Tag: People
-
The Offering
The Offering What always impresses me about the Polynesian women in Gauguin’s paintings is the solid shape of their bodies and the serious expression on their faces. They exude an understated strength. That takes me in for them as well as for Gauguin. Photo of the week: Paul Gauguin, The Offering (detail), 1902, Sammlung Emile…
-
Bührle
Bührle In the run-up to World War II, the artist Oskar Kokoschka, declared ‘degenerate’ by the Nazis, fled from his native Austria to Czechoslovakia. He was then forced to emigrate to England, where, among other things, he created several anti-fascist paintings during the war. At the same time, the German arms manufacturer and dealer Bührle…
-
Mr. and Mrs. Cézanne
Mr. and Mrs. Cézanne What would they have thought of the fact that they were going to be part of the Bührle collection, as mentioned on the captions next to the paintings in the Kunsthaus museum.Bührle, the art collector, having become filthy rich through his arms trade with Nazi Germany.You look at the portraits, admire…
-
Mass tourism
Mass tourism Ever tried to look at Monet’s Sunset in its entirity in the Orangerie? Ever climbed up to sunset point on the hill in Luang Prabang? Photos of the week: Claude Monet, Nymphéas (1916-1926) – Soleil couchant, Musée de l’Orangerie, Paris, France 2024;Sunset at Phu Si hill, Luang Prabang, Laos 2020
-
Nymphéas
Nymphéas The 100 metres of water lilies divided over eight canvasses that Monet painted towards the end of his life for the Orangerie are hanging there now for almost 100 years. And like all great art they seem timeless. They haven’t aged. The only thing that has changed over the years is the appearance of…
-
Fusion
Fusion Let’s start the New Year in a cheerful mood. Photo of the week: Couple – Takamori Akio, Biennale de la Céramique 2016, Saint-Cergue, Switzerland 2016
-
At the hairdresser
At the hairdresser What must be must be, once in a while. Photo of the week: Tibet, Lhasa, China1996
-
Smart coats
Smart coats Three little lads on top of the world – their world. Fortunately, they had no time for me. That’s how they’ll remain etched in my memory forever. Photo of the week: Tibet, between Gyantse and Lhasa, China 1996
-
The herdsman
The herdsman A cowboy – or rather, a yakboy – who braves the harsh living conditions on the Tibetan Plateau. Photo of the week: Tibet, China 1996
-
20.000 years of human activity
20.000 years of human activity Looking, studying, that’s what man has been doing since time immemorial. These two people in the Louvre-Lens look intently at a prehistoric flint object in the shape of a laurel leaf found in Rigny-sur-Arroux (Sâone-et-Loire), France. Around 20.000 years ago a fellow man has done his or her best in…
καιρός remembered 