So what if you do not get to see an original Claude Monet in his maison at a small French village called Giverny. It is
Paul Gauguin (born June 7, 1848, Paris, France—died May 8, 1903, Atuona, Hiva Oa, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia) was a French painter, printmaker, and sculptor
Born in the village of Beliatore, Bengal Presidency, British Raj, on April 11th, in 1887, he was surrounded by the rich tapestry of rural life.
Artiste Sanjeet Chowdhury’s flat on Kolkata’s NSC Bose Road, Tollygunge, is in a mess. The room is in the process of painting. As such, the
K. G. Subramanyan’s was a multifaceted creativity; he was a painter, muralist, sculptor, designer, writer, poet, philosopher, art thinker and educationist, and by his own
Interestingly, of the nine, six are the Bengal Masters. Yet, like a Picasso, or a Van Gogh, why are these Masters remain relatively unknown internationally,
A synagogue is the centre of the Jewish religious community: a place of prayer, study, education, social and charitable work as well as a social
The painting that beckoned me was titled "Woodland Still Life." At first glance, it appeared to be a serene forest scene, a tranquil tableau of
As we entered through the museum store, I, who usually devours the items in museum stores, hurriedly looked for the elevators that would take us
Photorealist artists were reacting against Abstract Expressionism, which for many years was the predominant painting style in the United States. Whereas Abstract Expressionism favoured spontaneous
40,000 years ago, primitive artists who painted murals on cave walls and stony outcrops invented the first pigments from easily available resources; a selection of
Post-Impressionist painters worked independently rather than as a group, but each influential Post-Impressionist painter had similar ideals. They concentrated on subjective visions and symbolic, personal
My mirror has the shape of a Greek lyre. Its frame is back-to-back swan-like inverted S’s of painted black wood. Bas-reliefs of golden laurel leaves
The mystique of Georgia O’Keeffe’s exceptional life is as intriguing as her stunningly bold abstract paintings. Georgia O’Keeffe is considered to be one of the
The walls of the South Gallery were adorned with her canvases…painted mostly with acrylic and oil…bringing alive bold statements of her artistic and individual thoughts
The founding Impressionist artists were united by their desire to cast off the existing restrictive rules of painting, promoted by the Académie des Beaux-Arts and
