Dr Robert Bohanさんのイラストまとめ

In 1814 with the restoration of The Spanish Monarchy he pleaded his non-involvement with the prior regime. He painted his disturbing The 2nd of May 1808 & The 3rd of May 1808 (1812). These are powerful & emotive images of the horrors of war.

From 1772 he created some 42 patterns for the Royal Tapestry Factory in the Rococo style. He also pursued etching at this time, a medium in which he still remains famous. These tapestry designs are relaxed & charming images.

Thread: Francisco Goya (1746-1828) was one of the greatest artists in history, a Romantic & a master of the portrait. He also created his superb black paintings which explored his troubled subconscious. The perceptive nature of his art is such that he’s v much a modern artist

The 1930s saw him create his own unique landscape language. His portrait of Arnold hints at his repressed gay vision (note the nude swimmers). Calendulas (1928-9), Stone City Iowa & Study (1930) & Arnold Comes of Age (1930)

From 1922-35 Wood lived with his mother in Cedar Rapids. Woman with Plant {Mother-in-Law’s Tongue} (1929), Patchwork Quilt (1929) & Urns (1924). His eyes were opened to authentic American subjects inspired by his reading & learning.

Born in Iowa he studied at the The Handicraft Guild in Minneapolis (1910). He returned to Iowa to teach in 1911 & in 1913 he enrolled at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago . The Landscape of Autumn (1919), The Shaking Poplar (1917), Paris Street (1920) & Conduit (1920)

Francis Bacon (1909-92) was a great Irish artist who captured the horror, disaster & evil of the 20th century with its catastrophic oppression & wars. He was a nihilist, an exile & a gay man in an era of destruction (self portraits, 1970 & 1973)

In the first drawing he seeks to capture animal movement, in the 2nd beauty, the 3rd frivolity & finally in the 4th an idea of form as visual mapping. Woman Washing her Feet (1944), Portrait of François (1946), Faun (1947) & Composition (1948)

Picasso chose to depict Olga in a neoclassical manner (1920). She disliked his friends & avant-garde works, so the style fitted. He would bring a monumentality to the classical style as shown in his Head of a Woman (1921) as well as his Mother & Child (1922)

To understand Picasso you have to realise that every character he creates is a self-portrait. In this period we see him exploring his sexuality & experience through both male & female eyes. Mother & Child (1904), Horse with a Youth in Blue (1905) & Two Nudes (1906) & Nude (1907)