Swiss painter and sculptor, Jean Tinguely (May 22, 1925 – August 30, 1991), born in Fribourg, Switzerland, grew up in Basel, and moved later to France to pursue an artistic career. In the mid-twentieth century, he became a part of the Parisian avant-garde, and was one of the few esteemed […]
Month: November 2023
Chennai is also known as Madras or Madrasapatinam. Chennai is the capital city of Tamilnadu and is the fifth most populous city in India. The name Chennai is crisp form of the town named Chennaipattinam, and there are two versions about the origin of the nomenclature of Chennai. Version 1: […]
Figuration Libre – The History 1980s saw a major upheaval in the field of arts, especially Visual Arts, paintings particularly. While the United States & Europe witnessed the change as Neo- Expressionism and Bad Paintings, France specifically faced this creative shift of attitude in Western Painting, as Figuration Libre (Free […]
In the galleries of the Art Institute of Chicago hangs one of George Braque’s masterpieces the “Still Life with Fruits and Stringed Instrument”. This revolutionary Cubist piece explores new horizons for us to understand. This work of art is teaming with activity and offers the viewer almost too much to […]