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“Less is More”: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Bauhaus Architecture What finally is beauty? Certainly, nothing can be calculated or measured. It is always something imponderable, something that lies between things. ― Mies Van Der Rohe German Architect Mies van der Rohe was born on 27 March 1886; 139 years ago today. He was frequently […]
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Abhishek Kumar Knowledge can be gained at any age. After having a detailed study on topics there are things unknown to us. So, we at Abirpothi present before you the lesser-known facts about artists around the world. Anthony Van Dyck Anthony Van Dyck was a Flemish Baroque artist who is best known for his portraits,
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The Life and Legacy of George Caleb Bingham American painter George Caleb Bingham (1811–1879) is well recognised for his works that portray frontier life along the Missouri River. He was born today, on 20th March. Despite being a Virginian by birth, he lived mainly in Missouri. In George Caleb Bingham’s artwork, commonplace situations like riverboats,
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Why Are Mikhail Vrubel Paintings Still Discussed Worldwide Mikhail Vrubel’s art employs a sensitive palette of colours and symbols, and as the artist lays down the wide strokes of the palette knife on the canvas– the painting seems to come to completion. There is a sense of passionate despair one feels after looking at Vrubel’s
Of Demons and Russian Symbolist Folktales: Mikhail Vrubel’s Paintings Read More »
An iconic figure in Australian art history, Thomas William Roberts (1856–1931) is most known for having played a crucial part in the growth of Australian Impressionism. Roberts, who was born in Dorchester, England, moved to Australia with his family in 1869. There, he became a key member of the Heidelberg School, which is closely associated
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March 7, ON THIS DAY “In past times when one lived in contact with nature, abstraction was easy; it was done unconsciously. Now in our denaturalized age abstraction becomes an effort.” – Piet Mondrian Abstract art has many manifestations to it that can be observed as one looks through the repertoire of 20th-century modernist artists.
Piet Mondrian’s Neoplasticism: Art finds harmony in the simplest forms and colours Read More »
Kanō Tan’yū Edo Period Screen Paintings Kanō Tan’yū (1602-1674) is regarded as one of the greatest painters of Japan from the early Edo period. He was born into an elite family of artists of the Kanō surname associated with the Kanō school Japanese art history and painting style. He had inherited an artistic legacy that
Kanō Tan’yū’s Sublime Art of Gold Leaf Screen Paintings Read More »
Focusing on Jewish-American Artists – Theresa Bernstein Biography American painter Theresa Bernstein is renowned for her vivid and energetic works. Born today in Krakow, Poland, on March 1, 1890, she emigrated to the United States as a young kid with her family. Bernstein studied painting first at the Art Students League of New York, then
The “Masculine” Ladies of the 1910s Metro Cities as Seen by Theresa Bernstein Read More »
Marino Marini’s Modernist Transformation Marino Marini transformed Italian sculpture through his distorted visions only in a way a true modernist would; radically transforming something without a care for the past or the traditions it holds. He was born today, 27th February 1901. Marini was one of the most celebrated Western sculptors of the 20th century
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Impressionism Art Art is about emotion; if art needs to be explained it is no longer art. Pierre-Auguste Renoir Renoir’s famous paintings, characterised by an atmospheric haziness that emerges as a result of his soft impasto brushwork and layering of bright colours, are perhaps the most recognisable out of all the French
“Everyday Eternity” in Pierre-Auguste Renoir Famous Paintings Read More »