Pablo Picasso in 8 Periods: Everything You Need to Know
2023 is the 50th anniversary of the death of Pablo Picasso (1881-1973). A prolific producer of paintings, prints, ceramics, and sculpture, his work...
Catriona Miller 25 November 2023
Cubism
How Artists Portrayed Spanish Civil War: Guernica and Bombardment
On April 26th, 1937 the world was shaken by the news of the destructive force that targeted Guernica – a town in the Basque Region of Spain,...
Wendy Gray 21 August 2023
Masterpiece Story: Sailboats by Lyonel Feninger
Cubism – the word instantly evokes images of Picasso and his figures with multiple noses. However, there is more than just Picasso who excels in...
James W Singer 28 May 2023
Tarsila do Amaral: Joy is the Decisive Test
Tarsila do Amaral left behind 230 paintings, five sculptures, and hundreds of drawings, prints, and murals. She led Brazilian art into modernism. In...
Alicja Gluszek 19 February 2023
How Picasso Changed Art by Inspiring Others
At the beginning of the 20th century, Pablo Picasso created the famous Les Demoiselles d’Avignon. Georges Braque was immediately inspired and...
Wendy Gray 10 October 2022
How Cubism Changed During the 20th Century
Art changed a lot during the start of the 20th century. World War I affected this transition and changed the process as many artists tried to express...
Emre Kagitci 30 July 2022
Picasso and His 15 Versions of Les Femmes d’Alger
When the Algerian War of Independence began on 1st November 1954, Pablo Picasso felt an urge to somehow respond to the violence and suffering that...
Magda Michalska 3 October 2021
Everything You Need to Know About Primitivism
Primitivism was a facet of Modern art inspired by the works of untrained artists in non-industrialized societies, namely tribal Africa and Oceania.
Alexandra Kiely 10 June 2020
Picasso Damaged at Tate Modern
On the 28th of December 2019, a man from the public marred the Picasso painting, Bust of a Woman. The painting is on a long-term loan from a private...
Errika Gerakiti 10 January 2020
Art of the Spanish Civil War: Political Propaganda and the Modernist Avant-Garde
April 1, 1939 marked not only the end of the Spanish Civil War but also the fall of the Second Spanish Republic. The victory of General Francisco...
Kacper Grass 1 April 2019
Aristarkh Lentulov’s Cubist Russia
Recently I showed you views of typical wintery Russia by Korovin, which you can see here. Today we’ll see instead something out-of-ordinary.
Magda Michalska 2 February 2019
“It was all so ugly”: The Tragedy of John Currie and Dolly Henry
The lives of artists are a constant source of fascination and the life of Staffordshire born artist of John Currie must rank amongst the highest.
Wendy Gray 18 June 2017
