Georges Mathieu: Poetry of abstraction
Colour, speed, improvisation – Georges Mathieu captures the moment of creation on canvas. A large-scale…
Tag: Art History
Contemporary Week: Gastone Novelli
THE POETRY OF THE SIGN Oscillating layers of colour, rows of meandering letters, luminous arrows…
Contemporary Week: Jan J. Schoonhoven
DUTCH TENDENCIES Jan J. Schoonhoven was a co-founder of the Dutch “Nul” movement and a…
Modern Art: Chaim Soutine
Insight Although Chaim Soutine was unacquainted with most of his sitters, his close observation of…
Contemporary Week: Alberto Burri
THE EYE AS A SCALPEL From the War to a battle with materials, from surgeon…
Contemporary Week: Günther Uecker
MAGIC AND MEDITATION The Contemporary Art sale at Dorotheum on 25 November 2020 features an…
Modern Art: Gustav Klimt
DIONYSIAN Vienna in the 1880s was a singular celebration of culture, life, and cultural life.…
Classic Week: Abel Grimmer
ICE AGE Abel Grimmer depicts, in Brueghel-esque style, the freezing cold holding Europe in its…
Classic Week: Florentine School
PRECIOUS DOWRY As part of a dowry, marriage chests, so-called cassoni, were widespread in Italy…
Classic Week: Eugen von Blaas
GRANDE DAME This elegant portrayal of an industrialist’s daughter, Maria Lebreton, is an outstanding example…