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Abhishek Kumar February 02, ON THIS DAY Oswald Achenbach was a German landscape painter and one of the leading members of the Düsseldorf school of painting in the mid-19th century. He was known for his romantic landscapes, seascapes, and oriental scenes. His works are characterized by a strong sense of mood, colour, and atmosphere, and […]
Historicism and Romanticism in Oswald Achenbach’s Work Read More »
Saptarshi Ghosh In what appears to be a still from a 1950s black-and-white film noir, a masked woman donning a black hat sits at a table in a cafe, looking directly at the viewer. She reappears in an oleograph purportedly printed in 1908 by the famed colonial-era Calcutta Art Studio, but this time in the
The Many Avatars of Pushpamala N. Read More »
A SUMMARY OF THE MOST EXCITING ART NEWS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE While we focus on Indian art, we can’t obviously function in a vacuum. It’s a small world and everything is connected, especially on the web. So, let’s train our spotlight across the world map to see what’s going on — from art trends
First exhibition of Sandro Botticelli’s drawings to include five newly attributed works Read More »
Abhishek Kumar February 01, ON THIS DAY As a young artist in New York, I thought about postwar Japan – the consumer culture and the loose, deboned feeling prevalent in the character and animation culture. Mixing all those up in order to portray Japanese culture and society was my work. Takashi Murakami Takashi Murakami is
Takashi Murakami’s Exploration of Japanese Aesthetics and the Superflat movement Read More »
A SUMMARY OF THE MOST EXCITING ART NEWS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE While we focus on Indian art, we can’t obviously function in a vacuum. It’s a small world and everything is connected, especially on the web. So, let’s train our spotlight across the world map to see what’s going on — from art trends
Gustave Caillebotte’s Boating Party acquired by France with $47M in funding from LVMH Read More »
Knowledge can be gained at any age. After having a detailed study on topics there are things unknown to us. So, we at Abirpothi present before you the lesser-known facts about artists around the world. Takashi Murakami We want to see the newest things. That is because we want to see the future, even if
11 Things You Didn’t Know About Takashi Murakami Read More »
Abhishek Kumar JANUARY 31, ON THIS DAY “Writers and artists build by hand little worlds that they hope might effect change in real minds, in the real world where stories are read. A story can make us cry and laugh, break our hearts, or make us angry enough to change the world.” Grant Morrison Grant
Exploring Grant Morrison’s Social Critique Through Comics Read More »
Ved Prakash Bhardwaj While creating landscapes, it is not possible for everyone to convert them into abstract joy apart from real images. Nabibakshsh Mansoori succeeds in doing this in his paintings. Mansoori ji’s art journey is a journey of movement between shapes and abstract structures. He has also worked with human figures, which indicates his
Nabibakshsh Mansoori: Painting is an open book Read More »
Rajesh Kumar The creepy-crawlies are no longer just a part of the soil, all ignored and disgust upon, they are now a major part of the paintings by Smitha GS. The paintings are full of creepy crawlies and that’s what she loves. You name them, there they are, crawling of flying all over her canvas.
Abhishek Kumar JANUARY 30, ON THIS DAY “As soon as I put my foot on Indian soil, my painting underwent a change not only in subject and spirit but in technique.” Amrita Sher-Gil Amrita Sher-Gil was an Indian painter who was active in the 1930s. She is considered one of the most important Indian artists
The Symbolic Representation of Amrita Sher-Gil’s Paintings Read More »