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Diagonal Arrangement
Browse works built around diagonal sweeps, slanted groupings, and directional compositional movement. This composition page currently surfaces 164 works by 100 artists across 26 institutions. It blends museum tags, public collections, and vision-detected diagonals, slanted arrangements, and directional movement.
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Artists with this composition
Arthur B. Davies
5 works surfaced for this composition.
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
5 works surfaced for this composition.
John Marin
5 works surfaced for this composition.
José Clemente Orozco
5 works surfaced for this composition.
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎
5 works surfaced for this composition.
Piet Mondrian
5 works surfaced for this composition.
Artist: Arthur B. Davies
4 works surfaced for this composition.
Claes Oldenburg
4 works surfaced for this composition.
Museums with this composition
Minneapolis Institute of Art
37 works surfaced for this composition.
Museum of Modern Art
31 works surfaced for this composition.
Cleveland Museum of Art
16 works surfaced for this composition.
National Gallery of Art
9 works surfaced for this composition.
Statens Museum for Kunst
9 works surfaced for this composition.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
9 works surfaced for this composition.
Arthur M. Sackler Museum
8 works surfaced for this composition.
Fogg Museum
7 works surfaced for this composition.
Works with this composition

Diagonal Ridge
Wayne Thiebaud · 1979
Minneapolis Institute of Art · Drypoint, aquatint, and roulette on wove Somerset…

Paisagem n. 114 (MASP)
Lucia Laguna · 2018
MASP · Acrílica e óleo sobre tela

The Subway
José Clemente Orozco · 1928
Museum of Modern Art · Oil on canvas

Circuit
Richard Serra · 1972
Museum of Modern Art · Lithograph

Round porcelain inkstone in moon-white glaze (with a jade-inlaid case)
Unknown artist · 明 西元1368-1644年
National Palace Museum · 文具

Pineapple. Costume design for the ballet H.P. (Horsepower)
Diego Rivera · 1927
Museum of Modern Art · Watercolor, pencil, and colored pencil on paper

George Brecht's Drip Music (1962), performed by George Maciunas during Festum Fluxorum/Fluxus/Musik und Antimusik/Das Instrumentale Theater, Staatliche Kunstakademie, Düsseldorf, February 2, 1963
George Brecht · 1963
Museum of Modern Art · Gelatin silver print

Amstel River
Piet Mondrian · 1907
Museum of Modern Art · Watercolor and charcoal on paper

La retaguardia
José Clemente Orozco · 1929
Minneapolis Institute of Art · Lithograph

Saint Ildefonso
El Greco · c. 1603/1614
National Gallery of Art · oil on canvas

Antoine Laurent Lavoisier (1743–1794) and Marie Anne Lavoisier (Marie Anne Pierrette Paulze, 1758–1836)
Jacques Louis David · 1788
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Oil on canvas

The Basket of Apples
Paul Cezanne · c. 1893
Art Institute of Chicago · Oil on canvas

Bordighera
Claude Monet · 1884
Art Institute of Chicago · Oil on canvas
Blade for a Short Sword ("Kodachi")
Kunimune · Kamakura period, 13th century
Tokyo National Museum · Arms & Armor

Dara Shikoh with Sages
Payag · c. 1635
Arthur M. Sackler Museum · Opaque watercolor and gold on paper

'You' Covered Ritual Wine Vessel in the Form of Two Addorsed Owls
Unknown artist · 14th-11th century BCE
Arthur M. Sackler Museum · Cast bronze

Untitled by Red Grooms American,
Red Grooms · 1973
Seattle Art Museum · Screenprint

Fishing Boats at Étretat
Claude Monet · 1885
Seattle Art Museum · Oil on canvas

The Japanese Bridge
Claude Monet · c. 1923–25
Minneapolis Institute of Art · Oil on canvas

South Wind, Clear Weather
Katsushika Hokusai · 1830–33
Minneapolis Institute of Art · Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on…

Self-Portrait with Dr. Arrieta
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes · 1820
Minneapolis Institute of Art · Oil on canvas

Portrait of Lucia Wijbrants
Gabriël Metsu · 1667
Minneapolis Institute of Art · Oil on panel

Mount Sainte-Victoire
Paul Cezanne · c. 1904
Cleveland Museum of Art · oil on fabric

Poem by Kakinomoto no Hitomaro, from One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets Explained by an Old Nurse
Katsushika Hokusai · 1835–36
Cleveland Museum of Art · color woodblock print

Man and Woman Admiring Mount Fuji from a Snowy Pavilion
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 · Edo period, after 1833
Arthur M. Sackler Museum · Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on…

