The Tate Gallery in London has trawled through its vaults and the result is the first comprehensive exhibition of David Hockney’s work to be shown in Switzerland. Entitled “Moving Focus” it covers many of Hockney’s classic themes: dual portraits, the iconic pool paintings as well as some of his more recent landscape and photographic work. […]
Born in Pennsylvania on Aug 2 1871, Sloan was a founder of Ashcan art – which represented fin de siecle political rebellion. Best known for capturing urban life and local neighbourhoods in NYC, he was a proper socialist artist. Here’s: Six o’clock, Winter
Born July 26, 1893, Grosz was a German artist known mainlyfor his drawings and paintings of Berlin life in the 1920s. He was a prominent member of the Berlin Dada and New Objectivity groups during the pre-war years, settling in the US in 1938. Thisis “Untitled”
Born #OTD 25 July 1844 in Philadelphia, PA, Thomas Eakins was one of the USA’s finest. Here’s his Champion Single Sculls. Eakins worked exactingly from local Philadelphia life, painting many, many portraits that give a unique view of löife in the period. Here’s his Champion single sculls, it’s in @MuseumModernArt
If you missed the vernissage last week, you can still catch Jana’s work at Sehblick Horgen. The exhibition runs until 28th May. This is Jana with Nicol, the owner of the Sehblick.
Born 2 May 1825 in Denmark or maybe London? An undervalued or enigmatic painter? Classic C19 landscapes that you can pick up for reasonable money at auction. Just a thought. Here’s: St Michael’s Mount.
Jana Lopatto will be holding an exhibition of some of her work at Seeblick Horgen from May Why not pop along and have a look?5th.
Born April 30 1503 in Bologna, Primaticcio trained under Giulio Romano in Mantov and also was a pupil of Innocenzo da Imola, executing decorations at the Palazzo Te before securing a position in the court of Francis I of France to work at Fontainebleu.
Born 24 Apr, 1889 near Moscow, Popova was born to a wealthy family and grew up with a strong interest in art. She brought a myriad of modern influences to Russian art, in particular with regard to Cubism and Futurism. Representation of movement was one of her many facets, as well as showing several angles
Born: Apr 23, 1775 at Covent Garden, London, Turner was one of the great, if not the greatest, masters of light, Turner specialised in seacscapes, and landscapes, often turbulent and imaginative, always interesting. This painting of a GWR train at speed in rain, shows his trademark atmospheric tonality.
