Art History
Art that celebrates beach life
Jun 8, 2022
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7 minutes read
It is surely impossible to list and describe all the many works, including painting, photography, and performance, that have immortalized beach life and, consequently, also the changes in the sea motions and customs of bathers over time. Nonetheless, John Constable's Brighton Beach (1824) and Edvard Munch's Man at the Bath (1916) are certainly noteworthy, though oftentimes little known...
Artist Portraits
Michel Haas: The Art of Transcending Tradition
Aug 6, 2024
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6 minutes read
Michel Haas was a French painter, engraver, and illustrator known for his innovative approach to art, focusing on the materiality of his medium and capturing the transient beauty of everyday life. His work gained recognition from major galleries and collectors, marking a significant impact on contemporary art.
Artist Portraits
Dirk Krull : Art, Plastic Waste & Nature
Oct 22, 2020
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3 minutes read
An army of plastics to assault the most beautiful landscapes on the planet!
Artist Portraits
Donald Baechler: The Artist Between Neo-Expressionism and Pop Art
Sep 11, 2024
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5 minutes read
Donald Baechler was an influential American painter and sculptor associated with the Neo-expressionist movement of the 1980s. Raised in a Quaker family, Baechler developed an early interest in art, influenced by his maternal grandmother. After studying at the Maryland Institute College of Art and Cooper Union, he moved to Germany, where he embraced Neo-expressionism....
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The art collection of Alain Delon is going to be sold at auction
Jun 1, 2023
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3 minutes read
The collection of the French star of "The Leopard" could bring as much as €5 million at Bonhams in Paris.
Art History
Summer on Canvas: The 10 Seascapes Not to Be Missed
Jul 2, 2024
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15 minutes read
Our selection of famous seascapes, performed by some of the best-known masters of all time, is precisely designed to see you on a lounger or in front of the fan dreaming of the sound of the ocean...
Artist Portraits
Charles Arnoldi: Innovating Abstract Art Through Material and Form
Sep 4, 2024
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5 minutes read
Charles Arnoldi is an American contemporary artist known for his abstract paintings, sculptures, and prints, utilizing a diverse range of materials including sticks, wood, and bronze. His innovative approach blends painting and sculpture, often exploring the boundaries between these mediums through dynamic, textured compositions.
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Hyun Ae Kang: Bridging Cultures Through Abstract Art
Jul 29, 2024
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8 minutes read
Hyun Ae Kang is a South Korean contemporary artist renowned for her vibrant abstract paintings that blend traditional Korean spiritual themes with Western abstract expressionism. Her work is characterized by a bold use of color and texture, setting her apart from the monochromatic style of the Dansaekhwa movement.
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The Art of Karl Lagasse: From 'One Dollar' to Iconic Film Festival Trophies
Aug 19, 2024
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7 minutes read
Karl Lagasse, born April 4, 1981, in Paris, is a renowned French artist celebrated for his innovative work across sculpture, painting, installation, and photography, notably recognized for his "One Dollar" sculptures and his design of the Deauville American Film Festival trophy.
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Gerhard Richter's Hidden Mural Revealed in Dresden
Feb 26, 2024
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2 minutes read
Nearly five decades after being concealed, a once-overlooked mural by Gerhard Richter at the German Hygiene Museum in Dresden is set for public display. This event marks the rediscovery and restoration of a significant piece reflecting the early career and evolving perspectives of the renowned artist.
Art History
Artmajeur offers a reinterpretation of the key themes of Art Basel 2024
Jun 11, 2024
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13 minutes read
Artmajeur offers a reinterpretation of the key themes of Art Basel 2024 through the works of its artists. Once again, the concepts of ecology, intimacy, history and politics emerge as central fulcrums, offering new perspectives and interpretations that enrich the cultural dialogue established by the fair.
Art History
Paul Gauguin
May 5, 2023
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14 minutes read
Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) was a French post-impressionist painter who is well-known for his use of bold colors, simplified forms, and his incorporation of themes from indigenous cultures in his work. He was born in Paris and worked as a stockbroker before devoting himself to painting...
Art History
Art: two points of view on the Vietnam War
Feb 15, 2023
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9 minutes read
Jumping rich centuries of history and tradition, we come at once to externalize the viewpoint of one of the most celebrated artists of the Vietnamese twentieth century, namely Nguyen Phan Chanh, a pioneer of silk painting within his nation's artistic investigation, who, despite his training at the Ecole des Beaux-arts d'Indochine an institution founded at the time in French Indochina...
Art History
Australian art: kangaroos, landscapes and contemporary artists
May 21, 2023
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8 minutes read
I thought I would entrust the narrative of the early years of Australian art, as well as its subsequent Europeanization, to the kangaroo, a symbolic animal of Oceania that will be used as a conduit between Aboriginal and Western figurative expression...
