“Looking at these “Rembrandt” prints a few years later, Picasso dryly commented to his mistress Françoise Gilot that “every painter takes himself for Rembrandt.” He was right. No artist in the Western canon, not Raphael, not Michelangelo, not even Goya, has been so compulsively co-opted as heroic alter ego as Rembrandt. Painters like Turner, Delacroix, […]
Unknown Monet
The Evening Standard reviews a new Book and Exhibition on Monet entitled “The Unknown Monet: Pastels and Drawings.”
He doesn’t seem to be a big fan of either:
“How unknown is unknown? Would not unfamiliar have been the far more honest word to use? And even that I am inclined to doubt; perhaps the best […]
One of Pablo Picasso’s most recognizable pieces is “Three Musicians.” Geometric shapes filled with vivid solid colors create an image that seem as though it should be protruding off the paper. Although not literally having depth, the three musicians appear to be due to their contrast with the dull brown monochrome background. […]
This an interesting website detailing Leonardo’s notebooks, their history and where they can be found today.
“Already in 1630, the Barnabite Antonio Mazenta speaks of the dispersal of the Leonardo manuscripts, and singles out Pompeo Leoni, a sculptor at the court of the King of Spain, as one of those chiefly responsible not only for losing […]
