On This Day

OCTOBER 27, ON THIS DAY One could go on forever as to whether the paint should be thick or thin, whether to paint the woman or the square, hard-edge or […]

OCTOBER 26, ON THIS DAY \’Observing life through all my various travels, I have been particularly struck by the fact that even in our time people kill one another under

October 25, On This Day Pablo Picasso, the iconic Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist and theatre designer, was born 140 years ago today on October 25, 1881. He is regarded

OCTOBER 21, ON THIS DAY Italian painter and draughtsman, Domenichino was one of the prominent exponents of the classical style that dominated the Roman art scene in the early seventeenth

OCTOBER 20, ON THIS DAY Aelbert Jacobsz Cuyp was a Dutch landscape painter of the Baroque period. He is known for his large views of the Dutch countryside in the

OCTOBER 18, ON THIS DAY \”My life\’s journey has been an odyssey through time and space, filled with vivid moments, abundant with color, dazzling with sights, and vibrant with euphonic

OCTOBER 18, ON THIS DAY “Canal taught, by example the true use of the camera obscura; and to recognize the flaws usually brought to bear on a painting, when the

OCTOBER 14, ON THIS DAY \”I was torn between Santiniketan and North-east… the conflict between Indian mainstream tradition and the urge to create an independent idiom in art for the

OCTOBER 13, ON THIS DAY The Scottish-born painter Allan Ramsay is hailed as one of the greatest British portraitists of the 18th century for his depictions of sophisticated and elegant