Essays on Famous Artists

In this essay, I am going to discuss the relationship between the work of Timorous Beasties, a design-led manufacturing company that specialises in contemporary fabrics and wallpapers and William Morris commonly known as one of the most defining figures of Victorian England. I intend to address how Morris’s work has greatly influenced the likes of...

Traditional Christian monotheistic religious beliefs assert that humanity has been challenged by temptation and has made foolish mistakes leading to divine punishment and judgment. Sin was primarily introduced by Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden disobeying G-ds commands and giving into the temptation of the forbidden fruit. Sins are often thought to be...

The “Portrait of Dr.Gachet” is a portrait made by Vincent van Gogh. There are two versions of the painting, but this is going to be about the first version he made. It was painted in the year 1890. It was painted at Auvers-sur-Oise in France by Vincent Willem van Gogh (1853-1890). Vincent painted it in...

The man in the yellow hat and the orange beard; Van Gogh loved painting sunshine, but often felt gloomy and sad. He never sold a painting, but in our current days, his work is loved and admired all around the world. He has received the appreciation he wished for. On March 30th, 1853, Vincent van...

Introduction The twentieth century is known for being a time of wars. The First and Second World War, the Cold War, the Spanish Civil War,… From always, any conflict is accompanied of an artistic movement, with a representative entrusted of reflecting the feelings or experiences of this moment. Delacroix during the French revolution, Goya with...

Guernica is a huge painting on a canvas and it stood at 349.3 cm (length) × 776.6 cm (width). Surprisingly it only took Picasso just a little over three weeks to produce this enormous art piece. Guernica got its name from the town of Guernica that was bombed during the Spanish Civil War, Picasso created...

The first episode “Ways of Seeing: Reproduction” is one of the most discussed and influential films about art. It explores the fundamental principles of understanding modern art and explains how humans’ perception of artworks depends on modern technologies. As the English writer, painter, and art critic John Berger (1972) believes, “reproduction makes works of art...

During the 19th century, a new movement was developed which chose to stimulate emotion rather than focus on reality. Artists such as Paul Cézanne were mainly recognized by the way of their thinking rather than their style. This movement is called Post Impressionism. Being influenced by Emile Zola and other artists including Courbet and Manet,...

In post-revolutionary Mexico the construction of a national identity with the aim to unite a fractured and factionalised country was the priority for many artists, intellectuals and government officials. Frida Kahlo, who was producing work in this era of introspection and negotiation of identities, shared a desire to search for a mexicanidad that could define...

Can sorrow or agony be broken down into their base code to be reproduced as a single image? If they can, then Pablo Picasso’s Guernica comes as close as any representation could. The cubist mural depicts the Spanish town of Guernica in the midst of chaos after it was viciously bombed by German and Italian...