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Antonio Diego Voci (1920-1985) was an Italian figurative artist with an incredible range of skills. His stylistic versatility produced work ranging from Italian Renaissance to realism, impressionism, surrealism and semi-abstract. https://t.co/xKtvkce5PF

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2023-04-03

"Our art has to be like our food, our air, our sea”

Emiliano di Cavalcanti (1897-1976 Brazilian) pioneer of modernism. His work re-imagined the Brazilian people and their traditions through strikingly modern forms. https://t.co/9dYyBNIR84

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2023-03-30

I wish I could bring back Jeanne Mammen (1890-1976 German) so she could paint more of this uncompromising work. https://t.co/xKtvkce5PF

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2023-03-25

“It’s very simple, it’s theatre, really. Nothing more, nothing less”

Canadian artist Andy Wooldridge (b.1949) draws upon Italian metaphysical paintings and 1920s precisionists and delights us with his sharp simplicity & vivid colour.
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2023-03-23

Only recently discovered Belgian artist René Guiette (1893 - 1976), can’t understand why he’s not better known. Early work influenced by Picasso has a strong cubist inclination. Later he moved towards a more experimental style.
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2023-03-07

Only recently discovered Belgian artist René Guiette (1893 - 1976), can’t understand why he’s not better known. Early work influenced by Picasso has a strong cubist inclination. Later he moved towards a more experimental style.
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2023-03-07

Sensitive, beautiful and quietly spiritual. Discover the wonderful work of Michael Cook, Derbyshire artist who explores his faith through his art. https://t.co/9dYyBNIjiw

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2023-02-17

Social realist artist Paul Raphael Meltsner (1905–1966 American). His work portrayed rural landscapes, industrial city scapes, and labourers at work 'Death of a striker' https://t.co/xKtvkce5PF

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2023-02-06

Social realist artist Paul Raphael Meltsner (1905–1966 American). His work portrayed rural landscapes, industrial city scapes, and labourers at work 'Man + Machinery', 'Industrial Landscape' https://t.co/xKtvkce5PF

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2023-02-06

John Woodrow Wilson (1922-2015 African-American) was best known for portraying themes of social justice and equality affecting black people. He aimed to fill the void in galleries where black subjects remained absent. https://t.co/xKtvkce5PF

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2023-02-05

“If I disappear do not let my paintings die”

Dark, thought provoking works by Felix Nussbaum (German-Jewish 1904-1944). His genius, vision and life was tragically cut short. Persecuted and murdered in Auschwitz. https://t.co/xKtvkce5PF

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2022-12-12

Melancholic monumental figures with a very spiritual quality by Benjamin Shiff (1931 - 2011 Israeli). His themes evoke feelings of refuge and comfort. https://t.co/9dYyBNIjiw

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2022-12-07

Contemporary wildlife paintings beautifully abstracted using bold colour and flowing design by award winning English artist, Alison Ingram. https://t.co/xKtvkbWur5

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2022-12-05

Incredibly powerful works from East German artist Jürgen Schäfer (b. 1941). https://t.co/9dYyBNZUa4

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2022-11-29

Incredibly powerful works from East German artist Jürgen Schäfer (b. 1941). https://t.co/9dYyBNIR84

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2022-11-29

Fabulous and moving work by Wilhelm Lachnit (German, 1899-1962) "The Death of Dresden", 1945. Tragically his work was declared "degenerate" and confiscated by the Nazis and much was destroyed in the terrible bombing of Dresden. https://t.co/xKtvkceDFd

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2022-11-13

“May the philosophers argue about what is real and what is not”

Step into the strange world of German surrealist artist, Wolfgang Lettl (1919-2008). Incredible imagination.
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2022-11-09

Another artist who inspired me, one of the New Glasgow Boys - Ken Currie (Scottish b.1960). Currie drew upon industrial Glasgow and working class life as the subject of his early work. https://t.co/xKtvkceDFd

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2022-11-06

Contemporary Moldovan artist Valeriu Buev uses the language of Surrealism to explore the tragedy of the human condition and confronts our darker tendencies. Powerful work. https://t.co/xKtvkce5PF

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2022-09-19

Vicente Silva Manansala (1910 – 1981) Influential pioneer of Filipino modern art, developed his own style called Transparent Cubism. His paintings of Filipino everyday life always had a social reality edge to it. https://t.co/xKtvkceDFd

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2022-09-15