El Greco, "the Greek". The artist's original name was Doménikos Theotokópoulos (1541 – 1614). He was born in Crete. After the years he lived and worked in Venice and Rome, Italy, he moved to Spain in 1577. He produced his best known works here. "The man known as El Greco was a Greek artist...

Michelangelo, in full Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (born March 6, 1475, Caprese, Republic of Florence [Italy]—died February 18, 1564, Rome, Papal States) was an Italian Renaissance sculptor, painter, architect and poet. His biography was published in his...

Some students do extra work for the lessons. For example a Word Search exercise for the class.     WORD SEARCH   prepared by M. K. 6/c     Find words in the table and insert them to the gaps in the sentences...

Morris & Co. was founded by the most influential designer of the 19th century, William Morris (24 March 1834 - 3 October 1896), in 1861. Inspired by his love of medieval art and true to the spirit of the Arts and Crafts Movement, Morris wanted to revive the traditions of hand craftmanship after...

Mihály Munkácsy, the great Hungarian painter was born in February. L. H.(6/a) wrote about his life and works in detail. Mihály Munkácsy   Portrait by Hans Temple (1887)...

Ágnes Paróczi: Yellow Space, 2010 (Image from www.parocziagnes.hu)   Ágnes Paróczi lives and works in our neighbourhood. She is an expressive constructivist painter. I thought I would make an interview with her and share it on this blog. Written by Á. M. (8/c).   Á. M.: When did you...

"Today considered one of the emblematic buildings of the 20th Century and taken to their hearts by Parisians, the Piano and Rogers building, often compared by critics to an oil refinery, was the subject of huge controversy throughout the 1970s." Image...

A list of artists who were born in January.   Ferenc Medgyessy (10 Jan, 1881) sculptor Ferenc Medgyesi: Motherhood, 1932 Image from: https://www.hung-art.hu/frames.html?/magyar/m/medgyess/muvek/2/szoptato.html   Jenő Barcsay (14 Jan, 1900) painter, graphic artist Jenő Barcsay:...

One of the students' assignments was to write about an artwork of their choice. This is how E. R. (7/b) saw a painting by Jan Vermeer.   Johannes Vermeer: Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window (1657- 1659) Image...

Caravaggio to Canaletto, a stunning new exhibition that runs until 16 February 2014 at the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest, celebrates glorious 17th- and 18th-century Italian paintings. "For all its comprehensive sweep, it is the Caravaggios placed throughout the exhibition that linger in the mind:...