Poker Night (From A Streetcar Named Desire) - Thomas Hart Benton - Realism Painting - Posters Henri Matisse The painting was done during

The painting was done during Dalí's stay in the United States during 1940 to 1948

and red colors were used by Monet to depict the sunset in Venice

Degas often re-worked his designs and earlier pastels incorporate the same arrangement of figures

A beautiful oil on canvas painting of Promenade by one of the leading members of the German Expressionist group August Macke

to judge by her open-mouthed expression of alarm

Poker Night (From A Streetcar Named Desire) - Thomas Hart Benton - Realism Painting - Posters Henri Matisse The painting was done duringIn 1947, Thomas Hart Benton was commissioned by Hollywood producer David O. Selznick to create an original painting based on a scene in the film version of Tennessee Williamss Pulitzer Prize winning play, A Streetcar Named Desire. The work was a gift for Selznicks first wife, Irene, a theatrical producer responsible for bringing the play to Broadway in the same year. Poker Night captures the sexual tension and violent undertones in the relationships