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Picasso

Impressionist painting in Britain: 11 William Nicholson

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Whistler encouraged him to paint in 1900, and he went on to Impressionist landscapes during the early 20th century. He also won a gold medal at the Olympics, and taught Winston Churchill.

September 30, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Realist Paintings of Piet Mondrian 3

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He completes his journey through Cubism to abstraction, but takes a pause to paint a few landscapes around 1916-17.

March 19, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Amedeo Modigliani: 2 1915-1916

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Portraits of Picasso and other artists of the day, two dealers, and the start of his series of nudes painted for Leopold Zborowski.

January 13, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Amedeo Modigliani: 1 1907-1914

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Soon after his arrival in Paris, in 1906, he switched to sculpture. He had the idea of a ‘temple to humanity’, with hundreds of caryatids to support it.

January 6, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Paul Sérusier: 2 Harvest

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Three exceptional paintings are dominated by geometrical forms. In one, a huge golden cylinder hangs in the night sky. Was this an innovative abstract painting?

April 26, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Pierre Bonnard: Mimosa and memories, 1944-1947

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Paintings of exuberant brilliant yellow mimosa, bleak self-portraits, and his favourite views around Le Cannet from his final years.

August 22, 2018 General, Life, Painting

The Second Most Famous Georgian: Niko Pirosmani, 2 People and Places

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Some quite sophisticated compositions, featuring an early gramophone, feasting, the railway, and a Russian Futurist who enthused Picasso about his paintings.

April 9, 2018 General, Life, Painting

Edvard Munch: A life in paintings 1910-1944

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Less well known outside Norway, later works include vast canvases for Oslo University, and many vibrant and vigorous paintings of nudes and landscapes.

April 27, 2017 General, Painting

Paul Nash: from ancient to surreal, 3 – 1931-1938

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At the height of his surrealism, his paintings were inspired by found objects, Freud, and the megalithic monuments of Wessex.

March 8, 2017 General, Painting

The Story in Paintings: allegory, symbol, and realism

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Taking stock on which narratives should be used, and what techniques should be used to represent them in paintings.

February 22, 2016 General, Painting

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