Category Archives: SWIMMING IN ART

“Daniel in the Lions’ Den” by Peter Paul Rubens (A Close Look at this Painting)

“Daniel in the Lions’ Den” by Peter Paul Rubens (National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. – Flemish c.1613-1615, Oil on Canvas, 7 feet 4 1/4 inches by 10 feet 10 inches) An ARTWORK by Peter Paul Rubens In this article ARTSandFOOD® is closely looking at the painting “Daniel in the Lions’ Den” in the collection of […]

Artworks in The Miro’ Museum, Barcelona

One of Joan Miro’s main wishes was to free Western art from the mimetic depiction of reality and to restore to it the sacred character it had had at the dawn of civilization. This left him to eliminate from his work pictorial devices such as scale, perspective, and chiaroscuro and instead to give drawing a […]

Van Gogh Paints Arles and St. Rémy

The Yellow House – Vincent rented the upstairs bedrooms of this corner house with green shutters.   VINCENT VAN GOGH had a magnetic attraction to the landscapes, people, and buildings in Arles and nearby St. Rémy, France. The pastoral beauty of the landscapes in the south of France, along its famous quality of light and […]

Picasso’s Ceramics are Showcased in Barcelona, Spain’s Picasso Museum

Welcome to a lesser-known, yet profoundly innovative, facet of Pablo Picasso’s artistic genius – his pottery. Beyond his renowned contributions in the realm of painting and sculpture, Picasso’s artworks in pottery represent his admiration of this ancient Spanish craft. Picasso’s foray into pottery commenced during his time in Vallauris, France, in the late 1940s. Inspired […]

The Picasso Museum in Barcelona = An Immersive Artistic Odyssey

 Picasso’s painting titled ‘Ma Jolie’. In Barcelona, “The Picasso Museum” is a journey through Pablo Picasso’s life and his life’s work. Housed within historic restored medieval mansions in the ancient section of Barcelona, the museum’s architecture blends medieval structures with modern spaces, presenting a chronological tour of Picasso’s art.   Upon entry, art patrons encounter […]

THE LATEST MIAMI ART BASEL (12/2023) was HUGE!

“Miami Art Basel” is an international art fair staged annually in Miami Beach (on different dates, these fairs are also held in Basel, Switzerland, Hong Kong, and now in Paris). Art Basel collaborates with the host city’s local institutions to help grow and develop art programs. While Art Basel provides a platform for galleries to […]

Closing Soon 2023’s Zodiac Show at the Met Museum, NY

2023 was The Year of the Rabbit – creating an Exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC. This exhibition presents sixteen remarkable Chinese works illustrating how rabbits have been a prominent artistic subject since ancient times. Their earliest depictions are featured on jade pendants and sacred ritual bronze vessels dating from China’s Shang (ca. 1600–1048 […]

Picasso’s Possessed Excellent Skills at Realism, a Gallery in “Museu Picasso”

Many people do not know that Picasso made realistic artworks, or even that he had the skills to do so. This article becomes an important art history lesson about Picasso’s background… for them. Barcelona’s Museu Picasso houses an extensive collection of artworks by the twentieth-century Spanish artist Pablo Picasso. He donated a total of 4251 […]

The “Sleeper” House – Architect: Charles Deaton

“No, I wasn’t trying to be streamlined or futuristic,” architect Charles Deaton said, explaining the evolution of his Sculptured House in Genesee. “I was going to do a piece of sculpture for its own sake. It became long and low and flat because of the internal planning, and also to be part of the mesa. […]

Meet the Artists – Portraits of Famous Artists

Vincent Van Gogh (given name Vincent Willem van Gogh) Dutch painter (1853–1890) He was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who also worked in France and is among the most famous and influential figures in the history of Western art. In just over a decade he created approximately 2100 artworks, including around 860 oil paintings, most of […]