Art History
Shall we sunbathe with Edward Hopper?
May 3, 2023
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9 minutes read
The invitation that resonates in my title will not surprise Edward Hopper aficionados, who will surely have noticed the accuracy by which the American master, by way of cinematic framing, skillfully arranges the light within his paintings...
Art History
Are you a fan of the shower or the bathtub?
Aug 29, 2023
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9 minutes read
I imagine the opposite poles of the world idelely inhabited by species with conflicting views to say the least, for example, the one by life forms who love cats, while the other by those who side with dogs...
Art History
Sacred palms, profane palms
Nov 7, 2023
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8 minutes read
Reality can be interpreted simply as it appears, or it can be transformed into something more meaningful, through, for example, an encounter with religious ideology...
Art News
$4 billion project will turn Miami's waterfront into an open-air museum
Mar 30, 2022
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4 minutes read
Miami Worldcenter, a sprawling mixed-use complex in the heart of downtown, appears to be the premier shopping destination in South Florida. Worldcenter has been revealing attractions one after the other
Artist Portraits
Evelyne Sie, I have always loved to draw
Aug 12, 2023
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4 minutes read
I have always loved to draw, and that since my childhood. As a child, I drew the characters from "Mickey's newspaper" then, as a teenager, the models for perfume advertisements...
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House for sale for half a billion euros, with a ceiling signed by Caravaggio
Oct 25, 2021
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2 minutes read
Caravaggio adorned the Casino di Villa Boncompagni Ludovisi, also known as Villa Aurora, in around 1597.
Art History
Paul Strand
Jul 4, 2023
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17 minutes read
Paul Strand (October 16, 1890 – March 31, 1976) was an influential American photographer and filmmaker. He played a pivotal role, alongside notable modernist photographers such as Alfred Stieglitz and Edward Weston, in establishing photography as a recognized art form during the 20th century...
Artist Portraits
Exploring the Tension of Abstraction and Figuration: The Artistic Journey of Nigel Cooke
Sep 17, 2024
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6 minutes read
Nigel Cooke is a prominent British artist known for his ability to merge abstraction with figuration in his large-scale, multi-layered paintings. His work reflects a deep exploration of the natural world, human experience, and philosophical ideas, creating compositions that invite viewers to engage with mystery, time, and memory...
Art History
Top 10 Must-See Artists of the Month!
Jul 30, 2024
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7 minutes read
The Artmajeur curators, despite the summer heat, continue to work with great zeal for their most important cause: spreading art around the world! By reviewing sales results and clicks on the website, they have created three extraordinary collections that bring together the works of the most popular, trendy, best-selling and most sought-after artists of the moment....
Art History
The Yellow Christ (1889) by Paul Gauguin
May 5, 2023
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8 minutes read
The Yellow Christ is a painting by Paul Gauguin, completed in 1889. It is an oil on canvas measuring 91.1 x 73.2 cm, now in the collection of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo, New York.
Artist Portraits
Renato Guttuso: A Master of Italian Social Realism
Jul 4, 2024
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13 minutes read
Renato Guttuso was a prominent Italian artist known for his unique way of expressing social realism through painting. His works, characterized by a strong political and social connotation, reflect the struggles and hopes of the Italian people throughout the 20th century...
Art History
Edward Weston
Jul 12, 2023
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30 minutes read
Edward Henry Weston (1886-1958) , an American photographer of the 20th century, is often hailed as a pioneering and influential figure in the field...
Art History
Pointillism in contemporary artistic language
Sep 28, 2022
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8 minutes read
The peculiarities of pointillism are the fruit of the positivist climate of the late 19th century, which, indelibly marked by the prevailing idea of the triumph of progress, as well as the extreme faith in technique and science, came to charge with rationality even the art world, previously dominated by the "romanticism" of the Impressionists...
Artist Portraits
Robert Van Den Herik, constantly experimenting and learning
Sep 24, 2022
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10 minutes read
The combination of his innate tendency to approach things differently, to shift his perspective, his impulse to find out if something can work differently on the one hand, and his aesthetic sense on the other, have brought Robert Van Den Herik closer to design and art in general....
Art History
Cindy Sherman
Jun 23, 2023
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15 minutes read
Cynthia Morris Sherman, born in 1954, is an American artist renowned for her art that mainly features self-portraits captured through photography. Her work involves portraying herself in diverse settings and assuming different fictional personas...
Art History
Ansel Adams
Jul 20, 2023
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26 minutes read
Ansel Easton Adams, born on February 20, 1902, and passed away on April 22, 1984, was a renowned American photographer and conservationist...