Widely, and perhaps best, known in French as L’Hirondelle immobile, this small and delicate oil seems to be a previous partial study for a bigger painting, undeservedly much… Read more “L’oreneta immòbil (The motionless swallow) – A smallish great work by S. Dalí”
Category: Catalan Art
Michael Archangel trampling The Devil thrice more – (A needed follow-up)
– When seeking for some adequate illustrations of St Michael Archangel for one of my recent posts here, I fully realized the enormous quantity of artworks from… Read more “Michael Archangel trampling The Devil thrice more – (A needed follow-up)”
Dickensian Times in Catalonia & An untold prayer to St Michael Archangel
Absolutely Dickensian times for my country (and –if you let me tell it– also for me and my family). — On Friday, October the 27th – 2017… Read more “Dickensian Times in Catalonia & An untold prayer to St Michael Archangel”
Portraits around the neighbourhood (the part you throw away…), by Joan Colom i Altemir – 1960s & 2010
Holding the camera below the hip, shooting without looking through the visor, Joan Colom i Altemir (Barcelona, 1921-2017) photographed the people and their everyday life on the… Read more “Portraits around the neighbourhood (the part you throw away…), by Joan Colom i Altemir – 1960s & 2010”
A detailed ‘Soft Monster in Angelic Landscape’ (Monstre Tou en Paisatge Angèlic), by Salvador Dalí i Domènech
–A last confidence about impotence and psychological castration– Salvador Dalí’s father was a monster. Salvador Dalí i Cusí, a middle-class lawyer and notary in Figueres (a Catalan… Read more “A detailed ‘Soft Monster in Angelic Landscape’ (Monstre Tou en Paisatge Angèlic), by Salvador Dalí i Domènech”
Un mag de la llum i dels colors – A wizard of light and colours : Joaquim Mir
[Catalan & English versions] Joaquim Mir (1873 – 1940) Joaquim Mir i Trinxet fou un pintor post-impressionista Català de la mateixa alçària que Sisley o Monet o… Read more “Un mag de la llum i dels colors – A wizard of light and colours : Joaquim Mir”