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Edvard Munch | Kiss by the Window, 1892
"The Kiss by the Window" or "Kissing by the Window" is an 1892 oil on canvas painting by Edvard Munch, now in the National Gallery of Norway. It forms part of his series known as The Frieze of Life,...
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Kandinsky | Lo Spirituale nell'Arte, 1910
"Mi sembrava che l'anima viva dei colori emettesse un richiamo musicale, quando l'inflessibile volontà del pennello strappava loro una parte di vita", scriveva Wassily Kandinsky, il fondatore dell'Arte...
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Wassily Kandinsky | About General Aesthetic, 1910
Concerning the Spiritual in Art, 1910Kandinsky's IntroductionEvery work of art Is a child of its time, while often it is the parent of our emotions.Thus, every cultural period creates art of its own,...
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Wassily Kandinsky | The movement of the Triangle
Concerning the Spiritual in Art, 1910Many grievous obstacles along this road must be conquered, so as to arrive at the first stage; and even then an evil, unseeing hand may toss more obstacles in the...
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Willem Kalf (1619-1693) | Dutch Golden Age painter
Willem Kalf was a Dutch Golden Age painter who specialized in still lifes. Later in his life, Kalf became an art dealer and appraiser.Life and workWillem Kalf was born in Rotterdam, in 1619. He was...
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Emily Dickinson | Heart! We will forget him! / Cuore! Lo dimenticheremo!
Heart! We will forget him!You and I, tonight!You may forget the warmth he gave,I will forget the light!Cuore! Lo dimenticheremo!Tu ed io, questa notte!Tu potrai dimenticare il calore che dava -Io...
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Wassily Kandinsky | Dell'Estetica, 1910
Lo spirituale nell'arte, 1910I. IntroduzioneOgni opera d’arte è figlia del suo tempo, e spesso è madre dei nostri sentimenti.Analogamente, ogni periodo culturale esprime una sua arte, che non si...
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Emilio Grau Sala (1911-1975) | Colorist painter
Emilio (Emi) Grau Sala was a Catalan painter. He studied at the Escuela de Bellas Artes de Barcelona.He was a famous colorist (oil painting, watercolor and pastel) and illustrator.Having made his debut...
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Jean-François Millet at the National Museum of Wales
The goose girl's wistful gaze contrasts against the lively geese honking behind her and swimming in the water. In the background are the houses of Gruchy, the hamlet in Normandy where Millet was...
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Wassily Kandinsky | Del movimento, 1910
Lo spirituale nell'arte, 1910II. Il movimentoUn grande triangolo acuto diviso in sezioni disuguali, che si restringono verso l'alto, rappresenta in modo schematico, ma preciso, la vita spirituale. In...
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Wassily Kandinsky | La svolta spirituale
Lo spirituale nell'arte, 1910III. La svolta spiritualeIl triangolo procede lentamente verso l'alto. Oggi una delle più ampie sezioni inferiori ha raggiunto il livello dei primi postulati del "dogma"...
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Emily Dickinson | I Fear a man of frugal speech / Temo l'uomo di poche parole
Poem 543I fear a Man of frugal SpeechI fear a Silent ManHaranguer I can overtakeOr Babbler entertainTemo un uomo di poche paroletemo un uomo che tacel'arringatore - posso superarloil chiacchierone -...
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Carl Frederic Aagaard (1833-1895)
Carl Frederik Peder Aagaard was a Danish landscape painter and decorative artist.He studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and under P. C. Skovgaard. Many of his paintings focused on spots...
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Wassily Kandinsky | The Spiritual revolution, 1910
Concerning the Spiritual in Art, 1910III - Spiritual revolutionThe spiritual triangle moves slowly onwards and upwards. Today one of the largest of the lower segments has reached the point of using the...
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Manuel de Gracia (1937-2017)
Spanish painter Manuel de Gracia was born in Mora de Toledo. He started in Madrid practicing in the Círculo de Bellas Artes workshops and he held his first solo exhibition in 1963 in the Sala Toisón,...
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Jane DeDecker, 1961 | Figurative sculptor
Jane DeDecker has been sculpting the human figure for over thirty-five years. She seeks to capture moments that reveal truths about the human condition, that, when stripped down to their essence, are...
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Giacomo Leopardi | Calm after the storm / The la quiete dopo la tempesta, 1829
The storm hath passed;I hear the birds rejoice; the hen,Returned into the road again,Her cheerful notes repeats. The sky sereneIs, in the west, upon the mountain seen:The country smiles; bright runs...
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Wassily Kandinsky | IV - La Piramide
Lo spirituale nell'arte, 1910Così, lentamente molte arti si avviano a dire quello che hanno da dire, con i loro mezzi specifici.E nonostante questa separazione, o grazie ad essa, le arti non sono state...
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Wislawa Szymborska | Love at First Sight / Amore a prima vista
They’re both convincedthat a sudden passion joined them.Such certainty is beautiful,but uncertainty is more beautiful still.Since they’d never met before, they’re surethat there’d been nothing between...
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Henri Matisse | Canal du Midi, 1898
Canal du Midi belongs to a series of pictures painted by Henri Matisse near Toulouse during the winter of 1898-1899. Matisse, who left Moreau's studio in the autumn of 1897, married Amélie Parayre in...
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