Born in Livorno, Italy, on 12 July 1884 Amedeo Modigliani worked as a painter and sculptor primarily in France. After spending his youth and initial artistic career between Tuscany and Venice, in 1906 Modigliani moved to Paris where he got in contact with artists of the caliber of Pablo Picasso and Constantin Brancusi. His initial artistic focus was on sculpture with the realisation of highly … Continue reading Amedeo Modigliani 🖌🖼🟡
🇬🇧 This is one of a small group of paintings that Modigliani made of young people sitting in his studio in Nice and is now exhibited at the Tate Modern in London. The artist inscribed the title of the work in the lower right part of the canvas, identifying the model as a ‘peasant boy’. However, there are some doubts about the accuracy of the … Continue reading Il contadinello, by Modigliani 🎨👩🏻🖼
🇬🇧 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 🖼🖌🔲
Tate Modern is one of the four Tate museums and the one specialising in modern and contemporary art. It is also Britain’s national gallery for international modern art and one of the most popular art galleries in London, open to all with free access seven days a week for the permanent displays, while charging for temporary exhibitions. Hosted in the building that was once the Bankside Power … Continue reading Tate Modern 🖼🖌🗿
Nato a Mosca il 18 dicembre 1866, Vassily Kandinsky è generalmente considerato il padre fondatore dell’arte astratta. È interessante notare che ha iniziato gli studi di pittura solo all’età di 30 anni, dopo una carriera accademica iniziale come professore di diritto. A questo punto della sua vita si trasferì a Monaco, in Germania, dove insegnò anche alla scuola Bauhaus dal 1922 fino alla sua chiusura … Continue reading Vassily Kandinsky 🖌🖼🟡
Born in Moscow on 18 December 1866, Wassily Kandinsky is typically credited as the founding father of abstract art. Interestingly enough, he started painting studies only at the age of 30, after an initial academic career as professor of law. At this point in his life he moved to Munich, in Germany, where he also taught at the Bauhaus school from 1922 until its closure … Continue reading Wassily Kandinsky 🖌🖼🟡
🇬🇧 Evoë 3 – abstract oil painting on canvas by Bridget Riley, 2003, Tate Modern, London. This large horizontal painting, on two adjointing canvases, is created with irregular curved shapes using four solid and contrasting colours: green, blue, pink and white. This is a characteristic aspect of optical art. Like other of her compositions, for example Nataraja, Evoë 3 is structured on a diagonal grid moving from … Continue reading Evoë 3, by Riley 🎨🔶🔷
🇬🇧 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 🔴🔹🖌
🇬🇧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 🔳🔲◼️
🇬🇧Nataraja – oil painting on canvas by Bridget Riley, 1993, Tate Modern, London. Inspired by a trip to India and the liveliness of local folk art. The variety, balance ,and complexity of colours are amazing, with up to 20 shades of one colour across the canvas. Choose the colours you like best! The title refers to the Hindu god Shiva, as Lord of the Dance, … Continue reading Nataraja, by Riley 🎨🔶🔷
