Celia Paul and Her Art in the Shadow of Lucian Freud
I arrived to Celia Paul via Lucian Freud’s portraits. In one of them her face is difficult to define: is it an expression of pain and distress,...
Magda Michalska 23 February 2019
Artist Stories
Dick Ket: The Artist with Drumstick Fingers
The extraordinary self-portraits by Dick Ket, many of which are unknown to the world, quietly invite their viewers into a silent life spent in a...
Maria Frazzoni 12 February 2019
Aristarkh Lentulov’s Cubist Russia
Recently I showed you views of typical wintery Russia by Korovin, which you can see here. Today we’ll see instead something out-of-ordinary.
Magda Michalska 2 February 2019
Into the Abyss: The Forgotten Pietro Canonica
A prominent, famous and revered artist in his lifetime, Pietro Canonica has been relegated to the sidelines of Italian art history. Skilled and...
Nadine Waldmann 1 February 2019
The Muse Throughout Art History: Inspiration, Love, and Friendship
In terms of Ancient Greek mythology, the term muse refers to nine daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne, with each daughter having her own attribute, which...
Rachel Witte 26 January 2019
Wyndham Lewis’ Portraits
Wyndham Lewis was a man who had ambitions to be great in art and literature. As a writer, he was widely attacked because of his extreme social and...
Maria Frazzoni 15 January 2019
Paul Gauguin – Master or Monster?
When Paul Gauguin visited Tahiti in the 1890’s was he a genius in search of paradise, or a seedy sex tourist? A painter, printmaker,...
Candy Bedworth 16 November 2018
Egon Schiele, Edith with Striped Dress, Sitting
Edith Harms, the future wife of Egon Schiele, lived with her sister, Adele and their parents across the street from Schiele’s studio at the...
Zuzanna Stańska 19 August 2018
Britain At Twilight: John Atkinson Grimshaw’s Landscapes
John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836-1893) was a Victorian painter admired for his beautiful evening landscapes. British cities like London, Liverpool, and...
Alexandra Kiely 1 August 2018
Painting Bordighera: From Monet’s Canvases to Call Me By Your Name
Italy experienced a significant cinematic milestone when it was selected as the backdrop for the film Call Me By Your Name (2017, dir. Luca...
Helena Pereira 21 July 2018
American Synthesizers: Gerald Murphy, Louis Lovowick, and George Ault
In the catalogue for a 1959 exhibition on Precisionist art at the Walker Art Centre in Minneapolis, Director Martin Friedman said of the precisionist...
Wendy Gray 7 July 2018
Beyond Glass and Interiors – Louis Comfort Tiffany’s Paintings
Louis Comfort Tiffany was famous for his beautiful stained glass, decorative arts, and interiors. (His father, Charles Lewis Tiffany, was even more...
Alexandra Kiely 23 June 2018
