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Top of the Day: Music on the Karl Johan Street - Edvard Munch, 1889

Today's Artwork:

  • Two Tahitian Women - Paul Gauguin, 1899 -- link --
  • Girl and Three Male Heads - Edvard Munch, c. 1898 -- link --
  • The Forest at Pontaubert - Georges Seurat, 1881 -- link --
  • Portrait of Irene Phillips Olmedo - Diego Rivera, 1955 -- link --
  • Natureza-morta - Pablo Picasso, 1962 -- link --
  • Seated Figures, Study for "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte" - Georges Pierre Seurat, 1884 - 1885 -- link --
  • The Village of Gardanne (Le Village de Gardanne) - Paul Cézanne, 1885-1886 -- link --
  • Entrance to the Village of Osny - Paul Gauguin, 1882 - 1883 -- link --
  • Butterflies and poppies - Vincent van Gogh, April 1890 - May 1890 -- link --
  • Garden at Arles - Vincent van Gogh, July 1888 -- link --
  • La Chance de Françoise; La Mort du duc d'Enghien; Le Cor fleuri - Paul Signac, 1888 -- link --
  • Boy With a Straw Hat - Paul Cézanne, 1896 -- link --
  • View of a butcher's shop - Vincent van Gogh, February 1888 - 1888 -- link --
  • The Old Knight - Odilon Redon, 1896 -- link --
  • The Italian Woman - Vincent van Gogh, 1887 -- link --
  • Lovers in the Waves - Edvard Munch, 1896 -- link --
  • The Arlesienne - Vincent van Gogh, 1890 -- link --
  • Cabaña con Campesino Regresando a Casa - Vincent van Gogh, 1885 -- link --
  • Music on the Karl Johan Street - Edvard Munch, 1889 -- link --
​We chose top of the day because it is the britest picture any of us had seen from Munch.

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