#national gallery

NATIONAL TREASURES

Seen here, the ground floor of the expansive National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., boasts an encyclopedic collection of prints, drawings, paintings, sculpture, decorative arts. The museum is just a short walk or drive away from Sofitel Washington DC Lafayette Square.

Il Sarto(orThe Tailor, circa 1570) - Giovanni Battista Moroni - National Gallery, London, UK

Hi everyone!

Few weeks ago, i was in the Pablo Picasso exhibition in the National Gallery of Budapest, Hungary. I spent an amazing time there, and i studied a lot about the artist. The name of the exhibition was: transfigurations, it embraced every period of Picasso’s career, paying particular attention to one aspect of his ouvre: the constant transfigurations in his portrayal of the human figure. Most of the exhibited works have been generously loaned by the Musée national Picasso-Paris, which preserves the largest Picasso collection in the world.
I will post my favorites from the exhibition, which touched me and makes me wonder every single time. Picasso’s life was an adventurous journey, and he was a really great artist and man, so i hope i can show you a small slice of it and sou can imagine it!

Peter Paul Rubens (Siegen, Westphalia, 1577 ~ Antwerp, 1640)

Samson and Delilah (1609~1610)

London The National Gallery

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“The Blue Boy”, Thomas Gainsborough, ca. 1770.

This is an 18th century portrait of 17th century fashion and I LOVE that.

It is thought to be the portrait of Jonathan Buttall, but this is not 100% confirmed information, but we can say that this Jonathan guy owned the painting since its creation until he filed for bankruptcy in 1796.

Apparently Gainsborough decided on this subject to “challenge” Reynolds and his theory that it would be awful to have a painting with a warm background and a cold lighted subject. Of course he was wrong, but we have already talked about Reynolds’ love for red.

The idea of the 17th century fashion came from the Van Dyck portrait of Charles II (well, who doesn’t love the bows and lace?). From my side, I totally LOVE the open sleeves of his little doublet and I have to say that this painting and the Versailles stills we’ve seen go perfectly together in all that blue.

THE BLUE BOY IS BACK AND I HAVEN’T THOUGHT ABOUT IT!

After 100 years (yes! It was bought in 1921), he’s back to The National Galley since last January till May 15th in Room 46.

So, everyone who can, go pay a visit to my personal favourite portrait in Van Dyke fashion. Of course, here a short video from the National Gallery talking about Gainsborough, the painting, the colour, the fashion, and one of the (several) supposed identities of The Blue Boy: