The artist moved to Arles in 1888 full of optimism. The National Gallery’s major new exhibition, “Poets and Lovers”, selects the key paintings he produced in this critical period. By Michael Prodger ...
The work marks a fundamental turning point in Villa-Lobos's style to the strongly Brazilian-nationalistic character that dominated his compositions throughout the rest of the 1920s, and in particular ...
Her life was determinedly private, dignified and hard-working. She survived the bloodshed of the Reign of Terror, [2] but the fall of the French monarchy, who were her primary patrons, caused her ...