Le Moulin de la Galette by Picasso: description and curious facts

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Le Moulin de la Galette by Picasso

LE MOULIN DE LA GALETTE: DESCRIPTION AND CURIOUS FACTS

The painting Le Moulin de la Galette by Picasso was executed in 1900, and is considered one of his most interesting early paintings, prior to Cubism but already pervaded by the Parisian atmosphere that the Spanish artist had just started to experience.

In this post you’ll find a description of one of Picasso’s first masterpieces. When he was not yet Picasso that we all know today.

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Composition 8 by Kandinsky: description and curious facts

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Composition 8 by Kandinsky

COMPOSITION 8 BY KANDINSKY: DESCRIPTION AND CURIOUS FACTS

The painting Composition 8 by Kandinsky is one of the masterpieces you can admire at the Guggenheim Museum of New York.
The artist painted the work in Weimar, while teaching at the Bauhaus.

In this post you’ll discover a painting describing the relationship of strength and movement that can exist between geometric shapes and pure colours.

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Edoardo Tresoldi, the artist of the Absent Matter

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Edoardo Tresoldi | Sacral

Edoardo Tresoldi: Sacral, 2016 © Fabiano Caputo

EDOARDO TRESOLDI, THE ARTIST OF ABSENT MATTER

Edoardo Tresoldi is the artist of “Absent Matter” and wire-mesh cathedrals, inserted by Forbes among the most influential European artists under 30 in Europe in 2017.

After the reconstruction of the Early Christian Basilica in Siponto, that won the Gold Medal for Italian Architecture, the huge installation “Etherea“ in the USA for the “Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival” and “Opera“, the installation on the seafront of Reggio Calabria, the artist exhibits in Ravenna “Sacral“, built in 2016 and set up for the exhibition dedicated to Dante “Un’ Epopea POP” organized by the MAR – Art Museum of the City of Ravenna.

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Green Violinist by Chagall: description and curious facts

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Green Violinist by Chagall

GREEN VIOLINIST BY CHAGALL: DESCRIPTION AND CURIOUS FACTS

Green Violinist by Chagall was painted in 1923, and evokes another famous violinist painted by the artist to decorate the interior of the Moscow State Jewish Theatre.
It wasn’t the first time the artist painted this subject. Throughout Chagall’s long artistic career, in fact, you can identify a series of paintings dedicated to the subject matter of the violinist containing family anecdotes about his grandfather, uncle and his passion for musicians.

In this post you’ll discover an evocative and magical figure of Chagall’s art.

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Pollard Willows at Sunset by van Gogh: description and curious facts

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Vincent van Gogh | Pollard Willows at Sunset

Vincent van Gogh, Pollard Willows at Sunset, 1888

POLLARD WILLOWS AT SUNSET BY VAN GOGH: DESCRIPTION AND CURIOUS FACTS

When I look at Pollard Willows at Sunset by van Gogh there’s a words that immediately comes to my mind: emotion.
If I look at brushstrokes and lines drawn by van Gogh with colour I feel his emotion while admiring this Provençal landscape. I can feel van Gogh’s urgent need to paint and put that explosion of vitality that he felt at that moment on canvas.

In this post I’ll make you discover one of the most intense paintings by van Gogh.

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