Vincent Van Gogh in Saint Remy de Provence

Tired of Paris and its cold, northern climate, his mental and physical health deteriorating, the painter Vincent Van Gogh moved

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The Painter Chaïm Soutine

Chaïm Soutine (1893-1943) is considered one of the leading expressionists of the so-called School of Paris – a central figure

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Captain John Saris: the Man who brought Shunga to England

Originally published on the 22nd October 2013. Introduction In 1613 Captain John Saris brought back to England some “pictures” from

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Head of a Woman: Picasso’s interpretations of Fernande Olivier

Edited on the 4th September 2024. Originally published on 22nd April 2013. During a visit to Chicago in 2013, I

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Takashi Murakami: Mr Superflat in Palazzo Grassi, Venice

During a 2011 trip to Venice , I visited Palazzo Grassi’s exhibition “The World belongs to you” where I saw

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Harakiri School Girls: by Makoto Aida

“It is spirit, not painting” Makoto Aida Makoto Aida’s work “Harakiri School Girls” is a composition that recurs in the

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Woman Combing/Braiding/Arranging/Caressing her Hair

Originally published in 2009. Revised on 28 May 2024. This is a post about pictures depicting a woman / women

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Madonna and Child paintings by Botticelli and Raphael in Berlin

This post is about Madonna and Child paintings by Raphael and Botticelli in Berlin’s Gemäldegalerie. Raphael, Madonna with Child, St.

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Edward Hopper: The “Martha McKeen” of Wellfleet, 1944

Edward Hopper is one of my favourite painters. This is a post about Hopper’s painting of a sailing boat. I

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Skyros Island, Greece

Skyros, Oil pastel on paper, A4, Nikos Moropoulos, August 2022 Σκύρος, Λαδοπαστέλ σε χαρτί, Α4, Νίκος Μορόπουλος, Αύγουστος 2022

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