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At 15 Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun was painting the aristocracy, in her 20s she was the favoured painter of Marie Antoinette, and by her 30s she was fleeing the French Revolution. Learn more about this 18th century portrait painter: https://t.co/dWC7ZEdPSe #5WomenArtists #IWD2020
It's the final week of our free exhibition, 'Young #Bomberg and the Old Masters'. In the exhibition you can see some of Bomberg's earliest paintings alongside their sketches, including 'In the Hold': https://t.co/mrKFpsekHD
Michelangelo died #OnThisDay in 1564. Painter, sculptor and architect, writer of sonnets, he was the first artist recognised by contemporaries as a genius. 'The Entombment' is one of maybe only three surviving panel paintings by Michelangelo: https://t.co/TzUqpCjgGz
Gainsborough apparently found some difficulty in capturing Mrs Siddons’s distinctive features in this painting, and is said to have exclaimed: ‘Confound the nose, there’s no end to it!’. We can't see anything wrong with it...https://t.co/EaJfchBb9f
During today's free 10-minute talk we'll be looking at Veronese's 'Unfaithfulness' and how this painting inspired the young David #Bomberg. Come along to Room 11 at 4pm: https://t.co/cBUNDfAMkv
While #Bomberg was painting 'Sappers at Work', the Spanish renaissance painter El Greco suddenly became a key influence. In 1919, the Gallery bought 'The Agony in the Garden of Gethseman', and visitors - including Bomberg - were fascinated: https://t.co/t44Kg1lq3O
David #Bomberg described El Greco's 'The Agony in the Garden of Gethseman' as 'a picture with powerful pink, powerful purple, but what is most powerful...is the design. No one but El Greco ever did such a thing...'
Find out more at our 10-minute talk today at 4pm in Room 1.
During today's free 10-minute talk we'll be looking at Veronese's 'Unfaithfulness' and how this painting inspired the young David #Bomberg. Come along to Room 11 at 4pm: https://t.co/cBUNDfAMkv
Why are Gauguin's portraits so important? Why did he paint so many self portraits? Find out the answers to these questions and more with our handy guide to 'The Credit Suisse Exhibition: #GauguinPortraits': https://t.co/XNQloLTbXX
Why are Gauguin's portraits so important? Why did he paint so many self portraits? Find out the answers to these questions and more with our handy guide to 'The Credit Suisse Exhibition: #GauguinPortraits': https://t.co/XNQloLTbXX