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http://www.ville-ge.ch/meg/musinfo_ph.php?what=pays=Australie&debut=0&bool=AND The distinctive themes of Australia’s bush music can be traced to the songs sung by the convicts who were sent to Australia during the early period of the British colonisation, but the music of Australia has an extensive history. Indigenous Australian music is a part of the unique heritage of history, which produced the iconic didgeridoo. Contemporary fusions of …

SIDNEY NOLAN 1/3 – He, eldest of four children, was born at Carlton (Melbourne). In 1853 his great grandfather had migrated from Cork to Adelaide, working as a mounted policeman in Victoria. In 1919 his parents settled at St Kilda. He attended the Brighton Technical School, before moving to Prahran Technical College, where he studied lettering and drawing). From the …

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CHARLES MEERE 1/3 – He is best known for his Art Deco style works in particular his iconic painting, Australian Beach Pattern, of 1940). The Australian beach represented a casual freedom. In the interwar, many Australian artists increasingly turned to it for inspiration. After living and studying art in his native England and in France, in 1932/33 he had settled …

The intellectual property of the images that appear in this blog correspond to their authors. The sole purpose of this site, is to spread the knowledge of these painters and that other people enjoy their works.

The intellectual property of the images that appear in this blog correspond to their authors. The sole purpose of this site, is to spread the knowledge of these painters and that other people enjoy their works.

The intellectual property of the images that appear in this blog correspond to their authors. The sole purpose of this site, is to spread the knowledge of these painters and that other people enjoy their works. To pursue this issue, you can digit: http://meetingbenches.com/2017/02/painting-action-and-color-fields-american-abstract-expressionism/ and also https://www.moma.org/learn/moma_learning/norman-lewis-city-night-1949

The intellectual property of the images that appear in this blog correspond to their authors. The sole purpose of this site, is to spread the knowledge of these painters and that other people enjoy their works. To pursue this issue, you can digit: http://meetingbenches.com/2017/02/painting-action-and-color-fields-american-abstract-expressionism/ and also http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artist/?id=3437

The intellectual property of the images that appear in this blog correspond to their authors. The sole purpose of this site, is to spread the knowledge of these painters and that other people enjoy their works. To pursue this issue, you can digit: http://meetingbenches.com/2017/02/painting-action-and-color-fields-american-abstract-expressionism/ and also https://www.moma.org/artists/4856

The intellectual property of the images that appear in this blog correspond to their authors. The sole purpose of this site, is to spread the knowledge of these painters and that other people enjoy their works. To pursue this issue, you can digit: http://meetingbenches.com/2017/02/painting-action-and-color-fields-american-abstract-expressionism/ and also http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/490220

The intellectual property of the images that appear in this blog correspond to their authors. The sole purpose of this site, is to spread the knowledge of these painters and that other people enjoy their works. To pursue this issue, you can digit: http://meetingbenches.com/2017/02/painting-action-and-color-fields-american-abstract-expressionism/ and also https://www.guggenheim.org/artwork/artist/jackson-pollock

The Abstract Expressionism was born between 1940-1950. Some American artists become known for their new vision. The group includes artists such as Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko, Ad Reinhardt, Robert Motherwell and Norman Lewis. Jackson Pollock argued, that the painting has a life of its own, for that he reveals the life of the painting through actions (an energetic technique …

GIOVANNI FRANCESCO BARBIERI / GUERCINO 1/3 – Because he was cross-eyed, at the early age he acquired the nickname Guercino (Italian for “squinter”). He was Italian Baroque painter from the region of Emilia, active in Rome and Bologna. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fevhwZ9FFYU Considering a subject for a painting, he imagined the scene from every angle. Often he used close-up studies, to examine the …

The intellectual property of the images that appear in this blog correspond to their authors. The sole purpose of this site, is to spread the knowledge of these painters and that other people enjoy their works.

In the beginning of the 19th century, Romanticism arrived to Iceland and was dominant in the work of poets like Bjarni Thorarensen and Jónas Hallgrímsson (considered as one of the founding fathers of romanticism in Iceland). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4fPc0Gvepk The imagery in his poetry was influenced by the Icelandic landscape. Economic conditions were difficult in Iceland during the early years of his life …