Meeting Benches World art in all forms
ANDRE’AIME’MASSON (1896/1987), FRENCH PAINTER – Exploring the irrational: from cubism to surrealism, with the force of primary energies
WHEN SEX AND FEARS WILL VOID THE CONSCIENCE – The perverse art by André Masson
ANDRE’ AIME’ MASSON 1/3 – In his long life, this master of surrealist painting has brought the fruits of his creativity in many places, such as Venice and Berlin, crossing several personal trials. After World War II, he went to live in Aix-en-Provence, painting landscapes, but the outbreak of World War II he had seen a great sea: the sadness …
Read More »ARNOLD BOCKLIN (1827/1901), SWISS PAINTER – Shades of symbolism, between Neoclassicism and Art Nouveau
WHEN THE ENVIRONMENT LEADS – Arnold Böcklin: create allegories with colors, where the Alps become hills
ARNOLD BOCKLIN 1/3 – When in 1945 the Red Army entered Berlin, one of the five versions of a painting by Böcklin it was still hanging on the wall of the study of Hitler. That painting – born in a period spanning the last vestiges of Neoclassicism and signs devoid of Art Nouveau – has remained in Moscow for many …
Read More »ALFONS MARIA MUCHA (1860/1939), CZECH PAINTER – Floral frames, geometric shapes and figures with classic suits
THE CZECH PAINTER OF WOMEN – Alfons Maria Mucha: Art Nouveau painter, with images of women
ALFONS MARIA MUCHA 1/3 – When he was born in Ivančice, that land was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. When he was still a child, it is in Brno which manifests his first interest in drawing. When at the age of 19 he moved to Vienna, working designer, of painting he increases his technical knowledge. ALFONS MARIA MUCHA 2/3 – …
Read More »GEORGE RUSSELL DRYSDALE (1912/1981), AUSTRALIAN PAINTER – Painting next to the land hot and red, isolated, desolate and subtly threatening
DEPICTING LONELINESS AND ISOLATION – George Russel Drysdale: shades of abstract and surrealistic art
GEORGE RUSSELL DRYSDALE 1/3 – George Russell Drysdale was born in Bognor Regis (Sussex, England), and its family settled in Melbourne, Australia. A chance encounter an with artist and critic awakened him to the possibility of a career as an artist. He studied in Melbourne and made trips to Europe. By the time of his return, leaving Melbourne for Albury, …
Read More »GAETANO CAPONE (1845/1924), ITALIAN PAINTER – An incomparable artistic experience, which collected all the atmospheres of the Amalfi Coast
ALL THE SCENERY OF THE AMALFI COAST – Gaetano Capone, between oils and watercolors
GAETANO CAPONE 1/2 – He is the son of a painter. Along his career, he was the greatest exponent of an artistic movement, the one where the painters were nicknamed “Painters of Maiori.” He was the founder of an artistic experience that has grown on the Amalfi coast. In his works, the landscape it has become one load concerns and …
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