Ludwig van Beethoven 🎼🎹🇩🇪

Der frühe Ludwig, der am 17. Dezember 1770 in Bonn, Deutschland, in einer Musikerfamilie geboren wurde, zeigte von klein auf ein musikalisches Genietalent als Pianist, der von seinem Vater unterrichtet wurde. Nach einigen ersten Arbeiten am Hof des Bonner Kurfürsten zog Ludwig 1792 nach Wien, wo er bei Joseph Haydn begann, Komposition zu studieren. Der junge Beethoven erregte schnell Aufmerksamkeit sowohl als Komponist, mit seiner … Continue reading Ludwig van Beethoven 🎼🎹🇩🇪

Feny, by Vasarely 🔳🔲◼️

Just after the end of WW2 Victor Vasarely started establishing a new artistic movement inspired by his influences at the time, stemming from the Abstract Expressionism and the Bauhaus style. The vibrant artistic environment in Paris of this period was the perfect background for the development of new creative outbursts. The main idea behind the optical art was the generation of a fluctuating and dynamic … Continue reading Feny, by Vasarely 🔳🔲◼️

Lungo l’Ofanto, by Giuseppe De Nittis

Pinacoteca De Nittis, Barletta 🖌🖼🇬🇧

Giuseppe De Nittis was born in Barletta, in the region of Apulia – Italy on 25 February 1846 and spent most of his prolific artistic life in Paris, where he become part of the French impressionist movement, although maintaining a clear personal style of painting, He died prematurely in 1884 at the age of 38 at the peak of his artistic career. When years later … Continue reading Pinacoteca De Nittis, Barletta 🖌🖼🇬🇧

Paul Gauguin 🖌🖼🇫🇷

Paul Gauguin a commencé à peindre relativement tard dans sa vie, ses premières peintures remontant à l’époque où il travaillait comme agent de change à Paris. Ce n’est que vers l’âge de trente-cinq ans qu’il décide de se consacrer entièrement à la peinture professionnelle, après une crise profonde dans son mariage avec Mette-Sophie Gad, une Danoise mariée en 1873. Ce tableau de sa première période … Continue reading Paul Gauguin 🖌🖼🇫🇷

Le Grand Canal, by Monet 🖼🖌⛅️

🇬🇧 In 1908 Claude Monet spent some time in Venice and painted various views of the city which are amongst the most iconic pictures of the Italian city. As it was his habit on favourite subjects he would paint the same scene several times at different times of the day and with different light effects. Of this particular view of the church of Salute across … Continue reading Le Grand Canal, by Monet 🖼🖌⛅️

Vincent Van Gogh 👨🏼‍🎨🎨🇬🇧

In the first part of his life Van Gogh was not a painter but an art dealer and preacher who lived between the Netherlands, France and Great Britain. Born in North Brabant in March 1853, in the last 10 years of his life alone he was a full-time painter, producing over 900 paintings but, probably well ahead of his time, selling only one painting, while … Continue reading Vincent Van Gogh 👨🏼‍🎨🎨🇬🇧

Weeping Woman, by Picasso 🖼🖌🔲

🇬🇧 Weeping Woman is based on the image of a woman holding her dead baby in her arms. It is inspired by a detail from Picasso’s monumental anti-war mural, Guernica. Picasso painted both works during the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939), in response to a particularly heinous episode of the war. The attack on the Basque city of Guernica was carried out in April 1937 by … Continue reading Weeping Woman, by Picasso 🖼🖌🔲

Self Portrait by Giuseppe De Nittis

Giuseppe De Nittis 🖌🖼🇮🇹

Giuseppe De Nittis nacque a Barletta, in Puglia – Italia il 25 febbraio 1846 e trascorse gran parte della sua prolifica vita artistica a Parigi, dove divenne parte del movimento impressionista francese, pur mantenendo un chiaro stile personale di pittura, Giuseppe de Nittis è considerato il padre della moderna pittura italiana. Nacque nel 1848 a Firenze da una familia benestante. De Nittis ha studiato arte … Continue reading Giuseppe De Nittis 🖌🖼🇮🇹