternDepicted weather context
9 source-linked assertions