MATISSE CUT-OUTS: THE AUDACITY OF SIMPLICITY This is in an excellent video about Matisse and his development of the cut-out art form. The 30-minute video was produced by the BBC to coincide with the landmark 2014 exhibition of cut-outs at London’s Tate Modern and New York’s MoMA. Shown here: Icarus (1943 -1944)
“In 1941, after […]
Artist: Cristina Urdiales, Spain Artist Statement: I sketched this piece during a summer holiday trip to Strasbourg in August, 2016. This clock is inside the cathedral. [Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Strasbourg, Alsace, France]. There are lots of people around and it only gets illuminated for five minutes now and then, so I had to work very […]
“The Rocket” (1909) Artist: Edward Middleton Manigault (1887 – 1922) Medium: Oil on canvas Location: Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Ohio
Inspired by the Jean-François Millet’s paintings of peasants sowing seeds, van Gogh visited this theme many times. Like Millet, sowing for van Gogh is a symbol. The concept is based on the “Parable of the Sower” as told by Jesus in which he likens the toils of the sower to our own journey through life: […]
This is a compelling, moody video of Edward Hopper’s paintings and Nina Simone’s music. via Mike Bailey: https://www.facebook.com/mike.bailey.7927
The painting was created just at the outbreak of World War II. It is a somber view of a world about to explode, a companion piece to Picasso’s ‘Guernica’. This excellent 8-minute video essay helps us to understand Picasso’s allegorical painting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HGW1DQO1xQ via #nerdwriter1
Research presented in the 2013 book titled “Egon Schiele: The Beginning” includes previously unpublished images from Schiele’s early sketchbook.
Among the sketches found in the journal is a portrait of Margarete Partonek (below), a girl who caught the artist’s attention when he was 15 years old. “The young Schiele quickly became obsessed with Margarete, drawing […]
“There is maybe no painting in the history of the form more worthy of analysis then Velázquez’ Las Meninas“. That’s the start of this excellent 10-minute video essay about Velázquez’ masterpiece: https://www.patreon.com/posts/4183951
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A retrospective of M.C. Escher’s work begins next week in Edinburgh’s National Gallery of Modern Art and this has inspired The Guardian to publish an excellent article about this enigmatic artist. Here are few excerpts:
“The artist who created some of the most memorable images of the 20th century was never fully embraced by […]
A major retrospective of Paul Gauguin’s paintings is currently on view the Fondation Beyler museum in Basel, Switzerland. The exhibit brings together about fifty of Gauguin’s masterpieces from leading international museums and private collections. The following is an excellent short video that focuses on some of the show’s highlights. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ml-rCgyHF4w via Huffington Post
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Helen Mirren’s latest film, ‘Woman in Gold’, tells a true story of an arts battle. Mirren stars as Maria Altmann, a naturalized US citizen who sues the Austrian government to recover Gustav Klimt’s portrait of her aunt, Adele Bloch-Bauer, looted from her family’s home by the Nazis.
Time Magazine reports: “While ‘Woman in Gold’ is […]
In 1937, Salvador Dalí wrote to a friend, “I have come to America and I am in contact with three great American surrealists – the Marx Brothers, Cecil B. DeMille, and Walt Disney.” Dalí and Disney had met at a dinner party given by Jack Warner and became friends. Then in 1945 the two began […]
Last night Picasso’s “Women of Algiers” (1955) sold at a record-breaking $179 million (£ 102.6). Picasso’s painting is an homage to the earlier painting of the same name by 19-century painter Eugène Delacroix (shown side-by-side).
Guardian art critic Jonathan Jones argues that this record-breaking price was paid for a “late, ungreat work shows the foolishness […]
“Frida Kahlo used clothing as an integral part of her artwork and in turn created an iconic image that champions creativity, bravery and the colorful spirit of Mexico. She also used clothing to hide her physical imperfections. Sixty-one years after her death, she has become a fashion genre within her own right. Kahlo’s distinctive look […]
“A newly discovered set of love letters written by Mexican artist Frida Kahlo was recently displayed at the Doyle Gallery in New York. Kahlo had written the letters to Jose Bartoli, a Catalán émigré artist whom she met in New York while they were both recuperating from surgery in New York. These unpublished letters, dating […]
Artist: Anya Toomre Artist Statement: I am enrolled in the online Sketchbook Skool and was presented with the creative challenge of stealing an admired artist’s work. I chose Albrecht Dürer because the animals he has drawn have always fascinated me. I knew about his Hare and Walrus, but only recently came across his Rhinoceros. Given […]
Velásquez’ painting “Las Meninas” famously inspired a major tribute by Picasso. But John Singer Sargent was among the many other artists also greatly influenced by the Velásquez and he copied it when he visited Madrid’s Prado Museum in his youth. Later, Sargent used the inspiration of “Las Meninas” to create his society portrait “The Daughters […]
Thanks to Jan Blencowe for posting this article about Conrad Martens, the artist who accompanied Darwin on his explorations of the Galapagos Islands. These sketchbooks have now been digitized and have been put online by Cambridge University. To read more and access the sketchbooks online: http://bit.ly/1Ccw2Lw This is the video about the sketchbooks created by […]
