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Tag Archives: Art Blog
Paul Delvaux’s Sleeping Venus
In my last blog I looked at the life of André Masson, the French-born Belgian Surrealist and one of his paintings, which in some ways mirrored the physical and mental suffering he had to endure for most of his life. … Continue reading
Gradiva by André Masson
After my last two blogs looking at the exquisite artistry of the American landscape painter, Frederic Church, I am going to give you something completely different today. I was going to facetiously say that I was moving from the sublime … Continue reading
Frederic Edwin Church, Part 2
For those of you who have just landed on this page I suggest you go back to my previous blog which looks at Frederic Church’s early life and talks a little about his exhibition at the National Gallery, London which … Continue reading
Frederic Edwin Church, Part 1
Last weekend I spent a two day break in London attending the christening of my grandson and pottering around a couple of galleries visiting their current exhibitions. I had tickets for the Boccacio exhibition at the National Gallery and whilst … Continue reading
Figure at a Window by Dali (1925) and Young Virgin Autosodomized by her Own Chastity by Dali (1954)
My blog today looks at two paintings by the same artist, completed twenty-nine years apart. There is an obvious a similarity about the works and yet they could not be more different. As a non-painter, it is this difference in … Continue reading
Kees van Dongen, his life, his family and his art
Last Thursday I embarked on my monthly pilgrimage to London to visit a couple of art galleries and take a look at two new art exhibitions and it was during those visits that I found a few paintings which I … Continue reading
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Zinaida Serebriakova – Part 2.
My blog today continues with a look at the life of the Russian painter, Zinaida Serebriakova. At the end of my last entry I told you that she and her family’s life had been turned upside down by the onset … Continue reading
The Scottish Colourists, Part 4 – George Leslie Hunter
In my blog today I conclude my look at the group of early twentieth century Scottish artists, who would later be grouped together and known as the Scottish Colourists. The fourth member of this group was George Leslie Hunter. Hunter … Continue reading
The Scottish Colourists, Part 3 – John Duncan Fergusson
Today I am looking at the third member of the Scottish Colourist group and possibly the most well-known, John Duncan Fergusson, who was born in March 1874 in Leith, a town which is often known as the port of Edinburgh. … Continue reading
The Scottish Colourists – Part 2, Francis Cadell
In my last blog, I introduced you to the four painters who would later become known as the Scottish Colourists. In that first blog I looked at the life of Samuel Peploe and today I am concentrating on the life … Continue reading
