Degas little dancer of fourteen years is one of the most iconic and controversial works by the artist. Degas Edgar Degas was a painter, a sculptor, a draughtsman, a printmaker and a photographer. It is above all in painting that …
Edgar Degas never really considered himself as an Impressionist, but rather preferred to be considered as an “independent” artist. Self Portrait Saluting 1865 – 1866, Museu Calouste Gulbenkian , Lisboa, Portugal Edgar Degas Edgar Degas …
Hannah Höch is one of the less recognized Dada artists in the history of art. However, its contribution is seminal, in an era of Modernity and and in which the role of the woman gained new contours. A self …
Thomas Gainsborough (Suffolk, 14 May 1727 – London, 2 August 1788) was one of the most important English painters of XVIII century and one of the founding members of the Royal Academy. Thomas Gainsborough, self portrait https://www.wikiart.org/en/thomas-gainsborough …
Kazimir Malevich – (Kiev, 1879– Saint Petersburg, 1935) was the creator of the abstract artistic movement: Suprematism. Kazimir Malevich Казимир Малевич (Kazimierz Malewicz) Self portrait Source: Wikiart The suprematism This movement, born in Russia between the years …
Berthe Morisot was one of the great figures of Impressionism. Along with Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne, Camille Pissarro, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Alfred Sisley, Edgar Degas, among others was part of the group of artists who held the first impressionist exhibition in …
Jan van Eyck was one of the most important representatives of Flemish painting. His works fascinate by his artistic quality but also by the incredible technical aptitude. Minute details are one of the most striking features of the artist’s paintings. …
Fritz Lang (Vienna, December 5, 1890 – Los Angeles, August 2, 1976) is considered one of the most famous representatives of German expressionism. The purpose of this post is to know the characteristics of the Expressionist movement and how it …
Pierre Auguste Renoir was a French painter who integrated the Impressionist movement together with ClaudeMonet, Paul Cézanne, Alfred Sisley, Camille Pissarro, Berthe Morisot, among others. Pierre Auguste Renoir (self-portrait, 1910) In his paintings …
Paul Gauguin falls – within the scope of art history studies – in the post impressionist movement. This movement consists of a group of artists more or less singled out for their very own techniques, and with ideas that begin …