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Tag Archives: fauvism
Painting is the Most Beautiful of Lies
Above: Kees van Dongen portrait of the artist as Neptune (1922 oil on canvas 170x120cm) Dutch-French Fauvist painter, Cornelis Theodorus Maria ‘Kees’ van Dongen was born in Delfshaven, then on the outskirts, and today a borough, of Rotterdam on 26 … Continue reading
Posted in Artists A-Z, OilPainting, Paintings
Tagged fauvism, Fauvists, Kees van Dongen
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Concrete evidence that Magnelli did Excelli
“Ronde Oceanique” 1937, (oil on canvas 114 x 146 cm). Born in Florence, on 1 July 1888, Italian modern painter Alberto Magnelli was a significant figure in the post-war Concrete Art movement. Starting off in 1907, despite having limited formal … Continue reading
Posted in Art, OilPainting, Paintings
Tagged "Ronde Oceanique", #AlbertoMagnelli, #AvantGardeArtists, #ConcreteArtMovement, fauvism
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This Breton Woman & Child is no Patterson’s curse
Ambrose McCarthy Patterson Breton Woman and Child, 1908 (oil on canvas) Australian born painter and print-maker, Ambrose McCarthy Patterson was born on 29 June 1877, in Daylesford, Victoria. Patterson studied at the Melbourne Art School under Emmanuel Phillips Fox and Tudor … Continue reading
Posted in Art, OilPainting, Paintings
Tagged #AmbrosePatterson, #ImpressionistArt, #Impressionists, fauvism
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Braque it to me gently
Georges Braque was born on 13 May, 1882, in Argenteuil, Val-d’Ois and was raised in Le Havre. Like his father and grandfather, he had been trained to be a house painter and decorator. Unsatisfied with this, (between 1897-1899), Braques switched … Continue reading
Posted in Gallery Art, OilPainting, Paintings
Tagged #Cubism, fauves, fauvism, George Braque, picasso
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