The painter of January's banner image - Cézanne - inspired a lot of people. Among others, Rainer Maria Rilke. Still life with apples, 1893-94 (Source: https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/102380/paul-cezanne-still-life-with-apples-french-1893-1894/) Rainer Maria Rilke, the poet, lived...

Henri Matisse was born on the last day of 1869. He was one of the leaders of the "Fauves" (Wild Beasts) - the first of the avant-garde movements. The group was the first to break with traditional methods of perception. They used bold brushstrokes and vibrant colours to express their spontaneous,...

A picture gallery - artworks by Hungarian artists who were born in December. Károly Lotz (1833) painter, Károly Kós (1883) architect, writer - 16th December (50 years apart),  Miksa Róth (1865) glass artist, János Kass (1927) graphic artist - 26th December (62 years apart)   Portrait of...

This is how Anna Breczku (8/a) saw Mucha and his works in Prague.  Alphonse Mucha "In April 2013, I was in Prague. I went to an exhibition about Alphonse Mucha's works. We know that he lived from 1860 to 1939. He was also an exponent of the Art Nouveau style which was an ornamental style...

Text by L. Sz. (8/b).   Paul Klee (18 December 1879 – 29 June 1940)   Paul Klee was a painter born in Münchenbuchsee, Switzerland, and is considered to be a German-Swiss. His highly individual style was influenced by movements in art that...

"Antoni Gaudí is one of the outstanding figures of Catalan culture and international architecture. (...) He was first and foremost an architect, but he also designed furniture and objects and worked in town planning and landscaping, amongst other disciplines. In all those fields he developed a...

Frigyes Schulek and Imre Makovecz were also born in November. The two important figures of Hungarian architecture were born 94 years and a day apart (Schulek on the 19th, Makovecz on the 20th).   Frigyes Schulek (1841-1919) was an architect and university professor. His most important designs...

In 1840 the 14th of November was an important day: Claude Monet was born. He was the father of Impressionism - the movement was named after one of his paintings. Here you can see an artist file by B. E. (7/a) .   Claude Monet (Source:...

The two artists were born only two days apart in 1840 (Nov 12 - Rodin; Nov 14 - Monet). Let us commemorate them with remembering their exceptional friendship. The following extracts are from the educational files of the Rodin Museum, France.   'Rodin and Monet were bound by a lifelong...

If you read this invitation below you will surely go... Text by H. N., 7/b.   INVITATION Image from: https://pixels.com/featured/single-red-rose-isolated-on-white-jill-fromer.html   The opening ceremony of our gallery will be next week on Monday. If you come to see these beautiful...