To take part in the pictorial revolution of the turn of the 20th Century, the followers of Cubist painting, the most famous of whom were Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque and Francis Picabia, proposed an art in which objects are broken up, analyzed, and re-assembled in abstracted form, devoid any coherent sense of depth.

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"Pure psychic automatism by which we propose to express, either verbally, in writing or by any other means, the real functioning of thought in the absence of any control exercised by reason, outside any aesthetic or moral concern." André Breton, Manifesto of Surrealism (1924)

In art, love often manifests itself as an excited emotion which provokes passions and challenges reason. Yet it is a major theme in many disciplines, in particular literature and painting, through the works of artists often tormented by its uncountable and unpredictable labyrinths.

We see it sometimes as destructive and obsessive, and [Read more]

The artistic movement Pittura metafisica, or metaphysical painting, was born in 1917 in Italy. Its founders were the painters Giorgio De Chirico and Carlo Carrà. No true group formed, however, around these two artists. Only a few compatriot painters, including Giorgio Morandi and Filippo de Pisis, claimed to belong to this movement for a [Read more]

Oil paint is a thick colorant, composed of powdered pigments and a binding agent, originally natural linseed, walnut, or poppy oil. Its drying time is rather long, an inconvenience greatly compensated for by its capacity to blend well and mix colors. It thus enables the artist to create gradations and contrasts of great quality.

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Painting is one the richest forms of art and a vibrant witness of the past, a way of leaving one's trace over the span of time. Its evolution over the course of the centuries is impossible to describe in just a few words, due to its sheer dimension, longevity, and diversity.

However, it is possible to assert that the term [Read more]