The Impressionists: the debut

Monday October 24th, 2016 , Artists and Works

Claude Monet , autoritratto (1886). Image source: parigionline.com

THE IMPRESSIONISTS: THE DEBUT OF A GROUP OF ARTISTS WHO CHANGED ART HISTORY

Considered to be the founder of Impressionism, Claude Monet is the painter of light, and sometimes I like talking about him in my posts, like when I told you the 5 things to know about Monet, or sharing his works on Facebook.

Impression. Soleil levant. (Impression. Sunrise) is one of Monet’s masterpieces, which, however, didn’t go down in history because it’s beautiful (and it is!), but because it provoked the art critic Louis Leroy to coin the term “Impressionists” in order to define a group of painter who changed forever the course of history of visual arts.

5 things to know about Francis Bacon

Monday October 17th, 2016 , 5 Things to know, Artists and Works

Artist Francis Bacon in front of the left panel of his ‘Triptych’ (1983) at his Tate Gallery show, 1985. (Photo by Michael Ward/Getty Images). Image source: http://floodmagazine.com

5 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT FRANCIS BACON

Francis Bacon was an artist who broke the rules, hungry for life and passion, but he was also so immersed in the slime of emotions that he was almost overwhelmed by them.
He represented sorrow, anguish and a cruel world view.

Treviso will host an exhibition dedicated to Francis Bacon which it will certainly cause debate, because it happens every time with this artist and his works.
Bacon is a thorny artist, who flings his life made up of excess in your face, and obligates you to reflect upon your life.
As he was a damned artist, Bacon lived hard, and life put him to the test several times, but it also gave him the gift of portraying a complicated century, the 20^th century, of which he was the mirror of its dark side.

5 things to know about Francis Bacon.

5 things to know about Rubens

Monday October 10th, 2016 , 5 Things to know, Artists and Works

Pieter Paul Rubens, Autoritratto, 1630 ca. – Antwerp, Rubens House – © Beeldarchief Collectie Antwerpen. Image source: www.artribune.com

5 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT RUBENS

Peter Paul Rubens was a painter who had several interests.
Since his first experiences in the workshops of his masters, he proved to be curious and desirous for knowledge, making a long training journey to Italy, which allowed him to study in depth ancient and modern art, but also to establish relationships with the most refined courts at that time.

5 things to know about Peter Paul Rubens.

Moritz Daniel Oppenheim’s painting

Monday September 19th, 2016 , Artists and Works

MORITZ DANIEL OPPENHEIM’S PAINTING

“The marriage portrait of Charlotte de Rothschild” is a painting by Moritz Daniel Oppenheim (1800-1882), who is considered to be the first Jewish painter of the modern era.

The Beethoven frieze by Klimt

Thursday September 8th, 2016 , Artists and Works, More than art

Klimt, The Beethoven frieze (detail)

THE BEETHOVEN FRIEZE BY KLIMT

The narrative theme is an interpretation of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, whose Ode to joy, conducted by Mahler, was performed for the opening of the event.
Klimt is a portrait of the great musicians to put a face to its armed knight, who heeds to the human desire for happiness and goes forth to join Poetry as she awaits him.
To be able to do so however, he must cross a hostile and dangerous world ruled by the forces of evil, monsters, disease and madness, lust and pain.
It must pass through this world of pain to get to the flower paradise, where there will be the final embrace of love.