Stories By Magda Michalska
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19th Century
Josef Šíma: from Czech Republic to Paris
May 9, 2019Josef Šíma was born in Jaromer, in today’s Czech Republic in 1891, but he became a naturalized French citizen (he took the citizenship already in 1926). Although he spent most of his life in France, he...
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Artists' Stories
Die Brücke’s Magician: Otto Mueller
May 3, 2019Do we talk enough about Die Brücke? Its importance for the development of modern art is undoubted. But lost between various movements and -isms that we encounter when we read or talk about the art of...
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dailyart
First of May Celebrations in Painting
May 1, 2019Happy May 1st to all workers and to all who have fought and still fight for their rights. I hope you’ll celebrate by doing nothing and chilling (hopefully outdoors, wishing everyone a sunny day!). First of...
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Artist
William Strang: Portraitist, Printmaker, Scotsman
April 27, 2019I used to live in Scotland and when I stumble upon a Scottish artist I’d had no idea about before, I really want to share their art with you. William Strang was a comprehensive artist with...
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dailyart
Egg Art 2019 Easter Edition
April 20, 2019Two years ago I wrote an Easter article about eggs and what to do with all the remaining ones after the holidays. This year I decided to take up this topic again, since eggs are more...
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21st century
Alec Soth’s American Landscapes, Global Interiors
April 13, 2019Alec Soth is a contemporary American photographer who so far has specialized in capturing his native US. Based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, he travelled across all states to meet and photograph Americans and their surroundings. In his...
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20th century
Kandinsky’s Inspiration? Nature, Spirituality and Other Artists
April 11, 2019Wassily Kandinsky: a lawyer turned painter, a painter turned lecturer, a green-fingered man for whom a house with garden was a curse (because instead of working he would spend hours digging and sowing). Rightly considered one...
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20th century
Life-Size Dolls, Ropes and Erotic Photography: Scandalous World of Hans Bellmer
April 8, 2019“I am human, and I think nothing human is alien to me”, said Terence, Roman playwright sometime in the 2nd century BC. I think that art and what inspired what you will see below, is exactly...
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20th century
Kiki Smith’s Bodies as Instruments of Perception and Travel
April 6, 2019It seems Kiki Smith didn’t have much choice when deciding on who to become in the future because art just flows in her veins: her father Tony Smith was a sculptor, her mother, Jane Lawrence Smith,...
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Bodies And Erotic Art
Sylvia Sleigh. A Slay Girl Who Rocked Male Portraiture
April 2, 2019I called Sylvia Sleigh a slay girl because she was beautiful inside out. Brave and independent, she pursued her own figurative style which by many was regarded as outmoded in the years of Pop Art dominance....
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