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Caspar David Friedrich: one of the greatest exponents of Romantic Art

Caspar David Friedrich: one of the greatest exponents of Romantic Art

10/09/2019
Born on 5th September 1774 in Greifswald, Germany, Caspar David Friedrich is one of the leading exponents of Romantic art. Thanks to his painting, the German artist unleashes his melancholy, his inner restlessness and his awareness of the presence of death in earthly things. "Wanderer above th......continue »

A drawing by Egon Schiele was purchased for a few dollars

A drawing by Egon Schiele was purchased for a few dollars

06/09/2019
Buying a drawing or a painting made by a great artist for a few dollars is certainly not something that happens every day, on the contrary, it seems impossible that such a fact could happen. Yet, in New York, amidst so many things that were found at a charity market, a man found an original dra......continue »

Amedeo Modigliani and Jeanne Hébuterne: a cursed love story

Amedeo Modigliani and Jeanne Hébuterne: a cursed love story

04/09/2019
Born in 1884 in Livorno, Amedeo Modigliani decides to leave his homeland and move to the bohemian Paris at the age of 21. In the French capital, the whimsical painter attends his most important colleagues of the time: Picasso, Renoir, Gauguin, Utrillo, Gertrude Stein, etc.. It is here that Amed......continue »

Albrecht Dürer, the revolutionary of the German art world

Albrecht Dürer, the revolutionary of the German art world

30/08/2019
Born on May 21, 1471 in Nuremberg, Germany, Albrecht Dürer was one of the greatest artists of all time. Engraver, painter, treatise writer and mathematician, Dürer was one of the major protagonists of the Renaissance and once he arrived Venice, he approached the Neoplatonic circles. The German......continue »

"Van Gogh. At eternity’s gate"

"Van Gogh. At eternity’s gate"

27/08/2019
It is January 3rd when "Van Gogh. At eternity’s gate" is released in Italian cinemas; it is a film that tells of both the painting and the life of Van Gogh. It is directed by Julian Schnabel and the main actor is Willem Dafoe, who plays the role of the Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh, and in ord......continue »

The love story between Renoir and Aline, his muse

The love story between Renoir and Aline, his muse

13/08/2019
Carefree, harmony and joy of living are the main features of the works of Pierre Auguste Renoir and they perfectly reflect the life led by the French artist, a full life, in which despite the economic difficulties experienced in adulthood, the painter has never lost his enthusiasm. A lover of ......continue »

Wassily Kandinsky

Wassily Kandinsky

13/08/2019
Known above all as the first and greatest exponent of Abstractionism, in his artistic life which began in 1896 he gradually embraced Expressionism and Surrealism. We are therefore talking about an artist who was a key figure in the art of the '900, as in his 40 years of career has made a signi......continue »

Pierre Auguste Renoir: life and main works

Pierre Auguste Renoir: life and main works

09/08/2019
An icon of Impressionism, Pierre Auguste Renoir has created works that are a hymn to optimism. Together with his impressionist colleagues he shared the difficulties that this current had to face in order to assert itself on the artistic scene, so he also experienced the misery that characterize......continue »

5 masterpieces by Alfons Mucha

5 masterpieces by Alfons Mucha

06/08/2019
Born in 1860 in Moravia, Alfons Mucha was one of the pioneers of Art Noveau, a complete artist who left us unique works. After training in Prague, Vienna and Munich, Mucha moved to Paris, where he carried out numerous jobs and it was here that he began to emerge, covering also the role of Art D......continue »

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