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Francisco Goya: 9 The dangerous Majas

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His last royal commission before the war with France, and his most important, a macabre scene of cannibalism, and two surprising majas.

August 18, 2021 General, Life, Painting

In Serbian Country: the paintings of Sava Šumanović

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One of the most important Serbian artists of the 20th century, he was a friend of Modigliani in Paris, and a prolific painter of views in Serbia.

December 11, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Paintings of 1920: Narrative and figurative

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Paintings from a century ago by Fortescue-Brickdale, Franz von Stuck, George Bellows, and John Godward, who committed suicide because of Picasso’s success.

December 10, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Patrons and painters: Titian and the bluestocking poet

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Titian seems to have understood exactly what Vittoria Colonna wanted, and in doing so changed art.

March 31, 2020 General, Life, Painting

In Memoriam Amedeo Modigliani and Jeanne Hébuterne

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Unlike some of his contemporaries, his people are real and his depictions full of grace and calm. His stylistic exaggerations and faired forms work to create portraits and nudes which we can really enjoy.

January 24, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Gustave Courbet 4: The erotic

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His best-known works of the 1860s are a series of erotic nudes. But two are missing, one destroyed by accident in studio before it could be shown, the other in Berlin in the 20th century.

May 30, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Gustave Courbet 3: Allegory

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Starting with one of the great problem paintings of the 19th century, he went on to paint hunting scenes, a pair of prostitutes, and a reckless gambler.

May 23, 2019 General, Life, Painting

More Than Portraits: 9, the revolutionary paintings of Diego Velázquez

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Live models for figures, landscape oil sketching in front of the motif, the sensuous nude, narratives with multiple readings, incredibly loose brushwork, and so much more than portraits.

March 19, 2019 General, Life, Painting

The Women in the Life of Jules Joseph LeFebvre 2

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Although known for his paintings of nudes, many of his subjects were fully-clothed, and most were powerful women who overcame adversity.

February 22, 2019 General, Life, Painting

The Women in the Life of Jules Joseph LeFebvre 1

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With the exception of his early history paintings and a few portraits of men, his entire career was devoted to painting beautiful women.

February 21, 2019 General, Life, Painting

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