Cranes on the Seashore/The Reed Shell (Ashigai), from the series "Shell-Matching Game with Genroku Poets" (Genroku kasen kai-awase)
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 · 1821
Arthur M. Sackler Museum · Woodblock print (surimono); ink, color, gold, metallic…

Fujieda, Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō (Fujieda, Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi), detached page from The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tōkaidō: A Picture Book of Highway Bells (Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi: Ehon ekiro no suzu)
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 · c. 1808-1813
Arthur M. Sackler Museum · Detached page from a woodblock-printed book; ink…

Okazaki, from the series Fifty-Three Stations of the Tōkaidō (Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi)
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 · c. 1806
Arthur M. Sackler Museum · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Still-life with a Lacquer Panel Inscribed with Poems
Artist: Katsushika Hokusai · Possibly 1804 (Year of the Rat)
Yale University Art Gallery · Polychrome woodblock print with brass and bronze…

Round surimono - couple playing with monkey
Artist: Katsushika Hokusai · ca. 1800
Yale University Art Gallery · Surimono: polychrome woodblock print

Two Spooks Peering from Verandah School of Hokusai
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎
Arthur M. Sackler Museum · Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "surimono"; ink and color on…

boots
Lafferty, Judy
Canadian Museum of History · moose skin, mammal wool, cotton, fibre, caribou…

Study for Composition (The Cow)
Theo van Doesburg · 1917
Museum of Modern Art · Pencil on paper

Music and Dance and Cupids in Conspiracy
François Boucher · 1740s
Cleveland Museum of Art · oil on canvas

C. - C. = Fisch
Paul Klee · 1931
Minneapolis Institute of Art · Watercolor and ink on gessoed paper, mounted…

Landscape with Figure and Crucifix (Landschaft mit Figuren und Kruzifix), from the suite Sounds (Klänge)
Vassily Kandinsky (also called Vasilij Kandinskij; Wassily Kandinsky) · 1911
Chazen Museum of Art · Color woodcut

Landscape
Vassily Kandinsky (also called Vasilij Kandinskij; Wassily Kandinsky) · designed…
Chazen Museum of Art · Color woodcut

AW:AB=L:MD from Insicuro Noncurante
Alighiero Boetti · 1966-75
Museum of Modern Art · One from a portfolio of eighty two…

Landscape with Two Poplars
Vasily Kandinsky · 1912
Art Institute of Chicago · Oil on canvas

Patriotic propaganda postcard with verse by Vladimir Mayakovsky
Kazimir Malevich · 1914
Museum of Modern Art · Lithograph

Odalisque, Enslaved Woman, and Eunuch
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres · 1839-1840
Fogg Museum · Oil on canvas

Brooklyn Bridge from Brooklyn (The Sun)
John Marin · 1915
Museum of Modern Art · Etching

Chair Series 7 (3107)
Arne Jacobsen · c. 1952
Museum of Modern Art · Chrome-plated steel tubing and molded plywood with…

Male Torso
José Clemente Orozco · (1923)
Museum of Modern Art · Crayon on brown paper

Composition S
Tapio Wirkkala · 1964
Victoria and Albert Museum · stainless steel, forging

Ni mas ni menos
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes · 1797–98
Minneapolis Institute of Art · Etching and aquatint

Poster for Actions/Agit Pop/Dé-Coll/Age Happening/Events/Anti Art/L'Autrisme/Art Total/Refluxus, Auditorium Maximum, Aachen, Germany, July 20, 1964
Nam June Paik · 1964
Museum of Modern Art · Offset lithograph

Drawing, IBA Lützowstrasse Social Housing Competition, Berlin, Germany
Office for Metropolitan Architecture · 1980
M+ Museum · oil on paper

Plate (supplementary suite) from Manifeste Mystique (Mystic Manifesto)
Salvador Dalí · 1951
Museum of Modern Art · Etching from the supplementary suite of an…

Study for Sneaker Lace - White
Claes Oldenburg · 1991
Minneapolis Institute of Art · Color lithograph

Plate (facing page 58) from Les Chants de Maldoror (The Songs of Maldoror)
Salvador Dalí · 1934
Museum of Modern Art · One from an illustrated book with forty-two…

Landscape with Noses
Claes Oldenburg · 1975
Walker Art Center · etching, aquatint on paper

Landscape
Thomas Cole · 1825
Minneapolis Institute of Art · Oil on canvas

X-radiograph(s) of "Composition with Blue, Red and Yellow"
Piet Mondrian
Harvard Art Museums · Photographs

