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 👨🏼‍🎨🎨🇬🇧

Vincent Van Gogh 👨🏼‍🎨🎨🇮🇹

Nella prima parte della sua vita Van Gogh non è stato un pittore ma un mercante d’arte e un predicatore che ha vissuto tra i Paesi Bassi, la Francia e la Gran Bretagna. Nato nel Brabante settentrionale nel marzo 1853, solo negli ultimi 10 anni della sua vita è stato un pittore a tempo pieno, producendo oltre 900 quadri ma, probabilmente molto in anticipo sui … Continue reading Vincent Van Gogh 👨🏼‍🎨🎨🇮🇹

Van Gogh and Britain 👨🏼‍🎨🇳🇱🇬🇧

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 👨🏼‍🎨🇳🇱🇬🇧

Turner’s Self-portrait 🖌🖼🇬🇧

🇬🇧 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 🖌🖼🇬🇧