#saint louis art museum

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John Martin (1789-1854) "Sadak in Search of the Waters of Oblivion" (1812) Oil on canvas Romanticism Located in the Saint Louis Art Museum, St Louis, Missouri, United states The painting depicts Sadak, a fictional character in a story in James Ridley's The Tales of the Genii; it is a faux-Oriental tale allegedly from a Persian manuscript, but actually the work of Ridley himself. In Ridley's story, the hero Sadak is sent by his Sultan, Amurath, to find the memory-destroying "waters of oblivion." The Sultan maliciously intends to use the waters on Sadak's wife Kalasrade in a seduction attempt. Sadak endures a range of trials — a tempest at sea, a plague, evil genii, a subterranean whirlpool — before he attains his goal. In the end, the Sultan himself falls victim to the water's effect. Amurath dies; Sadak becomes Sultan. Martin's picture portrays Sadak at the climax of his struggle, just before he reaches the waters of oblivion.

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Suffer the Little Children to Come unto Me, Jacob Jordaens, 1615

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Fluxkit (1966-67)

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#MosaicMonday:

Jaguar Pectoral Mixteca-Puebla, Tehuacán Late Postclassic period, c.1200–1400 Stone, shell, wood 3 3/8 x 6 3/8 x 1/2 in. (8.6 x 16.2 x 1.3 cm) Saint Louis Art Museum 163:1979

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Donald Judd, Untitled, (clear anodized aluminum and blue plexiglas; four units), 1969 [MoMA, New York, NY. Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO. © Judd Foundation / ARS, New York]

Exhibition: Judd, MoMA, New York, NY, March 1, 2020 – January 9, 2021

From Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO

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Vessel in the Form of a Duck. Tlatilco. 1200-900 BCE.

Saint Louis Art Museum.

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August Macke, Landscape with Cows Sailboat and Painted-in Figures, 1914, Oil on canvas, 8/9/23 #StlArtMuseum by Sharon Mollerus

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Self-portrait (1913) by William Orpen. Saint Louis Art Museum.

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Modern Art

Saint Louis Art Museum

BTS O'Fallon, MO

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Portrait of a Lady, probably Camilla Martelli de’ Medici (c. 1570), (detail), by Alessandro Allori (Italian, 1535-1607), oil on canvas mounted on board, 68.6 x 59.1 cm, The Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis

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I went to Saint Louis today. Here are some of my favorite pictures from the Art Museum. I might post some more later.

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Finding Peace in Current Times - Peace in the Prairie - now online!

Story Stitchers artists Dominick Hines and Keith Brown perform Bug Beat   Saint Louis Art Museum’s Access for All Free Fridays: Finding Peace in Current Times Presenting Partners: Saint Louis Art Museum and Arts & Faith St. Louis On September 13, 2024, in collaboration with Arts & Faith St. Louis, funded in part by the Regional Arts Commission, the Saint Louis Art Museum offered a day of…

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The Plaza after the Rain, Paul Cornoyer, 1908

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Jar, c.3500–3200 BC

Gerzean period (Naqada II), Egypt

Sandstone

4 x 4 3/8 in. (10.2 x 11.1 cm), diameter at rim: 2 3/16 in. (5.6 cm)

Collection of the Saint Louis Art Museum

Jar, Egyptian, 3500–3200 BC, Saint Louis Art Museum: Ancient Art

https://www.slam.org/collection/objects/10214/

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Karl Klaus (Austrian, 1889–after 1925) for Alexandra Porcelain Works, Vienna Charger, c.1911-12 Glazed earthenware w/ enamel & gilding, 15 1/2 x 1 5/8 in. (39.4 x 4.1 cm) Saint Louis Art Museum 13:2007

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Carved Tusk. The Congo. Late 19th Century.

Saint Louis Art Museum.