Sneaker Lace in Landscape - Red
Claes Oldenburg · 1991
Minneapolis Institute of Art · Color lithograph

Sneaker Lace in Landscape - Gray
Claes Oldenburg · 1991
Minneapolis Institute of Art · Color lithograph

Landscape: Window Overlooking the Woods
Édouard Vuillard · 1899
Art Institute of Chicago · Oil on canvas

Fire in the Evening
Paul Klee · 1929
Museum of Modern Art · Oil on cardboard

Seated Figures, Study for "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte"
Georges Pierre Seurat · 1884-1885
Fogg Museum · Oil on panel

The Day's Sport
James Ward, 1769–1859 · 1826
Yale Center for British Art · Oil on canvas

Beauty Painting
Suzuki Harunobu · Edo period, 18th century
Tokyo National Museum · Painting

Kilta Tableware
Kaj Franck · 1948
Museum of Modern Art · Glazed earthenware

A radiant female figure beset by dark spirits; page 45 from the "Images of Spain" Album (F)
Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes) · ca. 1812–20
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Brush and point of brush, brown…

Brooklyn Bridge and Lower New York
John Marin · 1913
Minneapolis Institute of Art · Etching and drypoint with plate tone

Paysage a Vallauris
Pablo Picasso · 1953
Minneapolis Institute of Art · Lithograph

Tumbler
Kaj Franck · 1954
Museum of Modern Art · Turn mold-blown glass

Skål og karaffel
Juan Gris · Værkdatering: 1911
Statens Museum for Kunst · Ribbet papir

¡Qual la descañonan!
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes · 1797–98
Minneapolis Institute of Art · Etching and aquatint

Woman in a Kimono
Walter Crane, 1845–1915 · 1910
Yale Center for British Art · Watercolor and gouache on moderately thick,…

1970 from Insicuro Noncurante
Alighiero Boetti · 1966-75
Museum of Modern Art · One from a portfolio of eighty two…

F
Anni Albers · 1969
Minneapolis Institute of Art · Color screenprint in white ink

The Bird Catchers
François Boucher · 1748
J. Paul Getty Museum · Oil on canvas, Oil, Canvas

Bombe ordigni origini e o altro from Insicuro Noncurante
Alighiero Boetti · 1966-75
Museum of Modern Art · One from a portfolio of eighty two…

Portrait of Ambrose Vollard, II
Pablo Picasso · 1937 (printed and published 1939)
Minneapolis Institute of Art · Sugar-lift, with aquatint and spit-bite etching

Suprematist Composition
Ivan Kudriashov · 1921
Museum of Modern Art · Pencil, watercolor, and gouache on paper

Clenched Fist
José Clemente Orozco · (1948)
Museum of Modern Art · Crayon and charcoal on paper

Bindweed
Artist: Fidelia Bridges · 1/1/1873
Yale University Art Gallery · Watercolor

Untitled
Isamu Noguchi · 1946
Museum of Modern Art · Pencil on cut-out-and-pasted graph paper on black…

Lovers Surprised (Annette et Lubin)
François Boucher · early 1760s
Minneapolis Institute of Art · Brown and black chalk, with touches of…

L'Arlésienne: Madame Joseph-Michel Ginoux (Marie Julien, 1848–1911)
Vincent van Gogh · 1888–89
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Oil on canvas

Aften i stuen
Vilhelm Hammershøi · Værkdatering: (1904)
Statens Museum for Kunst · Lærred

Winter Landscape with a Coach and Travelers by a House
Jacob Cats · 1786
Fogg Museum · Brown ink, gray wash, and black chalk on cream…

Church Facade 6
Piet Mondrian · 1915, dated 1912
Museum of Modern Art · Charcoal on paper

Gifts for "J."
Paul Klee · 1928
Museum of Modern Art · Oil, ink, and gesso on canvas mounted…

"Genpo yoka" (Collection of Flowering Plants)
Ito Jakuchu · Edo period, dated 1768 (Meiwa 5)
Tokyo National Museum · Ink rubbing of woodblock on paper

George Sand's Garden at Nohant
Eugène Delacroix · ca. 1842–43
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Oil on canvas

Nivea Cream Piece for Oscar Williams, performed during Fluxus/Musik og Anti-Musik/det Instrumentale Teater, Nikolai Kirke, Copenhagen, November 23, 1962
Alison Knowles · 1962
Museum of Modern Art · Gelatin silver print

Portræt af Anna Ancher, profil
P.S. Krøyer · Værkdatering: 1898
Statens Museum for Kunst · Koldnålsradering

