Tag Archives: Hieronymus Bosch

THE TALE OF AKEBONO VILLAGE

The influences of Fukuzawa and Bosch in the surrealism of Kikuji Yamashita Although he painted hundreds of canvases, Kikuji Yamashita avoided seeking commercial success, surviving financially as an artist on his wife’s earnings as a beautician. In 1953 he joined with many young artists to form the Young Artists’ Alliance art cooperative, which for three years held exhibitions and published …

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A BOLD AND INNOVATIVE PAINTING STYLE

James Ensor, a personal style that influenced Belgian art and beyond Symbolism https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10780-020-09396-z is an artistic and cultural movement that originated in France in the second half of the 19th century. In summary, symbolism focuses on the depth of the soul, the search for hidden meanings and the connection between reality and dreams. This movement involved the figurative arts, poetry …

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