edvard munch, ernst ludwig kirchner. pablo picasso, saul steinberg .................................................................................................................................

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off their rockers
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'aunt karen in the rocking chair'
by edvard munch, 1884
---		 EDVARD MUNCH Munch, Edvard. (1863 - 1944)
norway

'child in a rocking chair',
by e. l. george
---		 E. L. GEORGE
1876, usa

'child in a rocking chair',
oil on canvas. 15 1/8 x 13 in.
museum of fine arts, boston

this 'child in a rocking chair' portrait foreshadows by decades
notions of urban angst, rural isolation,dysfunctional relationships,
horror movies and freudian analysis while the central figure,
the little girl, clearly illustrates a societal nightmare.

'im schaukelstuhl', rocking chair in a drawing
of ernst ludwig kirchner, 1907
---		 ERNST LUDWIG KIRCHNER (1880 - 1938)
germany

one of the most prolific expressionist painter
of the period.

'the rocking chair', painting
by pablo picasso
 PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
spain

'the rocking chair', 1943,
pablo picasso
estate of pablo picasso /
artists rights society (ARS), new york

'nude in a rocking chair' painting
by pablo picasso
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 'nude in a rocking chair', 1956
pablo picasso
oil on canvas
art gallery of new south wales

rocking chair in a drawing of saul steinberg, 1973
 SAUL STEINBERG (1914-1999)
usa

steinberg had an acute perception of people and
situations with a highly original and evocative
way of illustrating his observations.
his cynicism shines through...

rocking chair in a drawing of saul steinberg, 1973
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