Sonia Delaunay was a Ukrainian-born artist. She's famous for extending the art beyond of the conventional mediums, as she worked in modern design including the concepts of geometric abstraction in objects of everyday life as furniture, fabrics, wall coverings and clothes. To Delaunay, the artist could find the inspiration in the simple things, because she… Continue reading On this day… was born Sonia Delaunay
Category: Art History
A true pioneer
Hilma af Klint was a Swedish artist. She had developed an abstract imagery several years before Kandinsky, who was known for a long time the pioneer of abstract art. To her there was a spiritual dimension to live and she intended to represent in her art the contexts beyond what a human eye can see.… Continue reading A true pioneer
It’s Halloween!
Today many people will celebrate one of the most famous holidays of our modern calendar: Halloween. A holiday that has aroused interest since its origin and which symbols include religious references of Christian and ancient pagan cults, as well as from Gothic literature. Its symbology is easily found in art: paintings, books, films, etc. Origin… Continue reading It’s Halloween!
ArtExhibition: Lina Bo Bardi in Madrid
Since 2009, Fundación Juan March started a series of exhibitions dedicated to Latin America, the first one was dedicated to Brazilian painter Tarsila do Amaral, the most emblematic artist of the Brazilian modernism. The exhibition presented through her art the Brazil of the decades of 20th century. Now, almost ten years later, they bring the… Continue reading ArtExhibition: Lina Bo Bardi in Madrid
On this day… was born Élisabeth-Sophie Chéron
Élisabeth-Sophie Chéron was a truly woman of Renaissance: gifted poet, musician, academicienne and artist, also she was fluent in French, Latin, Greek and Hebrew. She was very acclaimed in her time, but today she is remembered for her work as a painter. Her father was an artist, and was him who trained her in the… Continue reading On this day… was born Élisabeth-Sophie Chéron


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