Portræt af Madame Matisse. Den grønne stribe
Henri Matisse · Værkdatering: (1905)
Statens Museum for Kunst · Lærred

Composition in Brown and Gray
Piet Mondrian · 1913
Museum of Modern Art · Oil on canvas

Front cover from Igra v adu (A Game in Hell)
Kazimir Malevich · 1913–14, published 1914
Museum of Modern Art · Lithograph with lithographed manuscript text from an…

Valley Landscape
John Marin · Værkdatering: 1918
Statens Museum for Kunst · Vandfarve

La Bandera
José Clemente Orozco · 1928
Minneapolis Institute of Art · Lithograph

Composition with Red, Yellow, and Blue
Piet Mondrian · 1927
Cleveland Museum of Art · oil on canvas

Le Dedans & Le Dehors
Joan Miró · 1966
Minneapolis Institute of Art · Color etching with aquatint

Reclining Nude II
Henri Matisse · 1927
Minneapolis Institute of Art · Bronze

New Mexico Hills
Marsden Hartley · Værkdatering: (1877-1943)
Statens Museum for Kunst · Farvekridt

John Broughton
John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779 · ca. 1767
Yale Center for British Art · Oil on canvas

Saint John the Baptist
François Boucher · c. 1755
Minneapolis Institute of Art · Oil on canvas

Dagens arbejde bedømmes
Anna Ancher · Værkdatering: 1883
Statens Museum for Kunst · Lærred

A Woman Seated beside a Vase of Flowers (Madame Paul Valpinçon?)
Edgar Degas · 1865
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Oil on canvas

Fifth Print from A Low Tide Pentaptych
Utagawa Kuniyoshi · c. 1830
Cleveland Museum of Art · color woodblock print from a pentaptych

The Laugh
Umberto Boccioni · 1911
Museum of Modern Art · Oil on canvas

Dancing Sailors
Charles Demuth · 1917
Cleveland Museum of Art · watercolor over graphite

Antique Mirror
Artist: Arthur B. Davies · 1923–24
Yale University Art Gallery · Color aquatint

Bacchantes
Artist: Arthur B. Davies · 1921
Yale University Art Gallery · Lithograph

Female Dancer
Arthur B. Davies · c. 1920
Minneapolis Institute of Art · Colored chalks on reddish brown charcoal paper

Moonlight on the Grassy Bank
Arthur B. Davies · 1919
Minneapolis Institute of Art · Soft-ground etching and aquatint with drypoint and…

Ebb and Flow
Arthur B. Davies · 1917
Minneapolis Institute of Art · Drypoint

Whirl of Dance
Arthur B. Davies · 1917
Minneapolis Institute of Art · Drypoint, roulette, and aquatint

Night's Overture
Arthur B. Davies · 1907
Minneapolis Institute of Art · Oil on canvas

Landscape, Aix
Artist: Arthur B. Davies · n.d.
Yale University Art Gallery · Gouache on light blue paper

Two Female Nudes
Artist: Arthur B. Davies · n.d.
Yale University Art Gallery · Lithograph

Orpheus
Odilon Redon · c. 1903–10
Cleveland Museum of Art · pastel on brown paper

A Woman Clothed with the Sun
Odilon Redon · 1899
Cleveland Museum of Art · lithograph

Fear
Odilon Redon · 1866
Cleveland Museum of Art · etching

On Morse Mountain, No. 6, Maine
John Marin · 1928
Cleveland Museum of Art · Watercolor and black crayon and reductive work…

Deer Isle, Maine
Marin, John · 1927
Victoria and Albert Museum · water-colour, painting

Downtown New York
Marin, John · 1921
Victoria and Albert Museum · etching

The Sea, Maine
John Marin · 1921
Minneapolis Institute of Art · Watercolor and charcoal on paper

The Breakfast Table
John Singer Sargent · 1883 - 1884
Fogg Museum · Oil on canvas

Bécane
Édouard Vuillard · c. 1894
Museum of Modern Art · Lithograph

Movimento Futurista letterhead (Letter from Marinetti)
Giacomo Balla · c.1939
Museum of Modern Art · Letterpress

Reclining Male Nude (verso)
Edouard Vuillard · c. 1887–89
Cleveland Museum of Art · Black chalk

Approaching Thunder Storm
Martin Johnson Heade · 1859
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Oil on canvas

River Landscape with a Castle
Adam, Robert · 1780s
National Gallery of Art · pen and black ink and watercolor over…

