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Artists and their beds

What’s the one luxury you can’t live without?

I couldn’t live without my bed. I love it so much, and beds have been a constant theme in art for centuries. Here are some artists who have depicted beds:

Albrecht Durer Pillows 1493
Medieval painting of midwives

Piero della Francesca – The Dream of Constantine (1452-66)
Vincent Van Gogh, The Bedroom 1888
Edward Hopper Church in Eastham 1948
Robert Rauschenberg 1955
Tracey Emin Unmade Bed 1999
Guerrilla Girls, aka Käthe Kollwitz 2014
Mona Hatoum, Turner Prize nominee, Dormiente, 2008

Birgit Jürgenssen. Matratzenschuhe (Mattress Shoes), 1973
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Paul Carney
Author of four published books, visual artist and former art education consultant. My books are: Drawing for Science Invention & Discovery, Drawing to Learn Anything, Classroom Catastrophes and The Arthrobot Scriptures available from www.paulcarneyarts.com
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