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11 Famous Friendship Day Arts that You Need to See on International Friendship Day

Do You Know?, Featured, On This Day / 02/08/2024

2 Aug’24, ON THIS DAY Friendship Day is a global holiday that celebrates the importance of loving, platonic relationships. It was first proposed in Paraguay in 1958 by Joyce Hall. The original date of celebration was 2 August, but it has since been moved to 7 August due to de-synchronization in the United States. Today […]

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Journalist; Political Activist; Painter — J Swaminathan

Featured, On This Day / 21/06/2024

June 21, On This Day; 1928; J Swaminathan was born Credited with the discovery of legendary Gond tribal artist from Madhya Pradesh, Jangarh Singh Shyam, Jagdish Swaminathan — commonly known as J Swaminathan — was a renowned Indian artist, painter, poet and writer in his own right, and also a member of the Communist Party

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Edmund Thomas Clint: The Immortal Child Prodigy

Artist Profile / 07/05/2024

At an age when children are supposed to be read Harry Potter books and tucked into bed, a child prodigy emerged, who in his brief life of 6 years, 11 months, and 2 days engendered more than 25,000 paintings. This child is none other than India’s own Edmund Thomas Clint. When anyone thinks of an

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Aesthetic Influences on Paul Cezanne’s Work

Artist Profile / 13/01/2024

“An art which isn’t based on feeling isn’t an art at all… feeling is the principle, the beginning and the end; craft, objective, technique – all these are in the middle.” Paul Cézanne Paul Cezanne was a French Post-Impressionist painter whose work laid the foundations of the transition from the 19th-century conception of artistic endeavour

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Louis Daguerre’s Invention of Daguerreotype Photography and Diorama Theatre

On This Day / 18/11/2023

“I have seized the light! I have arrested his flight! The sun himself in future shall draw my pictures!” Louis Daguerre At one point or the other, you might have taken a selfie, made a video, or sent a snap. While clicking a picture is as easy as inhaling oxygen, not everyone may answer the

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Uniting Buildings and Beings: Lewis Mumford

On This Day / 19/10/2023

Lewis Mumford was an exemplary architectural critic, historian, sociologist, and author. He was born on 19 October 1965. Lewis Mumford books are heralded by design enthusiasts as a window to a sustainable union between society and architects. He was a frequent critic of technology, urban planning, and their repercussions on the lifestyle of humankind. In

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Jacob Maris: An Eminent Figure in the Hague School of Painters.

On This Day / 25/08/2023

25th August, 2023. ON THIS DAY. Jacob Maris, born on August 25, 1837, in The Hague, Netherlands, was a prominent Dutch landscape painter and a leading figure in the renowned Hague School of Painters. Alongside his brothers Willem and Matthijs, Maris’s journey as an artist was marked by evolution, experimentation, and a mastery of atmosphere

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Medardo Rosso and His Mission to Refute the Boredom of Sculptures.

On This Day / 21/06/2023

Vaishnavi Srivastava 21st June 2023. ON THIS DAY. “Art, must be nothing else than the expression of some sudden sensation given to us by light. There are no such things as painting or sculpture. There exists only but life.” – Medardo Rosso Growing up a rebel, Medardo Rosso couldn’t possibly digest the idea of someone

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Rayonism’s Revolutionary Spark: Celebrating the Artistic Vision of Mikhail Larionov on His Birthday

On This Day / 03/06/2023

Iftikhar Ahmed 3rd June 2023. ON THIS DAY On this day, we observe the birthday of the renowned Russian artist, Mikhail Larionov. In this section, we take a moment to reflect upon Larionov’s extraordinary contributions to the world of art, his distinctive style, and his enduring influence on the art community. Born on 3

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11 Famous Paintings on Joan of Arc

Do You Know?, On This Day / 30/05/2023

As Madonna famously said, “I’m not Joan of Arc, not yet. I’m only human.” Joan of Arc is one such historical figure whose influence is not just limited to politics but also art and even pop culture. Little do we come across figures from such ancient past whose references and mentions are still relevant and

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