William Merritt Chase. A painter between New York and Venice

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WILLIAM MERRITT CHASE | The Open Air Breakfast

WILLIAM MERRITT CHASE
The Open Air Breakfast (1888c.),
© Toledo Museum of Art

WILLIAM MERRITT CHASE. A PAINTER BETWEEN NEW YORK AND VENICE

The Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia presents – an absolute European preview– a great retrospective dedicated to the American artist William Merritt Chase.

A renowned figure in the international art circles of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, William Merritt Chase (1849-1916) has been an innovative painter who has known to portrait, through a technique inspired by the observation of the masters of European art antic and contemporary, the life of the north American bourgeoisie.

Born in 1849 in Williamsburg, Indiana, William Merritt Chase after a rst studies in New York city, moves in 1872 in Europe to join the Royal Academy in Munich.

READ ALSO: Mark’s square: a day in the heart of Venice.

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Manet and modern Paris

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Manet | Pifferaio | Berthe Morisot

Édouard Manet
Il pifferaio, 1866 // Berthe Morisot con un mazzo di violette, 1872.
Parigi, Musée d’Orsay
© René-Gabriel Ojéda / RMN-Réunion des Musées Nationaux/ distr. Alinari

MANET AND MODERN PARIS

An exhibition in Milan dedicated to Manet which will allow you to experience the Parisian atmosphere of the late 19th century.
Between 1850 and 1880 Paris was changing rapidly its appearance. And it’s that atmosphere of renovation and modernity that was described by Manet and some painters who were his companions during his life and work.

READ ALSO: my post about Impressionism.

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Magnum: the anniversary of Magnum Photos

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Marilyn | Magnum Photos

USA. Nevada. US actress Marilyn MONROE on the Nevada desert going over her lines for a difficult scene she is about to play with Clarke GABLE in the film “The Misfits” by John HUSTON. 1960 / Magnum Photos

MAGNUM: THE 70TH ANNIVERSARY OF MAGNUM PHOTOS

In 1947, exactly 70 years ago, on the terrace of the Museum of Modern Art of New York the photographic agency Magnum Photos was born.
An idea originated from the reflections made by Robert Capa during the Spanish Civil War together with other photographers such as Henri Cartier-Bresson, George Rodger, David Seymour and William Vandivert.

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Works by Keith Haring: About art

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Keith Haring | mostre Milano

WORKS BY KEITH HARING: ABOUT ART

Those who live hard usually die young.
That was Keith Haring’s destiny, who lived only 31 years, and was an artist for about 12 years, but was able to create a new and still current artistic language even 27 years after his death.

Whenever I’m in a subway all over the world and I see graffiti or signs drawn by someone, I can’t help thinking of Keith Haring, who started from New York subway and then spread his signs and drawings all over the world.

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