There are unaccountable artistic representations of the Zodiac signs, dating from all epochs, from many different cultures and styles. Some of them are very good indeed, but… Read more “Signs of Glamour – Malika Favre’s Zodiac”
Category: European painters
Malika Favre – On Sex-appeal and Feminine Pleasure
Bringing also here a hint of the thread I chose to inaugurate my new blog, I share some splendid minimalistic works by Malika Favre. Four of them… Read more “Malika Favre – On Sex-appeal and Feminine Pleasure”
A truly sexy Samson by Carl Bloch
As a somewhat casual, unplanned annex to my last post I feel like showing (and telling a bit about) this other oil by Danish painter Carl Heinrich… Read more “A truly sexy Samson by Carl Bloch”
Angels with amazing Light in some Carl Bloch’s paintings
I discovered Carl Heinrich Bloch (Copenhagen, Denmark, 1834 – 1890) just a few weeks ago, while searching artworks relative to the visit of the Magi to the Christ… Read more “Angels with amazing Light in some Carl Bloch’s paintings”
L’oreneta immòbil (The motionless swallow) – A smallish great work by S. Dalí
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”
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”
A Pictorial Tribute (II) – Delvaux’s “Ari” better explained and illustrated
In a post here, and also in my sister’s blog, from past January 18th: «A Pictorial Tribute – Delvaux’s “Ari”, and a sort of family portrait» , I… Read more “A Pictorial Tribute (II) – Delvaux’s “Ari” better explained and illustrated”
Slowly Painting the Essence of Time – Antonio López García (II)
–Fruits and flowers from the back garden– The truth of painting is that of dreams made real. All the artist aims to do trough the image he… Read more “Slowly Painting the Essence of Time – Antonio López García (II)”
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”
Antonio López García – Humbly drawing great art out of a dirty bathroom
Spain is not my country, nor my parents’ and grandparents’ and any elders’ before them… but I have lived in it most of my life. My parents… Read more “Antonio López García – Humbly drawing great art out of a dirty bathroom”
Perro Semihundido – Half-buried Dog – A disquieting work by Francisco de Goya
Half-buried Dog (Perro Semi-hundido, in Spanish) is one of the names usually given to this painting by Francisco de Goya y Lucientes. It shows the head of… Read more “Perro Semihundido – Half-buried Dog – A disquieting work by Francisco de Goya”
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