Meeting Benches World art in all forms
XAVIER GOSE’ I ROVIRA (1876/1915), SPANISH PAINTER – Between Art Nouveau and Art Déco styles
BETWEEN ART NOUVEAU AND ART DECO STYLES – Xavier Gosè I Rovira: the creative imprint on a generation of artists
XAVIER GOSE I ROVIRA 1/4 – He provided illstrations for several well-known magazines. Gosé’s oeuvre has been defined as something between modernisme and art deco. A frequent customer at “Els Quatre Gats”, he held an exhibition of his drawings, then, he moved to Paris. XAVIER GOSE’ I ROVIRA 2/4 – The artist was inspired by the everyday of cafès-concert, midinettes, …
Read More »GEORGE TSUI – Forbidden city and exotic birds
THE GEORGE’S ROMANTIC MODELS – The Chinese themes inside paintings of George Tsui
GEORGE TSUI 1/2 – George was born in Hong Kong, and moved to New York in the late 60s, studying first at the School of Visual Arts, and later majoring in oil painting at the Art Students League. Chinese themes filled his imagination. After twenty years in New York, George Tsui set out on a creative journey into China, in …
Read More »GEORGES DE LA TOUR (1593/1652), FRENCH PAINTER – Mystical night scenes, with candle, torch, or lantern
IN A REALISTIC MANNER – Georges de la Tour: using of simple lighting, like candles, in a realistic manner
GEORGES DE LA TOUR 1/4 – He was born as the son of the master baker Jean de la Tour and Sibylle Mélian in Vic-sur-Seille. In 1618, he married Diane Le Nerf, the daughter of the duke of Lorraine. He was a good and ambitious businessman, who soon became famous and wealthy and had a large workshop with numerous assistants. …
Read More »PAUL SIGNAC (1863/1935), FRENCH PAINTER – Paint with square color touches, like the tiles of a mosaic
ALONG THE WATER – Paul Signac: attention to avant-garde painting, between scientific rigor and emotional values
PAUL SIGNAC 1/4 – He is an artist who has given birth – along with Georges Seurat – the painting technique of Pointillism. The life of this Parisian artist, in love with the French Riviera, is like a catalog of exhibitions dedicated to him regularly: paintings, watercolors and drawings by an artist in love with the color. PAUL SIGNAC 2/4 …
Read More »LUCAS CRANACH THE ELDER (1472/1553), GERMAN PAINTER – Portraits, religious and mythological subjects, painting the Protestant Reformation era
THE FINEST PAINTING – Lucas Cranach the Elder, between Venus and Lutero
LUCAS CRANACH THE ELDER 1/4 – He was a German Renaissance painter, and is known for his portraits. He also painted religious subjects, in the Catholic tradition and Lutheran concerns in art. His work at this time, lyrical and spirited with landscape setting, was influenced by that of Albrecht Dürer. He continued throughout his career to paint nude subjects drawn …
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