Meeting Benches World art in all forms
GIOVANNI SEGANTINI (1858/1899), ITALIAN PAINTER – The color purity, over a canvas, made with tiny strokes of tenderness
THE PAINTING TRANSITION – Christian Krohg, from Romanticism to Naturalism
CHRISTIAN KROHG 1/3 – Inspired by the ideas of the realists he chose motives primarily from everyday life, Christian Krohg – in the 1880s and 1890 – he was a central figure in the debates about Norwegian culture, also developing an interest in naturalism and socially engaged art. In 1873, he moved to Karlsruhe, where he enrolled in the workshop …
Read More »CHRISTIAN KROHG (1852/1925), NORWEGIAN PAINTER – When the realistic painting chose motives from everyday life
THROUGH AN OPEND DOOR OR WINDOW – The domestic wonderful world of Pieter De Hooch
PIETER DE HOOCH 1/3 – He was a contemporary of Jan Vermeer, and was a Dutch Golden Age painter famous for his genre works of quiet domestic scenes with an open doorway. There is no document to prove that De Hooch and Vermeer were friends or had any professorial relations, but the similarities between their paintings must imply that there …
Read More »WHERE BRUSHSTROKE GROWS FLUID AND ENERGETIC – Bartolomè Esteban Murillo and the effects of lighting
BARTOLOME’ ESTEBAN MURILLO 1/3 – He was born into a family of artists, because its uncle (Antonio Pérez) was a painter, who was married to the daughter of another Sevillian artist (Vasco de Pereira). He was the most popular Baroque religious Spanish painter, and the rich colors and broad brushwork of his later paintings were influenced by 16-century Flemish painters. …
Read More »BARTOLOME’ ESTEBAN MURILLO (1618/1682), SPANISH PAINTER – The admiration of Europe, unknown and less esteemed in his land
TO KEEP YOUR BALANCE, YOU MUST KEEP MOVING – John Charles Cleary, the creative man that listen Albert Einstein
JOHN CHARLES CLEARY 1/3 – He (the first of three children), was born and raised in Coventry (UK), and his family moved to Ireland in 1970’s, where pursued his studies in chemistry, by training and has spent many years in the design and manufacture of premium domestic appliances. JOHN CHARLES CLEARY 2/3 – John Charles Cleary has always had a …
Read More »JOHN CHARLES CLEARY, ENGLISH ARTIST– When the life is like riding a coloured bicycle
THE UNPREDICTABLE WORLD OF A PAINTER – Carlo Salomoni, becoming a professional painter, with a degree in general surgery
CARLO SALOMONI 1/3 – He is an Italian artist, born in December day in Ferrara. He is a graduate from the medical faculty, but decides to leave the medical activity, becoming a professional artist. His paintings are mentioned in art catalogues and auctions. All his paints, have origin in surrealism, art fantasy and magic realism. Looking his paints, you can …
Read More »CARLO SALOMONI, ITALIAN PAINTER – Where reality and fantasy are melted and collide beautifully
