Originally published on 22/4/2012. In October 2024 Staatsoper Stuttgart staged “Sancta”, an Opera performance by Florentina Holzinger with Paul Hindemith’s
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Κατηγορία: expressionism
Emil Nolde Graphik – 12 Kunstkarten – 12 Etchings on cards
Emil Nolde is one of my favourite German artists. Today I present 12 of his etchings printed on post cards.
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Edvard Munch (1863-1944)
This post is long overdue. Munch is one of my favorite artists. In this post I put together some of
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Paul Klee: Works on Paper from the Guggenheim Collection and the Berggruen Klee Collection
(Featured image: Paul Klee, Cold City, 1921, watercolour on paper mounted on maroon paper mounted on cardboard. The Metropolitan Museum
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August Macke’s untimely death: 26 September 1914
August Macke was born in 1887 and died in September 1914 in the trenches of Champagne, at the age of
Continue readingEmil Nolde: At the Night Club (1911)
During my recent visit to Oslo’s National Gallery, I found time to “break” my complete and undivided attention to Edvard
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“Sickness and insanity were the black angels that guarded my cradle” Edvard Munch, personal manuscript. Background Edvard Munch is one of
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Some time ago I wrote about one of the most stunning and moving themes in the work of Edward Munch: The
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