De Nittis’s “Westminster Bridge” (1875): the Thames and Parliament dissolve into sunset haze — Impressionist mood over pure optical effect.
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🇬🇧 Painted by Vassily Kandinsky while in Weimar, Germany, in 1925, this oil painting makes use of geometrical shapes, various layers and contrasting colours to generate a dynamic depiction which is not strictly connected with reality. In line with one of his previous paintings, Circles in a Circle, Kandinsky pioneers abstract art and develops artistic theories that underpin his innovative approach to the expression of … Continue reading Swinging, by Kandinsky 🔴🔹🖌
Marking the 129th anniversary of Vincent Van Gogh death on 29/7/1890 🇬🇧 Flowers, and sunflowers in particular, were one of the favourite subjects by Vincent Van Gogh and there are several paintings in these series. The sunflower painting on the right was painted in Arles in the summer of 1888 and is normally exhibited at the National Gallery in London. This version of the sunflowers … Continue reading Sunflowers, by Van Gogh 🌼🖌🌼
🇬🇧 This soft-toned portrait, In Summer – En été, was painted in 1868 by Pierre-Auguste Renoir when he was 27, before the blossoming of the Impressionist movement, but already contains some impressionistic elements, like the roughy sketched out background, with broad brushstrokes of green tones. This is a portrait of Lise Tréhot, a young model frequently used by Renoir during this early period, possibly also … Continue reading Summer, by Renoir 🖌🖼🇫🇷
🇬🇧Supernovae, oil painting by Victor Vasarely, 1960, exhibited at the Tate Modern. Considered one of the leaders of the op art movement Vasarely started experimenting in the 1930s with perspectives, textural effects, shadows and light to render optical illusions. Supernovae is a typical example of Optical Art, realised just using black and white and geometrical shapes to obtain the illusion of a tridimensional effect on … Continue reading Supernovae, by Vasarely 🔳🔲◼️
🇬🇧 With his revolutionary painting, Impression, Sunrise, exhibited for the first time in Paris in April 1874, Monet gave, unintentionally, the name to the nascent Impressionist movement that also included fellow contemporary artists like Pissarro, Manet, Renoir and Sisley. The term was used in a dispregiative sense by the art critic Louis Leroy in his critique of the collective exhibition but was taken up by … Continue reading Impression, Sunrise, by Monet 🖼🖌⛅️
This exhibition at Tate Britain in London combines artworks by Vincent Van Gogh and his contemporaries around the period he spent in London between 1873 and 1876. Around this time, Van Gogh was not yet a full-time painter but was working with an art dealer and was influenced by the artistic environment around him at the time. In later years, when he started becoming a … Continue reading Van Gogh and Britain 👨🏼🎨🇳🇱🇬🇧
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🇬🇧 Self-portrait, oil painting by JMW Turner, 1799, exhibited at Tate Britain – At the beginning of his artistic career a young Turner painted this romantic self-portrait. Probably prepared to mark his election as an associate of the Royal Academy, this portrait showcases already a very skilled and talented artist, despite his young age. 🇮🇹 Autoritratto, dipinto ad olio di JMW Turner, 1799, esposto alla … Continue reading Turner’s Self-portrait 🖌🖼🇬🇧
Marking the 171st anniversary of Paul Gauguin, born on 7th June 1848 🇬🇧 Still Life with Moss Roses in a Basket, oil painting by Paul Gauguin, 1884, exhibited temporarily at Palazzo Reale in Milan, normally exhibited at the Philadelphia Museum of Art – This delicate floral composition is still influenced by impressionist paintings and was painted by Gauguin following a difficult visit to his wife’s … Continue reading Still Life, by Paul Gauguin 🌹🧺🖌
