Thursday, May 21, 2026

Arrested Motion

Maarten van Heemskerck
Battle Scene
1575
drawing
Hamburger Kunsthalle


Dirck Hals
Mounted Soldiers fleeing Avenging Angel
ca. 1650
drawing
Art Institute of Chicago

Johann Georg de Hamilton
The Kladruber stallion Cerberus performing a Cabriole
1721
oil on canvas
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Noël Hallé
Hippomenes and Atalanta
1762-65
oil on canvas
Musée du Louvre

Constantin Guys
Departure of French Officials from he Vatican
ca. 1865
drawing
British Museum

Jean Metzinger
At the Velodrome
1912
oil and collage on canvas
Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice

Franz Marc
Lion Hunt, after Delacroix
1914
color woodblock print
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane

Walter Gramatté
The Fall into Infinity
(illustration to The Rebel by Manfred Georg)
1918
drypoint
Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich

Gertrude Hermes
Explosion
1928
wood-engraving
Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston, Ontario

Joseph Hirsch
Hercules killing the Hydra
ca. 1937
oil on canvas
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC

Jacques Lipchitz
Theseus
1942
etching
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis

William H. Johnson
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
ca. 1944
oil on board
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC

Arthur Leipzig
Dodgeball, New York
1950
gelatin silver print
Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Mario Giacomelli
No Hands To Caress My Face
ca. 1961-63
gelatin silver print
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane

Juan Genovés
Five Minutes
(from the series, Silencio Silencio)
1971
etching
Art Institute of Chicago

Joel Meyerowitz
New York City
1974
dye diffusion transfer print
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

June Harwood
A-2 (Emergence Series)
1976
acrylic on canvas
Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Casabianca

Love's the boy stood on the burning deck
trying to recite "The boy stood on
the burning deck." Love's the son
        stood stammering elocution
        while the poor ship in flames went down.

Love's the obstinate boy, the ship,
even the swimming sailors, who
would like a schoolroom platform, too,
        or an excuse to stay
        on deck. And love's the burning boy. 

– Elizabeth Bishop (1946)