Not only was Leonardo da Vinci (1453-1519) an astonishing painter, but also a scientist, anatomist, sculptor, architect, musician, engineer, inventor, and more. The question is rather, what was he not? During the Italian Renaissance, he mastered the most beautiful works of art for the Medicis’ in Italy and for the King of France. He aroused admiration from his contemporaries, who depicted a universal genius, curious and virtuous. Even today, interest in da Vinci and his work does not fade; his works and writings are still studied by foremost experts hoping to decipher one of the numerous secrets of this visionary …

Oskar Schlemmer (1888 - 1943) est un peintre, décorateur de théâtre et scénographe de ballet allemand. Il intègre le Bauhaus de Weimar de 1921 à 1929 en qualité de professeur de peinture puis décorateur et scénographe, avant d'achever son parcours académique par une année d'enseignement à l'École de Beaux-Arts de Breslau. Ses œuvres peintes ou sculptées sont marquées par la rigueur géométrique et de la pureté des contours à la vivacité des formes et la mobilité de l'espace. Il en résulte Sa peinture rappelle le futurisme ou le constructivisme dans son aspect analytique et le surréalisme Son œuvre est exposée …

Odilon Redon is a genre-breaking artist. A contemporary of the Impressionists, his oeuvre found its source not in reality but in his own dreams. His work has two sides, which appear to be almost opposite ends: one is daunting and grim, the other one, colourful and lively, they nevertheless merge into a kind of Symbolist magic. Odilon Redon (1840-1916) is without doubt one of the artists who was the most ahead of his time. Indifferent to Naturalism and Impressionism, he drew inspiration from his imagination and his dreams. Affected by infantile fears, the first part of his oeuvre is characterized …

Equally famous for his masterful canvasses and tumultuous mental health, Amedeo Modigliani (1884-1920) was, in many ways, the prototypical tortured artist. A lifelong sufferer of painfully degenerative tuberculosis, Modigliani was famous for denying his disease with a frenzied bohemian lifestyle of hard drinking, drug abuse, and passionate love affairs. But at the same time, he managed to produce some of the modern movement’s most enduring masterpieces, and today his work sells for record-breaking sums whenever it comes up for auction. In this fascinating examination of Modigliani’s life and works, Klaus H. Carl, Frances Alexander, and Jane Rogoyska turn their penetrating …

Camille Pissarro was a pivotal figure of Impressionism, perhaps the world’s most famous art movement. He also tackled different forms of Neoimpressionism, while maintaining very personal characteristics in his art all throughout his life. A key figure in the Impressionist movement and a participant in every one of their exhibitions, Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) was considered the patriarch of the group. Born in the Danish West Indies, he travelled to Venezuela, and studied with Corot in France, who influenced his early works and who triggered his passion to paint outdoors. His style evolved as he progressed in life, influenced too by …

Kurz vor seinem Tod schrieb Claude Monet: „Es tut mir noch immer Leid, dass ich verantwortlich bin für den Namen einer Gruppe von Malern, von denen die meisten ganz und gar keine Impressionisten waren.“ Monet charakterisierte seine Einstellung zur Malerei so: „Ich male, was ich sehe, und nicht das, was die Anderen gern sehen möchten.“ In diesem offensichtlichen Paradox zwischen einer Gruppe, die sich selbst als ein zusammengehöriges Ganzes sah, aber auch als den Ausdruck der künstlerischen Individualität als ihrem höchsten Ziel, sieht die Autorin, Nathalia Brodskaya, die Ursache der zahlreichen Widersprüche in der Kunst gegen Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts. …

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec est un peintre, dessinateur, lithographe, affichiste et illustrateur français, né le 24 novembre 1864 et mort le 9 septembre 1901.Toulouse-Lautrec a vécu pour son art. Peintre du postimpressionnisme, illustrateur de l’Art nouveau et remarquable lithographe, il a croqué le mode de vie de la Bohème parisienne à la fin du XIXe siècle. Au milieu des années 1890, il est considéré comme « L’âme de Montmartre », dans le quartier parisien où il habite. Ses peintures décrivent la vie au Moulin-Rouge et dans les cabarets et théâtres montmartrois ou parisiens. Il peint Aristide Bruant mais aussi la vie …

Known for his posters for cabarets and performances, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864- 1901) was the painter of Parisian nightlife par excellence. Completely immerged in the bohemian milieu of the period, he produced numerous paintings and lithographs representing the lower levels of society. More than any other painter of his time, Lautrec stands out as the embodiment of Paris. At night, the city of hidden and frenzied pleasures, as well as of outdoor games during the day; the city on whose perpetual stage-boards the passing show ceaselessly changes into history has never been better understood or more strikingly expressed on canvas. …

In utter contrast to the obscurity of the medieval period which preceded it, the rapid and unexpected arrival of the Renaissance conquered Europe during the 14th to the 16th centuries. Placing man at its centre, the actors of this illustrious movement radically altered their vision of the world and refocused their aesthetic pursuits towards anatomy, perspective, and the natural sciences. Creator of numerous talents, the Renaissance offered the history of art great names such as Botticelli, Raphael, and Leonardo da Vinci, whose glorious masterpieces still today hang on the walls of museums the world over.

Als Mitbegründer der symbolistischen Malerei, des Cloisonismus und des Synthetismus, war Emile Bernard eine der glanzvollsten Persönlichkeiten des endenden 19. Jahrhunderts und dem Beginn der modernen Malerei.Auch als Kunsttheoretike und Romanautor machte er sich einen Namen. Im Kreis der Impressionisten und Neoimpressionisten interessierte sich Bernard für den Pointillismus und für die japanischen Farbholzschnitte. Seine Bretoninnen mit Sonnenschirm schuf er als Mitglied der Schule von Pont-Aven.Ab 1885 fuhr er regelmäßig in diesen kleinen Ort im Süden des Finistère und traf dort die anderen Künstler der Gruppe. Nachdem Gauguin – der Begründer der Gruppe – nach Tahiti abgereist war, setzt Emile Bernard …

Dans le premier volume, il est traite des jeunes années de Picasso, dans le second, Picasso et Apres la Guerre 1939-1945. Pablo Picasso naît le 25 octobre 1881 à Malaga, en Espagne et meurt en 1973. Il est l’auteur d’une très vaste production qui touche, la sculpture, les poteries, le dessin et bien sur la peinture. Dès la fin des hostilités, Picasso devient un fervent soutien du Parti Communiste, et dessinera se fameuse Colombe de la paix, tout en exposant dans toutes les grands musées du monde dont le M.O.M.A. Picasso reste un des plus grands artistes du 20 siècles. …