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Detail of Elapse, a silkscreen by Bridget Riley (English, b. 1931). Gift of the Print Club of Cleveland, 1982.106 Audio recordings about many of the Allen's most important works are narrated by museum staff and curators, as well as Oberlin College faculty and students. Listen or download them here.
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File size: 2.88MB
Adriaen Pietersz van de Venne (Dutch, 1589—1662)
Oil on panel
Narrated by Alix Bishop ’10
File size: 4.46MB
Yayoi Kusama (Japanese, b. 1929)
Baby carriage, cloth, stuffing, silver metallic paint
Narrated by Alyssa Greenberg ’09
File size: 2.48MB
Meindert Hobbema (Dutch, 1638—1709)
Oil on oak panel
File size: 3.17MB
Jean-Baptiste Oudry (French, 1686—1755)
Oil on canvas
Narrated by Mirella Brussani ’11
File size: 4.78MB
François Boucher (French, 1703-70)
Oil on canvas
Narrated by Laura Sico (OC 2010)
File size: 4.68MB
Apollonio di Giovanni (Italian, 1416-1465)
Tempera and oil with gold and silver leaf on wood
Narrated by Lindsay DuPertuis '09
File size: 9.29MB
Exhibition podcast narrated by Dr. Esra Akin, former Visiting Assistant Professor of Religion and Art History
File size: 2.92MB
Margarita Cabrera (Mexican, b. 1973)
Vinyl, foam, string, and wire
Narrated by Claire Solomon, Associate Professor of Hispanic Studies
File size: 4.67MB
Margarita Cabrera (Mexican, b. 1973)
Vinyl, foam, string, and wire
Narrated by Claire Solomon, Associate Professor of Hispanic Studies
File size: 1.68MB
Podcast about installation in the East Gallery
Narrated by Kevin Greenwood, Joan L. Danforth Curator of Asian Art
File size: 1.12MB
Podcast about installation in the East Gallery
Narrated by Kevin Greenwood, Joan L. Danforth Curator of Asian Art
File size: 2.29MB
Podcast on an installation in the East Gallery
Narrated by Kevin Greenwood, Joan L. Danforth Curator of Asian Art
File size: 1.18MB
Podcast about installation in the East Gallery
Narrated by Kevin Greenwood, Joan L. Danforth Curator of Asian Art
File size: 1.65MB
Japanese, Meiji Period
Bronze
Narrated by Jason Trimmer, former Curator of Education
File size: 3.71MB
Sofonisba Anguissola (Italian 1528—1625)
Oil on panel (softwood)
Narrated by Christina Neilson, Associate Professor of Art History
File size: 4.51MB
Joseph Wright of Derby (English, 1734—1797)
Oil on canvas
Narrated by Nicholas Jones, Emeritus Professor of English, and Peter Swendsen, Associate Professor of Computer Music and Digital Arts
File size: 4.19MB
Bridget Riley (English, b. 1931)
Silkscreen
Narrated by Martha Joseph ’09
File size: 5.02MB
Exhibition podcast narrated by Bonnie Cheng, Associate Professor of Art History and East Asian Studies
File size: 3.62MB
Francesco Bertos (Italian, 1678—1741)
Bronze
Narrated by Samantha Conroy ’11
File size: 2.77MB
Joseph Beuys (German, 1921—1986)
Narrated by Thomas Huston '13
File size: 4.59MB
Claude Monet (French, 1840—1926)
Oil on canvas
Narrated by Andria Derstine, AMAM Director
File size: 1.70MB
Edouard Duval-Carrié (Haitian, b. 1954)
Oil on canvas with aluminum frame
Narrated by Edouard Duval-Carrié with Denise Birkhofer, former Ellen Johnson '33 Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art
File size: 1.87MB
Guillermo Meza (Mexican, 1917—1997)
Oil on paper
Narrated by Denise Birkhofer, former Ellen Johnson '33 Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art
File size: 2.19MB
Giorgio de Chirico (Italian, b. Greece, 1888—1978)
Oil on canvas
Narrated by Denise Birkhofer, former Assistant Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art
File size: 4.77MB
William Hogarth (English, 1697—1764)
Line Engraving & Etching
Narrated by Laura Baudot, Associate Professor of English
File size: 2.92MB
Louis Lagrenée (French, 1724—1805)
Oil on canvas
Narrated by Shira Gluck ’10
File size: 3.49MB
Amedeo Modigliani (Italian, 1884—1920)
Oil on canvas
Narrated by Wendy Kozol, Professor of Comparative American Studies
File size: 8.31MB
Exhibition podcast narrated by Colette Crossman, former Curator of Academic Programs, with student assistants Amanda Shubert and Liz Koehn
File size: 4.57MB
Camille Pissarro (French, 1830—1903)
Oil on canvas
Narrated by Franny Brock ’09
File size: 3.39MB
Barthel Bruyn the Elder (German, 1493—1555)
Oil on panel (oak)
