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Sea and painting: a brief romance
Sea and painting are thought of as the perfect pair. And yet the relationship between the two has not been as long or as peaceful as one might imagine, bound up as it is with…
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Japanese prints: fantasy arrived in Europe
Many European artists of the second half of the 19th century found new inspiration in Japanese prints. These lithographs put forward compositional ideas nobody knew, and their drawings…
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Caricature: geniuses exaggerate too
A tour through the history of caricature shows how important it has been in painting and reveals the pull it has had on some masters of the brush. Caricature has been given numerous…
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What the Guernica left us
Pablo Ruiz Picasso's Guernica (Málaga, 1881 - Mougins, 1973) has been described as one of the most overwhelming and controversial artworks of contemporary art. And it has been from the start. The genius…
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A burial at Ornans: the road to realism
Gustave Courbet (France, 1819- Switzerland, 1877) burst onto the French art scene in the revolutionary context of 1848, and he did so with a proposal that would shake up the conventions…
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The places human beings fear most
Great painters have interpreted the places that torment the human mind most, creating desolate artworks.La casa de locos (1808- 1812)In Francisco de Goya's madhouse (1746…
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The classical gesture of death
Formal restraint is how the subtlest crimes in the history of art have been committed. Want to meet a few of them?. “Crito, we owe a cock to Asclepius. Pay the debt and don't…
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The most refreshing art
A selection of this summer's most refreshing artworks, for those stuck at the office, at home, on holiday back in the village, in some exotic country... for every art lover. Do you want us to…