National Gallery of Australia (NGA)

Ariadne's Gallery holds 30 works in the National Gallery of Australia (NGA) collection by 25 artists, most made between 1856 and 1992. The best represented artists are Jeffrey Smart, Mark Rothko and Morris Louis. The main styles are Abstract expressionism, Color field painting and Impressionism. Compared with the rest of Ariadne's Gallery, these works most often evoke anger and sadness.

Emotional profile

Sadness: 44 (collection average 34)
Joy: 38 (collection average 46)
Tension: 57 (collection average 48)
Anger: 36 (collection average 23)
Nostalgia: 45 (collection average 47)
Wonder: 45 (collection average 48)
Interest: 53 (collection average 57)

Leading artists

Artworks

Self-portrait by Peter Paul Rubens, 1623 — Joy 70, Interest 65, Wonder 55
Study for Les Demoiselles des bords de la Seine by Gustave Courbet, 1856 — Anger 12, Sadness 18, Joy 27
Afternoon in Naples by Paul Cezanne, c.1875 — Interest 65, Joy 55, Wonder 45
Path at Sablons by Alfred Sisley, c.1883 — Wonder 55, Joy 51, Nostalgia 50
Allegro con brio, Bourke St. West by Tom Roberts, 1890 — Tension 75, Anger 40, Joy 55
Haystacks, midday by Claude Monet, 1890 — Joy 57, Wonder 50, Interest 58
In the morning, Alpes Maritimes from Antibes by John Peter Russell, 1890 - 1891 — Joy 65, Interest 65, Nostalgia 55
The Lovers by Rene Magritte, 1928 — Anger 45, Wonder 65, Interest 70
Bacchic scene with minotaur by Pablo Picasso, 1933 — Anger 70, Tension 80, Sadness 60
Blind Minotaur is guided by girl by Pablo Picasso, 1934 — Anger 70, Tension 80, Sadness 65
Victory girls by Albert Tucker, 1943 — Anger 51, Sadness 60, Tension 70
Totem Lesson 2 by Jackson Pollock, 1945 — Anger 9, Sadness 19, Joy 26
The Lagoon 2 by Henri Matisse, c.1947 — Interest 70, Joy 55, Wonder 55
The Trial by Sidney Nolan, 1947 — Tension 80, Anger 50, Sadness 60
Multiform by Mark Rothko, 1948 — Wonder 65, Nostalgia 55, Joy 50
Woman V, 1952-53 (oil & charcoal on canvas) by Willem de Kooning, 1952 - 1953 — Interest 75, Anger 45, Sadness 50
Painting by Ad Reinhardt, 1954 - 1958 — Sadness 85, Nostalgia 80, Tension 75
No.20 by Mark Rothko, 1957 — Wonder 64, Interest 70, Joy 60
Cool White by Lee Krasner, 1959 — Interest 79, Joy 69, Wonder 65
Dalet Zayin by Morris Louis, 1959 — Sadness 79, Tension 75, Anger 48
Nexus II by Morris Louis, 1959 — Interest 85, Wonder 80, Anger 55
Bad habits by Philip Guston, 1970 — Anger 80, Tension 91, Sadness 70
Corrugated Gioconda by Jeffrey Smart, 1976 — Joy 70, Wonder 55, Interest 60
First Study for Corrugated Gioconda by Jeffrey Smart, 1976 — Anger 45, Sadness 55, Nostalgia 60
Study for Corrugated Gioconda by Jeffrey Smart, 1976 — Anger 50, Sadness 60, Nostalgia 65
Cameo by Helen Frankenthaler, 1980 — Wonder 65, Interest 70, Anger 40
The Fountain by Frank Stella, 1992 — Nostalgia 70, Sadness 55, Anger 15
After Cezanne by Lucian Freud, 1999 - 2000 — Anger 70, Tension 80, Sadness 60
The Sonnet by George Washington Lambert — Anger 65, Tension 80, Nostalgia 70
Tobias and the Angel by Adam Elsheimer — Wonder 80, Tension 75, Interest 75

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