Sleep as art
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Ferdinand Hodler (1853-1918): Die Nacht (The night), 1889/1890 akg-images / Erich Lessing -
Odilon Redon (1840-1916): Frau unter Baum schlafend (Woman sleeping under tree), around 1900/1901 akg-images -
Paul Klee (1879-1940): Siesta der Sphinx (Siesta of the Sphinx), 1932 akg-images -
Giovanni Segantini (1858-1899): Pastore addormentato (Sleeping shepherd), 1886/88 akg-images -
Christus im Garten Gethsemane: die schlafenden Jünger (Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane: the sleeping disciples), around 1130/40. Extract from the wood ceiling in the church of St Martin in Zillis, canton Graubünden Yvan Travert / akg-images -
Henri Matisse (1869-1954): Nature morte à la dormeuse (Still life of a sleeping woman), 1940 akg-images -
Edward Burne-Jones (1833-1898): Sleeping beauty akg-images / De Agostini Picture Lib. / G. Dagli Orti -
Salvador Dali (1904-1989): Le sommeil (Sleep), around 1955 akg-images -
Honoré Daumier (1808-1879): Das Nachtasyl der Ärmsten (Nocturnal asylum of the poorest), 1840 akg-images -
Egon Schiele (1890-1918): Die Mutter des Künstlers, schlafend (The artist's mother asleep), 1911 akg-images -
Two people asleep, from the book "Livre de Messire Lancelot du lac" by Gautier de Moap, 15th century akg-images -
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973): Der Traum (The dream), 1932 akg-images / Erich Lessing -
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901): Le lit (The bed), around 1892 akg-images / Erich Lessing
Sleep is universal. So it's no surprise that sleep, in its various aspects, has been a standard theme of artists and has been transformed into paintings, drawings and graphics but also sculptures and plastic.
This content was published on February 6, 2015 - 11:00
- Deutsch Der Schlaf in der Kunst
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- 中文 沉睡的艺术
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- Français Le sommeil dans l'art
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