“Nothing is at rest and everything is part
of the hurried and
multiple improvisations of the universe.”
quote by Medardo Rosso (IT 1858-1928)
Photo: collection Museum Vito Mele, Italy
Wednesday, 29 October 2014
Monday, 27 October 2014
"Before the Performance" by Edgard Degas - 1896
Edgard Degas went at the Faculty of Law of the University of Paris, in 1853, but applied
little effort to his studies. In 1855 (age 21), Degas met Dominique Ingres, whom he revered, and
whose advice he never forgot: "Draw
lines, young man, and still more lines, both from life and from memory, and you
will become a good artist."
Degas was often criticized for sloppy brushwork and lack
of finish. Thank god he did what he did!
“Before the Performance” by Edgard Degas
(1834-1917)
Oil on paper laid on canvas > 48mm x
62mm
Location: Scottish National Gallery - tekst
Wikipedia
Self-portrait 1863 oil on cardbord, private collection
(photo WikiArt)
Friday, 24 October 2014
"Unique Forms of Continuity in Space" by Boccioni - 1913
By the end of 1913, the Italian futurist Umberto
Boccioni (1882-1916) had completed what is considered his masterpiece, “Unique Forms of Continuity in Space”,
in wax. His goal for the work was to depict a "synthetic continuity"
of motion. During his life, the work only existed as a plaster cast (photo
1913, private collection - Milan). It
was first cast in bronze in 1931.
The writing of
his Manifesto of Futurist Sculpture, published in April 1914, was
Boccioni's intellectual and physical launch into sculpture, as there are no
known works before this period. This sculpture has been the subject of
extensive commentary, and in 1998 it was selected as the image to be engraved
on the back of the Italian 20-cent Euro coin.
Friday, 17 October 2014
"The Slave Market" by Frank Brangwyn - 1920/21
Beside paintings and drawings, Frank Brangwyn made stained
glass, furniture, ceramics, carpets, glassware, jewelery, buildings and
interiors. It is estimated he made over 12.000 artworks. “The work involved?” he
said in an interview, “You have no idea!”
Thursday, 9 October 2014
"Improvisation 26" by Wassily Kandinsky - 1912
"Anyone who looks into the
hidden inner treasures of his own art, is
an enviable contributor to the spiritual pyramid which
will reach unto heaven."
Quote from the publication ‘The Abstract in Art’ in 1912. Kandinsky is seen as one of the fathers of modern painting and the founder of abstract painting in the 20th century.
Photo: “Improvisation 26” - Oil on canvas, 1912 - 97 x 107cm
Location: Munchen, Städtische Galerie in Lenbachhaus
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