Dose of Art #54: Giorgione – The Tempest (c. 1508)
If only we could go back in time some 500 years to ask Giorgione the meaning of this painting. Of […]
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Dose of Art #53: Hendrick Aerts – An allegory of love and death (c. 1600)
Little is known of Aerts; he was probably born in Mechelen (Belgium) between 1565 and 1575 and the few paintings […]
Dose of Art #52: Ilya Repin – Barge Haulers on the Volga (1870–73)
Ilya Repin was the leader of a group of Rusian painters called Peredvizhniki (the Wanderers). They aimed to portray the […]
Dose of Art #51: Canaletto – The Entrance to the Grand Canal, Venice (c. 1730)
Even in the 18th century, Venice had its tourists; it was one of the must go places for the wealthy […]
Dose of Art #50: Jan Davidszoon de Heem – Vase of Flowers (1660)
In the 17th century, still-lifes became very popular, and flowers were an obvious subject for them. With the abundance of […]
Dose of Art #49: Gustave Courbet – The Desperate Man (1845)
Courbet once described himself as the “Proudest and most arrogant man in France”. In true artist style, he was tired […]
Dose of Art #48: Frans Hals – Malle Babbe of Haerlem (c. 1633-1635)
The first time I heard of ‘Malle Babbe’ was by a 1973 song of Rob de Nijs. The song […]
Dose of Art #47: Jusepe de Ribera – Euclid (c. 1630-1635)
Born in Spain in 1591, Jusepe de Ribera -like so many other painters- moved to Italy. He studied under the […]
Dose of Art #46: Giuseppe Arcimboldo – Autumn (1573)
With 25 degrees Celsius (77 Fahrenheit) it is unusually warm for this time of year in the Netherlands. It is […]
Dose of Art #45: John Singer Sargent – Gassed (1919)
When I worked in Belgium a couple of years ago, we visited the In Flanders Fields Museum in Ieper. It […]