Karla Ortiz
He worked for Warhol, jammed with Basquiat – and now designs albums for Kanye West and handbags for Kim Kardashian. But has a recent near-death experience made George Condo's work even weirder? Stuart Jeffries finds out
Join me in conversation with painter Aron Wiesenfeld on his wild, whimsical worlds. Looking at his nostalgic paintings is like waking up from a dream.
Edvard Munch’s expressionist painting “The Scream” is one of the most recognizable works of art today. Multiple versions were created using pastel, oils and
Jean-Baptiste Greuze was a french painter. He ranks among the most popular Old Masters in pre-Revolutionary France. Best-loved for his moralistic genre painting and later his exceptional portrait art, towards the end of the century his style of art was superceded by Neoclassical painting and he died in poverty. His main ambition, however, was to gain recognition for his history painting - a quest effectively squashed by the rejection of his submission Emperor Septimius Severus Reproaching Caracalla (1769, Louvre, Paris) by the French Academy in 1769. Nevertheless, Denis Diderot (1713-84), editor of the Encyclopedie (1751-72), described Greuze as representing the "highest ideal" of French painting of the day. Certainly his everyday scenes with their high-minded moral narrative are the equal of the greatest genre paintings of the 18th century, and place him alongside the likes of Jean Chardin (1699-1779) and the Le Nain Brothers (1600-77). His portraiture, too, combines the charm of Rococo art with some of the insight of Rembrandt. The best collections of his work are in the Louvre (Paris), the Wallace Collection (London), the Musee Fabre in Montpelier, and the Greuze Museum in Tournus. A good selection of his drawings are in the Albertina in Vienna and the British Museum.
Quick Camille painting from yesterday too ☺️
Postcard with a painting of a cat in costume. I originally received this from a Postcrosser in Italy along with some other blank cards to thank me for some cards that I had sent. Il Notaio is Italian for The Notary. Sent to a Postcrosser in the United States.
Ole Ahlberg er dansk Pop Arts store mester. Få besidder samme teknik, tålmodighed og talent som Ole – og med hans sans for flotte og let påklædte damer i selskab med en uskyldig og måbende Tintin, er han blevet berømt og anerkendt langt ud over Danmarks grænser. Teknisk er Ahlberg i fuld kontrol; han maler…
