“I owe it to flowers that I have become a painter”, Monet
Impressionists, an evident choice for an exhibition about gardens I have visited ‘Painting the Modern Garden: Monet to Matisse’ at the Royal Academy four times. On each visit, I […]
Impressionists, an evident choice for an exhibition about gardens I have visited ‘Painting the Modern Garden: Monet to Matisse’ at the Royal Academy four times. On each visit, I […]
(#onthisday December 5th, Claude Monet passed away in 1926) Period: 1874-1886 Key artists: Monet, Renoir, Degas, Cezanne, Pissaro, Alfred Sisley, Berthe Morisot Impression, soleil levant, 1872 – Musée Marmottan Monet, […]
If you are staying in (I am) or travelling to London for Spring Bank Holiday, below is the list of exhibitions I have seen and reviewed from most to least […]
King Charles IX of France was presented with Lily of the Valley flowers (“muguet” in French) on May 1, 1561. From then on, he gave Lily of the Valley flowers […]
If you are staying in or travelling to London for Easter, below is the list of exhibitions I have seen and reviewed from most to least preferred. Happy art exhibitions […]
Inventing Impressionism, now at the National Gallery (previously at the Musée du Luxembourgas Paul Durand-Ruel, le pari de l’Impressionnisme) is not only an exhibition on what Durand-Ruel owned and sold but importantly […]
The National Portrait Gallery (NPG) in London is currently holding an exhibition of Sargent’s portraits of artists and friends. John Singer Sargent (1856–1925) was just another portraitist to me, until […]
Turner Whistler Monet at Tate Britain in 2005 may well have been the first exhibition I saw when I came to live in London – it was also shown in […]
Jeff Koons Bear and Policeman 1988 ©Jeff Koons Expensive flights, last-minute organisation… Are you spending the bank holiday in London? I am! Let’s catch up on art exhibitions then! Below […]
Kenneth Clark in front of Renoir’s La Baigneuse Blonde (pl.1), c.1933 Private collection Kenneth Clark was an avid supporter of British art, in particular a champion of Moore and Sutherland. […]