Untitled
Raoul Hausmann · c. 1930
Museum of Modern Art · Gelatin silver print

Rocks at Belle-Île, Port-Domois
Claude Monet · 1886
Cincinnati Art Museum · oil on canvas

Allegorical Subject - Triumph of the Arts and Science
Benjamin West
Cincinnati Art Museum · wash and brown chalk on heavy cream board

Pink Roses
Bridges, Fidelia · 1875
National Gallery of Art · watercolor on wove paper

Rock and Vine with Green Leaves
Goshun 呉春 (Matsumura Gekkei 松村月渓) · Mid Edo period, circa…
Arthur M. Sackler Museum · Album leaf mounted as a hanging scroll;…

Christ on the Cross
El Greco · c. 1600–1610
Cleveland Museum of Art · oil on canvas

Coup de mistral
Artist Unknown, late 19th or early 20th century · 19th-20th…
Minneapolis Institute of Art · Etching

Moses Striking the Rock and Bringing Forth Water
Unknown artist (Italian, 16th century) · 16th century
Minneapolis Institute of Art · Pen and brown ink, brown wash on…

Christ Driving the Money Changers from the Temple
El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos) · c. 1570–75
Minneapolis Institute of Art · Oil on canvas

China Rose and a Quail
Inscription by Keijo Shūrin · Muromachi period, 16th century
Tokyo National Museum · Color on silk

The Sanctuary of Hercules
Böcklin, Arnold · 1884
National Gallery of Art · oil on wood

Boat Ride on the Yodo River
Ito Jakuchu · Edo
Kyoto National Museum · Painting

He deserved it
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes · 1810–20 (published 1863)
Minneapolis Institute of Art · Etching and aquatint

Christ Crucified Between the Two Thieves: 'The Three Crosses'
Rembrandt van Rijn · 1653-c.1660
Cleveland Museum of Art · drypoint

Girl in a Boat with Geese
Morisot, Berthe · c. 1889
National Gallery of Art · oil on canvas

Skiffs
Caillebotte, Gustave · 1877
National Gallery of Art · oil on canvas

Le gamin
Édouard Manet · Værkdatering: 1874
Statens Museum for Kunst · Litografi

Borgerkrig
Édouard Manet · Værkdatering: 1871
Statens Museum for Kunst · Litografi

The Races
Edouard Manet · c. 1865 - c. 1872
Fogg Museum · Lithograph on chine collé

The Balloon
Edouard Manet · 1862
Fogg Museum · Prints

Allegory of the Catholic Faith
Johannes Vermeer · ca. 1670–72
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Oil on canvas

Young Woman with a Water Pitcher
Johannes Vermeer · ca. 1662
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Oil on canvas

A Maid Asleep
Johannes Vermeer · ca. 1656–57
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Oil on canvas

Le petit Andelys
Maurice de Vlaminck · 1911
Minneapolis Institute of Art · Oil on canvas

Calanque des Antibois
Cross, Henri Edmond · 1891/1892
National Gallery of Art · oil on canvas

Landscape
Guillaumin, Jean-Baptiste-Armand · 1882
National Gallery of Art · color lithograph

The Blue House
Maurice de Vlaminck · 1906
Minneapolis Institute of Art · Oil on canvas

Si amanece; nos Vamos
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes · 1797–98
Minneapolis Institute of Art · Etching and aquatint

Camera Work: Number 37, January 1912
David Octavius Hill · 1912
Cleveland Museum of Art · photogravure

St. Andrews Castle, from the Southeast
David Octavius Hill · 1846
Cleveland Museum of Art · salted paper print from calotype negative

The Girl from Älvdalen
Anders Zorn · c. 1911
Minneapolis Institute of Art · Oil on canvas

Summer
Anders Zorn · 1907
Minneapolis Institute of Art · Etching

The Bathers
Anders Leonard Zorn · 1887
Fogg Museum · Transparent and opaque watercolor on white wove paper

In the Surf (recto); Beach Study (verso)
Edward H. Potthast · c. 1910
Cleveland Museum of Art · oil on panel

Saint John the Evangelist on Patmos
Titian · c. 1553/1555
National Gallery of Art · oil on canvas

Ushigafuchi Moat at Kudanzaka Hill
Katsushika Hokusai · Edo period, 19th century
Tokyo National Museum · Painting

Radiomottagare
Braun Radio GMBH · 1936-01-01 - 1937-01-01
Swedish National Museum of Science and Technology · Trä

The Conquest of Tunisia
Artist (painter): `Ali Artist (painter): Naqqas Osman Author: Lokman Scribe:…
Aga Khan Museum · Opaque watercolour, ink, and gold on paper