5 Paintings Housed in Indianapolis Museum of Arts by Famous Artists
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If there is one thing I love to do when going to a new place is checking out their museum. All the history being housed to one place for everyone to see and have access to is just amazing. It's a place where you can get an inspiration, get lost in your thoughts and enjoy the beauty of the paintings that is around you. All museums have their own collection of pieces, paintings, and history. One thing is for sure, it will always amaze you no matter how small or big the museum is.
I love the section of paintings especially those that were made way back in 1600's by known painters. I just can't stop admiring the strokes, how detailed their work is and even more amazed of the staff that is responsible for conserving those artworks. My boyfriend and I would usually play a game as to home many paintings we can interpret and most likely discuss on what we are looking at. I know... It's kinda nerdy in a way, but it is absolutely fun and a way for us to have a different conversation aside from the news.
One thing that you can do when you are visiting Indianapolis, make sure to visit the 9th of the oldest Museum in the U.S. It is also where you can find one of the Love Sculpture and have your picture taken with it. It houses over 54,000 paintings, home to European, American, Paintings and sculptures, prints and photographs, contemporary arts, etc.
I took the liberty of getting the 5 Famous Painting in Indianapolis Museum. Here are the5 Paintings Housed in Indianapolis Museum of Arts by Famous Artists
1. Aristotle by Jusepe de Ribera
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History:
When Karl Eusebius, Prince of Liechtenstein originally commissioned this series in May 1636, the request was for a full dozen paintings. However, only the first six were ever delivered.
These were listed in a 1767 inventory as Aristotle, Plato, Crates, Anaxagoras, Protagoras, and Diogenes. The set was sold and scattered in 1957, although briefly reunited by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1992 for a Ribera exhibition.
From 1637 until 1957, the Princes of Lichtenstein retained possession of the painting. Then it was purchased by Dr. G.H.A. Clowes, who generously lent it to the IMA.[3] The IMA officially acquired Aristotle in 2000, courtesy of the Clowes family, and gave it the accession number 2000.345. It hangs in the Clowes Pavilion with many other donations from that family. - source: https://en.wikipedia.org
2. Self-Portrait by Rembrandt van Rijn
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He is generally considered one of the greatest painters and printmakers inEuropean art and the most important in Dutch history. His contributions to art came in a period of great wealth and cultural achievement that historians call the Dutch Golden Age when Dutch Golden Age painting, although in many ways antithetical to the Baroque style that dominated Europe, was extremely prolific and innovative, and gave rise to important new genres in painting.
Yet his etchings and paintings were popular throughout his lifetime, his reputation as an artist remained high, and for twenty years he taught many important Dutch painters.
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