Femmes de Tahiti – Tahitian Women on the Beach, oil painting by Paul Gauguin, 1891, Musée d’Orsay, Paris. This painting belongs to the early period Paul Gauguin spent in Tahiti, where he wanted “to live there in ecstasy, calm and art.” The painter moved in 1891 to the South Pacific from Paris, escaping the “European fight after money” and to be “finally free”. This double … Continue reading Femmes de Tahiti, by Gauguin 👩🏽⛱🇵🇫
🇬🇧 Norham Castle, Sunrise, oil painting by JMW Turner 1845, Tate Britain, London – This artwork is part of a series of late unfinished paintings that Turner kept in his studio and were bequeathed to the nation upon his death. Although these artworks may seem sketchy and “impressionistic” they represent a trial run by Turner to explore different studies on light and colour and their marketability. … Continue reading Norham Castle, by Turner 🖌🏰🏴
Cage, oil paintings by Gerhard Richter, 2006 – Tate Modern, London – This is a collection of six large oil paintings, conceived as a coherent group, named after the American composer John Cage. . 👨🏽💻♥️📷🎨 Originally posted on my Instagram blog Tate Modern Museums 🏛🖼🗿 Visual Art Continue reading Cage by Gerhard Richter 🖼🖌🎶
https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=UA-49025203-2 window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag(‘js’, new Date()); gtag(‘config’, ‘UA-49025203-2’); August Blue 🎨 by Henry Scott Tuke, 1893, at Tate Britain 👨🏽💻♥️📷🎨 Continue reading August Blue by HS Tuke
Wheatfield with Cypresses – 🎨 by Vincent Van Gogh 1889 – National Gallery, London. 🇬🇧 There are three different versions of this scene painted by Van Gogh in the summer of 1889, while he was spending some time in a mental asylum in Saint-Remy, in the South of France. All paintings depict the view from his room’s window at the asylum. The painting on … Continue reading Wheatfield with Cypresses 🎨🌾🌳
🇬🇧 The Siesta – 🎨 Oil painting by Francesco Netti, 1884, Metropolitan Gallery of Bari – Sensual orientalist scene inspired by a journey of the painter to Istanbul, displayed at the 1884 Exposition of Rome. 🇮🇹 La siesta – 🎨 Dipinto ad olio di Francesco Netti, 1884, Pinacoteca Metropolitana di Bari – Sensuale scena orientalista ispirata da un viaggio del pittore ad Istanbul, esposto all’Esposizione di Roma del 1884. 🇫🇷 La … Continue reading La siesta 🎨🛌🖼
