Galleries of images that illustrate essential concepts of the history of painting, its artists and movements.
Tamara de Lempicka and her Portraits Six Paintings. One Concept We could make this publication thanks to small donations. How is 3 minutos de arte supported? Tamara de Lempicka, symbol of the Art Déco, had a very clear objective: belonging to high society. With her virtuosity as a painter, Read more
Kandinsky and the Biomorphic Abstraction (The Period of Paris) Six paintings. One concept We could make this publication thanks to small donations. How is 3 minutos de arte supported? After the Nazis closed the Bauhaus of Berlin, where Kandinsky taught, he settled in Paris from 1934 until his death, Read more
The Posters of Lautrec Six paintings. One concept We could make this publication thanks to small donations. How is 3 minutos de arte supported? Defined drawing, with a well-marked border, plain colors in large surfaces. Perspective is not important. Asymmetrical framing and partial views. Great capacity of synthesis. There Read more
Turner Seascapes and Romanticism Six paintings. One concept We could make this publication thanks to small donations. How is 3 minutos de arte supported? The Romantic artist transmits emotions in a vibrant, intense and passionate manner, in idealized situations. And the seascapes of Turner are astounding examples of the Read more
Alfons Mucha, the Perfect Example of Art Nouveau (or Modernism) Six paintings. One concept We could make this publication thanks to small donations. How is 3 minutos de arte supported? Mucha was the Czech illustrator and painter whose posters of theatre shows became so famous that he turned into Read more
Degas and Artificial Light Six paintings. One concept We could make this publication thanks to small donations. How is 3 minutos de arte supported? Degas did not wish to be labelled as Impressionist —even when he showed almost all the characteristics of the group— and really he had neither Read more
El Greco and the Color of Mannerism Six paintings. One concept We could make this publication thanks to small donations. How is 3 minutos de arte supported? Mannerism is the transition between the Renaissance and the Baroque. The representation of realism and naturalness is no longer sought. We therefore Read more
The series of Picasso that continues the Guernica Six paintings. One concept We could make this publication thanks to small donations. How is 3 minutos de arte supported? The series is called Weeping woman. The woman is Dora Maar, the great photographer of the Surrealism, who at that time Read more
Van Gogh and the Swirling Brushstrokes Six paintings. One concept We could make this publication thanks to small donations. How is 3 minutos de arte supported? The swirling brushstroke is considered to be a very personal characteristic of Van Gogh’s work. But if we pay attention, we notice that Read more
Blue Picasso Six Paintings. One Concept We could make this publication thanks to small donations. How is 3 minutos de arte supported? Pablo Picasso’s blue period (1901-1904) is one of the clearest examples of the revolutionary use of color in modern painting: color is no longer faithful to reality; Read more