Galleries of images that illustrate essential concepts of the history of painting, its artists and movements.
Jacob Lawrence and The Migration Series Six Paintings. One Concept We could make this publication thanks to small donations. How is 3 minutos de arte supported? The Great Migration took place in the United States, at the beginning of the 20th century. It was the exodus of more than Read more
Lavinia Fontana and the “Maniera” Six Paintings. One Concept We could make this publication thanks to small donations. How is 3 minutos de arte supported? End of the 16th century. Transition between Renaissance and Baroque. Artists searched for recognition by exhibiting their “Maniera” —their style— explicitly in their works. Read more
Pontormo and His Colors Six Paintings. One Concept We could make this publication thanks to small donations. How is 3 minutos de arte supported? Pontormo was an emblematic artist of Mannerism, transition style between Renaissance and Baroque. Mannerism does not longer look for the represented scene to be as Read more
Van Gogh and his Translation of Millet Six Paintings. One Concept We could make this publication thanks to small donations. How is 3 minutos de arte supported? Van Gogh admired Millet. So, he made versions, he called it “translate,” with his own brushstroke and distinctive colors of 21 works Read more
Abstract Expressionism, Liberation of Emotions Six Paintings. One Concept We could make this publication thanks to small donations. How is 3 minutos de arte supported? Surrealists let the unconscious flow and painted automatically, without reasoning, objects and absurd, oneiric scenes, like dreams. Some decades later, Abstract Expressionists let the Read more
Guillaumin, the Impressionist of Strong Colors Six Paintings. One Concept We could make this publication thanks to small donations. How is 3 minutos de arte supported? Guillaumin studied in the Academie Suisse and became friends with Pissarro and Cézanne. He was part of the Impressionist movement from the beginning Read more
Émile Claus and Luminism Six Paintings. One Concept We could make this publication thanks to small donations. How is 3 minutos de arte supported? Émile Claus is a pioneer of the movement known as Belgian Luminism, a kind of continuation of Impressionism in Belgium. He cared for light effects Read more
Last Days of Van Gogh Six Paintings. One Concept We could make this publication thanks to small donations. How is 3 minutos de arte supported? Van Gogh spent the last two months of his life in Auvers, a little town in the north of Paris, where he was under Read more
Kandinsky and the Return to Russia Six Paintings. One Concept We could make this publication thanks to small donations. How is 3 minutos de arte supported? The moment of transition between The Blue Rider and the Bauhaus, are the years when Kandinsky returned to his loved Moscow, as from Read more
The Lesson of Maud Lewis Six Paintings. One Concept We could make this publication thanks to small donations. How is 3 minutos de arte supported? Maud Lewis had rheumatoid arthritis. A horrible disease which stopped her from having “a conventional life.” And despite the deformations the disease caused her, Read more