Madrid has some of the finest paintings in Western History to view. We recently visited the Prado and the Modern and Contemporary collection at Reina Sofia. Both were excellent but the painting that stood out for us was Picasso’s Guernica at the latter. Standing in wonderful isolation with two guards on either side it must…
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I am a student at University Oxford in Art History. I have an eclectic taste in Fine Art ranging from Medieval to post modern and enjoy painting, sculpture and architecture. I am now retired having had careers in Coal Mining, Water Supply and Construction.
Velázquez – The Great Magician of Art
Sherborne Art Society is a vibrant forum with a varied season of fine art and art history talks. We had not attended a meeting for one reason or another but were attracted to last weeks talk. Douglas Skeggs was the guest speaker on the subject of Diego Velázquez. With my art history education based on…
Architecture, Turner & Salisbury Cathedral
Daniel, my friend’s son, recently graduated with a degree in Architecture at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. I chatted with him last week about the experience and the conversation reminded me just how complex architecture can be and how I admire those who master the profession. I always stand in awe when I look…
The Arrival of the Fishes – May Painting of the Month
Le Croisic* features strongly in my Painting of the Month for May. The artist, Jean-Émile Laboureur, lived in the small fishing town on the Loire-Atlantique coast for much of his life. Originally from Nantes, he developed cubist ideas and his unique woodcut representation while in Paris. Laboureur (1877-1943) was a French painter, draftsman, engraver, etcher,…
Stanley Spencer and The Sandham Memorial Chapel
The Oratory of All Souls, Sandham Memorial Chapel, to give the building its full title reflects the spirit of our great twentieth century painter, Sir Stanley Spencer. It is unique in Britain, being a chapel whose interior walls are completely covered in paintings. Undoubted inspired by the Arena Chapel, in Padua, which was frescoed by…
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