Wednesday 18 October 2017

Emilio Vedova "Image of Time" - 1951

“Your actual duty is that of saving your dream.”- quote Amedeo Modigliani

 
Artist Emilio Vedova at work in his studio in Venice, 2003

"Abstract art has found the unexpected confirmation in atomic physics. All the material is dissolved in forces." - Dr. K. Farner, 1964 'Uprising in abstract art

 
‘Image of Time’ (Barrier),1951 – Egg tempera on canvas 130 x 170 cm, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice



Emilio Vedova, Plurimo nr. 4 – Absurd Berliner Journal, 1964 Wood and iron, 206 x 360 cm. (Artist collection)

Wednesday 11 October 2017

Van Gogh Vincent "Postman Joseph Roulin" - 1889


"In my opinion, I am often wealthy, not in money, but (not all days though) rich because I found my work. Something which I live for with heart and soul and that gives passion and meaning to life." - Vincent Van Gogh, The Hague, March 11, 1883

Portrait of the Postman Joseph Roulin - Ooc 65 x 54 cm. Arles: April, 1889 - Otterlo: Kröller-Müller Museum
 
"Now I'm working on a different model, a postman in blue uniform decorated with gold, a big bearded head, very sociable. [...] A more interesting man than many other."

Friday 6 October 2017

Frantisek Kupka - "Story about Pistils and Stamens I" -1920


"If we search for the principle, we will see that it conforms to the principle of elementary life forms: the movements which expand and contract correspond to the universal rhythm of alternation and reproduction... in nature everything is moving, whether this can be observed or not." - Frantisek Kupka

Frantisek Kupka

Frantisek Kupka - "Story about Pistils and Stamens I" 1920 - ooc 110 x 100cm