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Earth toned landscape painting of boats and lighthouses composed of geometric shapes.

Little Harbor in Normandy, spring 1909

Georges Braque

Interior of warm colored room, woman sits on balcony, ocean behind her.

Interior at Nice, 1919 or 1920

Henri Matisse

Surrealist painting of cannon, artichokes, clock, train, desolate backdrop.

The Philosopher's Conquest, 1913–14

Giorgio de Chirico

Life-size painting of an urban scene in Paris. A man in a top hat holding an umbrella and a woman in a long fashionable dark dress walk arm in arm toward the viewer as other city dwellers with umbrellas walk in various directions across cobblestone roads and sidewalks.

Paris Street; Rainy Day, 1877

Gustave Caillebotte

Two figures stand at the gate of a multi-colored pathway, stars fill the sky.

Gasthof zur Muldentalsperre, 2000/2002

Peter Doig

Multicolored painting of undulating geometric shapes interweaving and overlapping one another.

Edtaonisl (Ecclesiastic), 1913

Francis Picabia

Woman composed of geometric shapes, clothed in yellow, reclines holding a book.

Reclining Woman, 1922

Fernand Léger

Multicolored neon sign composed of various English words in a circular pattern.

Human Nature/Life Death, 1983

Bruce Nauman

Dark colored sculpture of womandz head composed of fractured geometric shapes.

Head of a Woman (Fernande), 1909

Pablo Picasso

Forest filled with dozens of mostly nude women and men.

The Awakening of the Forest, 1939

Paul Delvaux

Multicolored painting of geometric shapes intersecting and overlapping in a circular flow.

Festival in Montmartre, 1913

Gino Severini

Large abstract painting of canvas sparsely filled with multicolored scribbles and shapes.

The First Part of the Return from Parnassus, 1961

Cy Twombly

Painting of bedroom, blue walls, green window, tan bed, red bedding.

The Bedroom, 1889

Vincent van Gogh

Painting of a pond seen up close spotted with thickly painted pink and white water lilies and a shadow across the top third of the picture.

Water Lilies, 1906

Claude Monet

Abstract shapes compose a mustached man and rearing horse against brown background.

The Policeman, 1925

Joan Miró

Two figures, one red, one yellow, lying under white sheets with limbs sticking out.

Couple in Bed, 1977

Philip Guston

Serene abstract work featuring overlapping shapes on a neutral background. Some shapes are outlined and filled in with dots of the same color. At top left, a circle radiating purple dots contains an almond-shaped eye. Near bottom right is a small bright-red circle with a tiny arrow beside it.

Sunset, 1930

Paul Klee

Balding man in tuxedo poses in orange, red, purple and green interior.

Self-Portrait, 1937

Max Beckmann

Impressionist painting of two girls on balcony, bright flower hat, knitting basket.

Two Sisters (On the Terrace), 1881

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

A bronze sculpture of the Hindu divinity Shiva. Shiva, who has two pairs of arms, is depicted dancing inside of a circular ring. Balancing on one leg, Shiva gestures his arms to the side and front, as his loose locks of hair flow behind him.

Shiva as Lord of the Dance (Nataraja), Chola period, about 10th/11th century

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