Narrated by Erik Inglis, Professor of Art History
File size: 6.08MB
Sir Anthony van Dyck (Flemish, 1599—1641)
Oil on oak panel
Narrated by Christina Neilson, Associate Professor of Art History
File size: 1.84MB
Dutch
Oil on panel
Narrated by Sarah McLusky, former Curatorial Assistant in the Office of Academic Programs
File size: 2.14MB
Portrait of a Lady Writing a Letter, ca. 1797 "Frédéric Dubois (French, active 1780—1819)
Tempera or gouache on ivory
Narrated by Amanda Tobin ’11
File size: 4.37MB
Louis-Leopold Boilly (French, 1761-1845)
Oil on canvas
Narrated by Claire Stepherson ’11
File size: 2.60MB
Roman (Imperial Period)
Proconnesian marble
Narrated by Lindsay DuPertuis '09 and Robert Schuster '10
File size: 4.17MB
Michiel Coxcie (Flemish, 1499—1592)
Oil on panel (oak)
Narrated by Erik Inglis, Professor of Art History
File size: 3.91MB
Sir Thomas Lawrence (English, 1769—1830)
Oil on canvas
Narrated by Martha Moldovan ’11
File size: 2.13MB
Pompeo Batoni (Italian, 1708—1787)
Oil on canvas
Narrated by Rachel Luczkowski ’12
File size: 3.13MB
Sir Thomas Lawrence (English, 1769-1830)
Oil on canvas
Narrated by Andria Derstine, AMAM Director
File size: 4.30MB
William Hogarth (English, 1697—1764)
Oil on canvas
Narrated by Laura Baudot, Associate Professor of English
File size: 2.24MB
Hendrick ter Brugghen (Dutch, ca. 1588—1629)
Oil on canvas
Narrated by Noah Kalos ’09
File size: 1.52MB
Narrated by Heshmat Badiee, with chanting of Islamic poems and prayers
File size: 1.75MB
Narrated by Heshmat Badiee, with chanting of Islamic poems and prayers
File size: 4.45MB
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (German, 1880—1938)
Oil on panel (oak)
Narrated by Abbe Schriber ’09
File size: 6.00MB
Michiel Sweerts (Flemish, 1618—1664)
Oil on canvas
Narrated by Anna-Claire Stinebring ’09
File size: 2.54MB
Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin (French, 1699—1779)
Oil on canvas
Narrated by Cody Wiewandt ’11)
File size: 3.64MB
Exhibition podcast narrated by Melissa Duffes, AMAM Media, Membership, and Publications Coordinator
File size: 3.39MB
Agostino Carracci (Italian, 1557—1602)
Engraving
Narrated by Sara Green '12
File size: 2.77MB
Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577—1640)
Oil on canvas
Narrated by Brittany Filko, local painter and art instructor
File size: 2.26MB
Spanish
Oil on panel
Narrated by Steven Plank, Professor of Musicology
File size: 1.74MB
Luis Cruz Azaceta (Cuban, b. 1942)
Acrylic on paper
Narrated by Claire Solomon, Associate Professor of Hispanic Studies
File size: 3.24MB
Luis Cruz Azaceta (Cuban, b. 1942)
Acrylic on paper
Narrated by Claire Solomon, Associate Professor of Hispanic Studies
File size: 3.16MB
Thomas Satterwhite Noble (American, 1835—1907)
Oil on canvas
Narrated by Andaleeb Banta, former Curator of European and American Art, and Carol Lasser, Emerita Professor of History
File size: 4.05MB
François-Auguste-René Rodin (French, 1840—1917)
Bronze, dark green patina
Narrated by Amy Wojciechowski ’09
File size: 3.76MB
Adolph Gottlieb (American, 1903-1974)
Oil on canvas
Myths and interpretations related to this painting, narrated by Kirk Ormand, Nathan A. Greenberg Professor of Classics
File size: 4.48MB
Adolph Gottlieb (American, 1903-1974)
Oil on canvas
Myths and interpretations related to this painting, narrated by Kirk Ormand, Nathan A. Greenberg Professor of Classics
File size: 2.26MB
Henri-Edmond Cross (French, 1856-1910)
Oil on canvas
Narrated by Kate Jones-Smith, former Visiting Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy
File size: 4.47MB
Howardena Doreen Pindell (American, b. 1943)
Mixed-media collage
Narrated by Sam Kearney '22
File size: 3.11MB
Doris Salcedo (Colombian, b. 1958)
Shirts, gesso, and steel rebars
Narrated by Denise Birkhofer, former Ellen Johnson '33 Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art
File size: 1.04MB
Paul Cézanne (French, 1839—1906)
Oil on canvas
Narrated by Mark Braford, Professor of Biology and Neuroscience
File size: 2.71MB
J. M .W. Turner (English, 1775—1851)
Oil on canvas
Narrated by Andria Derstine, AMAM Director
File size: 1.95MB
Derrick Adams (American, b. 1970)
Pigment print diptych.
Carl Gerber Contemporary Art Fund, 2017.45.1-2
Narrated by Adrienne Hoover '22
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