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Artist Antonio López García Title María Year 1972 Medium Pencil on Paper Dimensions 70 x 53.3 cm Location Private collection You pause when you see María, even though it’s just pencil on paper. It feels familiar, soft, uncanny. That coat—folded…
Text by Vincent DeLuise Author, Educator, Musician at amusicalvision.blogspot.com, Cultural Ambassador, Waterbury Symphony Orchestra Artist Andrea Mantegna Title Oculus Year c. 1465-1474 Medium fresco Dimensions diameter: 270 cm (106.2 in) Location Palazzo Ducale, Mantua What a wonder of the Rinascimento is this ceiling!…
Text by Vincent DeLuise Author, Educator, Musician at amusicalvision.blogspot.com, Cultural Ambassador, Waterbury Symphony Orchestra Artist Leonardo da Vinci Title Birch Copse Year 1500 Medium Red Chalk on Paper Dimensions 19 cm x 15 cm Location Royal Collection, Windsor Only Leonardo da Vinci could…
Artist Andrew Wyeth Title Winter Carnival Year 1985 Medium drybrush, watercolor, gouache and pencil on paper Dimensions 22 ¼ x 24 in. (56.5 x 61 cm.) Location Private collection Born in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, in 1917, Andrew Wyeth learned to…
Picture a canvas filled with a grid of black lines, interspersed with blocks of primary colors. This minimalist composition is the hallmark of Piet Mondrian, a Dutch artist whose quest for harmony and order led him to revolutionize abstract art.…
Title Russian Prisoner of War (Grigori Kladjishuli) Artist Egon Schiele Date 1916; Vienna, Austria Medium watercolor,paper Current Location Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, US A piercing gaze. A stiff green uniform. A history far heavier than the paper it’s…
Willem de Kooning’s journey from a young stowaway to a towering figure in Abstract Expressionism is a testament to his relentless pursuit of artistic expression. Born in Rotterdam in 1904, de Kooning’s early life was marked by hardship and determination.…
Text by Vincent DeLuise Author, Educator, Musician at amusicalvision.blogspot.com, Cultural Ambassador, Waterbury Symphony Orchestra Artist Pieter Bruegel the Elder Title The Blind Leading the Blind Year 1568 Type Distemper on linen canvas Dimensions 86 cm × 154 cm (34 in × 61 in) Location Museo di Capodimonte, Naples In one of my…
1959 – The Year Abstract Expressionism Took the Spotlight There are years that change everything quietly. No riots, no manifestos, no wild headlines. Just a steady shift in the atmosphere, a movement that begins behind the gallery walls, in the…
There is something unnerving about standing in front of a Mark Rothko painting. It’s not just the size—though his towering canvases do have a way of making you feel like a trespasser in their presence. It’s the weight of them,…
Title : New York City, 3 (unfinished) Artist Piet Mondrian Year 1941 Type Oil, pencil, chalk and coloured tape on canvas. Dimensions 117 x 110 cm Location Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid In view of the Nazi advance, in 1938, after…
Tracey Emin’s “Sex and Solitude” exhibition at Florence’s Palazzo Strozzi offers an intimate exploration of the human condition, focusing on themes of desire, isolation, and the corporeal experience. This comprehensive showcase, running from March 16 to July 20, 2025, marks…