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Emily Carr’s Carr was one of the very few women artists in the 20th c. that rejected the pastoral landscapes, domestic scenes, and portraits of mothers and children to seek out subjects with challenging political and ecological themes and cultural significance.
Vecce’s findings come as a major new exhibition featuring a famous work of da Vinci’s goes on show at London’s National Gallery: launched on March 16. The Ugly Duchess: Beauty and Satire in the Renaissance.
Psyche's legacy is also seen through different works of art and literature over the centuries.The story &their marriage have been a popular subject for many artists, from Raphael to Goya to Munch. In literature, the story has been alluded in the works of John Keats, J. Milton….
“If you’re Irish, it doesn’t matter where you go—you’ll find family.” Victoria Smurfit
Robert and Helga Ehret's collection, which began in the 1970s, is a testament to the sophistication and vivacity of a couple of collectors with a keen interest in literature, philosophy, history and political science.
Sotheby's was pleased to present the Collection of Robert and Helga Ehret for the first time in Paris, the auction presented a work by Franz Marc, the romantic and dazzling artist whose bestiary of mind-blowing colours inspired the Blaue Reiter (Blue Rider) movement's name.
A JMW Turner painting of Chepstow Castle is to be sold in Cambridge. The British artist was 19, when he created the watercolour painting, which has been kept in a private family collection in London since 1956. The artwork is signed “Turner” & dated 1794, attrbution confirmed.
This May, Visionary: The Paul G. Allen Collection returns with its final chapter, featuring works by David Hockney, Georgia O'Keeffe and Edward Hopper. concentrating on masterworks inspired by nature — a passion for Paul G. Allen himself. These are O’ Keeffe’s master pieces.
JM engaged with the French landscape. As Monet spent his final decades in rural Giverny; from 1968 -92, she lived at nearby Vétheuil overlooking a house once inhabited by the French painter. Both addressed similar themes of trees, earth, water, &flowers. Inspired by their gardens