Tag Archives: GREAT MASTERS
Paul Klee at the Tate Modern Gallery spreading light and colour in a brilliant exhibition
Paul Klee is a giant of 20th century art scene and one of the greatest creative innovators of his time. Witty, inventive, magical, his exquisite paintings resist any easy classification. He is mentioned in the same breath as Matisse, Picasso and … Continue reading
Mark Rothko, “a sense of the tragic is always with me when I paint”
Mark Rothko (Marcus Rothkovitz) was born in Dvinsk, Russia, in 1903. By 1913 he emigrated to the States with his family, settling down in Portland, Oregon. America welcomed them, other millions of jews as well, but his father couldn’t enjoy … Continue reading
Edvard Munch, The Scream: Audible demonstration of a nightmare
Today we’re going to walk around Norway to find out one of his most international artists, 2013 is the 150 celebration of his birth. We’re talking about Edvard Munch. Munch was born in Loten, Norway, in 1873. His childhood was … Continue reading
“Humble and colossal” impressionism by Camille Pissarro
The Thyssen Museum in Madrid brings us this summer the exhibition of 79 Pisarro’s paintings, chronologically ordered by the places he used to live in and which inspired his work. The big walnut in Eragny Pissarro was born in Santo … Continue reading
Antonio López, “realism is wonderful because it’s where everything fits”
Today we approach the life and work of Antonio López, master of hyperrealism, in love with Madrid, its streets and roofs, a Man from La Mancha born in Tomelloso in January 1936 in a farmers family right before the Spanish civil … Continue reading
A walk through: Dali, all of the poetic suggestions and plastic possibilities. Reina Sofia Museum, Madrid
Going on with our posts on international artists exhibitions, we welcome back Dali, the absolute genious of surrealism. This time, Reina Sofia Museum in Madrid opens its doors to receive the exhibition “Dalí. All of the poetic suggestions and all of … Continue reading
Fernando Botero, that is: Glorification and beauty of the rotund body
Worldwide recognized painter and sculptor, we believe that every single person who listens the name of Fernando Botero, automatically recreates in his mind the plump shapes of the characters who dwell the big work of the Colombian artist. Since he … Continue reading
Roy Lichtenstein retrospective at the Tate Gallery,London: When Mickey Mouse became Pop Art
Finally, Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997) landed in Europe, from the Washington National Gallery, through the Tate Gallery in London, where visitors will know his work until July 27, 2013, when the showcase will be taken to the Centre Pompidou in Paris, one … Continue reading
The ladder of scape: From Miro friend of Hemingway to Miro antifascist and his series of burnt canvas
On the first days of February, it began the art auctions season in London, where it´s been showed the masterwork by Joan Miró “The ladder of scape”, painting not shown in public since half a century ago and not set … Continue reading
Las Meninas or The Maids of Honour… by Velázquez or by Picasso?
In the summer of 1957, Pablo Picasso (honorary director of the Museo Nacional del Prado in Madrid at the time), turned the third floor of La Californie, his house in Cannes on the South of France, into a studio. While … Continue reading