William Turner's The Valiant Témeraire from 1839 is one of my favorite landscape works by the English artist. And it's kept here in London at National Gallery, the city's collection of modern art. A vessel is being towed through the waters
Guernica by Pablo Picasso – Background Created by Pablo Picasso, the most famous artist of the 20th century, Guernica is an expression of Picasso's revulsion at the Nazi bombing of a Basque city in northern Spain (Guernica), ordered by the fascist
Portrait of the Arnolfini couple by Jan van Eyck. Who are the two protagonists of this famous painting? Why are they holding hands? Is the girl pregnant or does she just want to show us the dress? The details of
Allegory of Painting by Vermeer. An artist's studio in the middle of the seventeenth century that almost looks like a photograph. Everything gives the idea of being true. Yet it is not the story of an episode, nor the description
If there is one female artist who has changed the history of 20th century art all over the world, it is Frida Kahlo. An artist tied to the traditions and culture of her home country, Mexico. But who has made
Manet's Olympia from 1863 is one of the most provocative works of 19th century art. And it's kept in one of my favorite museums in Paris, the Musée d'Orsay. The subject of the work This provocative painting helped establish Manet as one
Van Gogh's chair from 1888 is one of the most interesting still lifes in the history of art. And it is kept today in one of the richest museums in London: the National Gallery. Van Gogh is celebrated today as one
In a portico full of lights and colors we are the spectators of the encounter between two mysterious characters. Both seem shy but aware of what's coming, they tilt their heads and fold their hands. This picture so sweet, deep
Whistler's Mother of 1871, known by the original title of Arrangement in Gray and Black, Portrait No. 1, is one of the most famous portraits of the nineteenth century. And it's kept in one of the museums that I never
Walking through the rooms of the Sainsbury's wing of the National Gallery here in London I have always been attracted by some works in particular. Probably because many are Italian and perhaps because different tell stories that I have known
The Courbet artist's atelier of 1854 is probably the greatest work promoting the activity of an artist in the history of art. And today it is kept in one of my favorite museums in Paris, the Musèe d'Orsay. The subject of
Paul Cézanne's The Great Bathers of 1906 is considered his great masterpiece. There are several versions but the most beautiful in my opinion is the one kept at the Museum of Art in Philadelphia. Together with the version of the
Where do we come from? Who we are? Where do we go? by Paul Gauguin from 1897 is one of the most exotic paintings of post impressionist art. And it is kept today at the Museum of Fine Arts in
LAS MENINAS by Diego Velázquez. Ready as if considering the next step, Velázquez is at work on a huge canvas, of which only the back is visible. He does not yet know that the work in which he tells us