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"Ricardo Cat" by Niki De Saint Phalle. Mosaic work: stones, mirror pieces, tiles etc... |
Tuesday, June 22, 2021
"Ricardo Cat" by Niki De Saint Phalle
"Vase de Fleurs" by Pierre Bonnard
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"Vase de Fleurs" by Pierre Bonnard. |
"Sunflowers" by Van Gogh
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"Sunflowers" by Vincent Van Gogh |
Born into an upper-middle-class family, Van Gogh drew as a child and was serious, quiet and thoughtful. As a young man he worked as an art dealer, often travelling, but became depressed after he was transferred to London. He turned to religion, and spent time as a Protestant missionary in southern Belgium. He drifted in ill health and solitude before taking up painting in 1881, having moved back home with his parents. His younger brother Theo supported him financially, and the two kept up a long correspondence by letter. His early works, mostly still lifes and depictions of peasant labourers, contain few signs of the vivid color that distinguished his later work. In 1886, he moved to Paris, where he met members of the avant-garde, including Émile Bernard and Paul Gauguin, who were reacting against the Impressionist sensibility. As his work developed he created a new approach to still lifes and local landscapes. His paintings grew brighter in colour as he developed a style that became fully realised during his stay in Arles in the south of France in 1888. During this period he broadened his subject matter to include olive trees, cypresses, wheat fields and sunflowers.
"Egyptian Girl" by Alexej Jawlensky
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"Egyptian Girl" by Alexej Jawlensky. |
Alexej Georgewitsch von Jawlensky was born on 13 March 1864 and died on the 15th of March 1941. He was a Russian expressionist painter active in Germany. He was a key member of the New Munich Artist's Association (Neue Künstlervereinigung München), Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider) group and later the Die Blaue Vier (The Blue Four). Read more...
"Aurelia Roma" by Manuel Neri
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"Aurelia Roma" by Manuel Neri. Laumeier Sculpture Park. |
Manuel Neri was born April 12, 1930 is an American sculptor who is recognized for his life-size figurative sculptures in plaster, bronze, and marble, as well as for his association with the Bay Area Figurative Movement during the 1960s. In Neri's work with the figure, he conveys an emotional inner state that is revealed through body language and gesture. Since 1965 his studio has been in Benicia, California; in 1981 he purchased a studio in Carrara, Italy, for working in marble. During the past four decades, Neri has worked primarily with the same model, Mary Julia, creating drawings and sculptures that merge contemporary sculptural concerns with classical forms. Read more...