December 23, 2024 5:51 am

MASACCIO (1401/1428), ITALIAN PAINTER – At the age of 18, he was considered a master

CREATOR OF RENAISSANCE STYLISTICS MASACCIO 1/3 – He is considered the initiator of the Renaissance. Tommaso Giovanni of Mone Cassai (artistically known as Masaccio) was born in San Giovanni Valdarno in 1401. His paternal home (still existing), is located in the main street of his hometown. He remained father orphan, he had completed his first studies at his grandfather’s shop. …

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AUSTRALIAN AUTHOR’S TRAVEL – Living at antipodes beautiful experiences of visual, musical and literary art

You can explore Australian seaside, unique nature and wildlife, food and wine, but we have a different proposal for you: 1155 mile (approximately 1860 km) 21 hours long art trip http://www.australia.com/en to get known men and women, who have created (and continue to create) the Art of Antipodes. You may also fall in love with the blue shades of the …

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TRUE STORY OF THE KELLY GANG – Novel, by Peter Carey

This Australian writer has been twice the winner of the Booker Prize. Peter Carey was born in 1943 in Bacchus Marsh (Victoria State), and at the age of nineteen he started working in the advertising industry of Melbourne and Sydney. Devoting himself to writing in 1974, “The Fat Man in History” – collection of tales – was published. In 1981 …

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FLAMBOYANT AUSTRALIAN POET – Freedom, irony and solitude of Dorothy

Dorothy Porter is an Australian poet, who ranged from poetry to fiction. She was born in Sydney in 1954, growing up in Blue Mountains and Melbourne, graduating in 1975 with a Bachelor’s Degree in English and History. In 1975, her first collection had signaled the arrival of a special voice to Australian poetry. She had taught creative writing prisons and …

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SALI HERMAN (1898/1993), POST-IMPRESSIONIST AUSTRALIAN PAINTER – Painting of inner city streets and slums in Sydney

SHARP OBSERVER OF THE ENVIROMENT, PAINTING THE ESSENCE SALI HERMAN 1/3 – In 1937 he came to Melbourne, but the painter who studied art in Zurich and Paris was born in Switzerland as eleventh of eighteen children of Polish Jewish parents. During the 1930s, however, he preferred to leave the fascist dictatorships of Europe, bringing the desire to paint with …

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FREDERICK MCCUBBIN (1855/1917), AUSTRALIAN IMPRESSIONIST PAINTER – Australian bush, painting among ordinary people and sheeps

TRUE VISION OF THE AUSTRALIAN LANDSCAPE FROM A TERRACE ON THE RIVER YARRA FREDERICK MCCUBBIN 1/3 – That baker’s son had begun drawing in Melbourne, where he met a Swiss artist, who painted naturalistic landscapes. At Carlton, attending courses at the Artisan School of Art, he became friend with other artists. Moving into the bush near Melbourne, he started working …

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TOM ROBERTS (1856/1931), AUSTRALIAN IMPRESSIONIST PAINTER – Coastal landscapes and bushes, cityscapes and fragments of everyday life

WHEN THE PUBLIC HAD OPPORTUNITY TO JUDGE WHAT IMPRESSIONISM REALLY IS TOM ROBERTS 1/3 – He was born in Dorchester (England), but he moved to Australia in 1869, where he studied at the National Gallery schools in Melbourne, http://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/australianimpressionism/education/insights_artistic.html where you can admire also his paintings. He was selected to study at the Royal Academy schools, when he returned to …

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AUTHOR’S TRAVEL IN CHILE – 13 hours by car, good music and reading, to collect five different pictorial shades

Our Chile trip begins in Vicuña, a municipality in Elqui province (Coquimbo Region) https://www.welcomechile.com/vicuna/index_en.html where the poet GABRIELA MISTRAL was born. Her name, even today, is synonymous with feminism and evocative poetry. Along with Pablo Neruda, she has fueled literary creativity in Chile. By recommending that you accompany your journey with a collection of VICTOR JARA music tracks, we recommend …

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THE MAN KNOWING WIND’S SILLABES

That Chilean songwriter was born in San Ignacio (Chilean province of Ñuble, Bío Bío Region) on a day at the end of September 1932. Luís Sepúlveda was his friend, and about him he said: “Sometimes when your voice fills my room or when I clean up old records, one of my children asks who sings, and the answer is always …

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