Stone Gate Shrine in Zagreb, Croatia

May 20, 2024

I travelled to see the Stone Gate Shrine in Zagreb, Croatia. Come join me there too. Welcome to Art, Culture & Travel with me, Anthony King. You’ll see people praying and contemplating if you visit the The Stone Gate which is supposed to have existed since 1266 but was first officially recorded in 1492. In the 17th and 18th centuries, it was damaged by fires in 1645, 1674, 1706, and 1731. The city, mainly built of wood, experienced frequent fires. During the 1731 fire, the Stone Gate was severely damaged, but a painting of the Virgin Mary with Baby Jesus remained intact. Widow Modlar, the painting’s owner, built a chapel inside the Stone Gate for it. Today, “The Virgin and Child” is still there, protected

High School in Križanićeva Street By Antun Masle at the Zagreb City Museum in Croatia

May 19, 2024

I travelled to see High School in Križanićeva Street By Antun Masle at the Zagreb City Museum in Croatia. Come join me there too. Welcome to Art, Culture & Travel with me, Anthony King. This oil on canvas was painted in 1939. The museum tell us that the school complex in Križanićeva Street was built 1932. If you visit the street now you will see that it’s almost the same to this day and I believe that the building is still a college. Although this is a very simplistic painting it’s got great colour and is a very good piece of art. Antun Masle was prominent in Dubrovnik where he was born in 1919. In fact, some of you might remember his work from when

Andromeda by Vlaho Bukovac at the National Gallery Of Slovenia

May 19, 2024

I travelled to see Andromeda by Vlaho Bukovac at the National Gallery Of Slovenia in Ljubljana. Come join me there too. Welcome to Art, Culture & Travel with me, Anthony King. Vlaho Bukovac was born in Cavtat, Dalmatia in 1855. Regulars to the channel will remember that we’ve actually visited this small town right on the southern edge of Croatia to admire Ivan Mestrovic’s mausoleum. This strikingly beautiful woman is Andromeda. In Greek mythology she was the daughter of King Cepheus and Queen Cassiope of Joppa in Palestine (called Ethiopia). If you look at the painting closely you will see that she is chained and imprisoned. Her mother made a boast and her daughter had to pay the price. Andromeda, with her stunning red hair,

Claude Monet’s Vetheuil, Ice Floes

May 19, 2024

Today we’ll be looking at Claude Monet’s Vetheuil, Ice Floes. Welcome to Art, Culture & Travel with me, Anthony King. Claude Monet was born in Paris on the 14th November 1840 and was the founder of Impressionism. Even the word itself; “Impressionism” was taken from his painting Soleil Levant which he exhibited in 1874. Incredibly, Monet actually suffered from partial blindness from around 1914 as he had cataracts which he was apparently afraid to have removed. By Anthony King (c)

The Entertainer Woman/Woman of Mantua and The Woman by Pietro Ghizzardi at the Croatian Museum of Naïve Art

May 18, 2024

I travelled to see The Entertainer Woman/Woman of Mantua and The Woman by Pietro Ghizzardi at the Croatian Museum of Naïve Art, in Zagreb. Come join me there too. Welcome to Art, Culture & Travel with me, Anthony King. Pietro Ghizzardi was born in 1960 in a region North of Italy called Mantua and his family were farm workers. He was self taught and his paintings remind me slightly of Modigliani… really powerful, sensual and with an edge to them. Today we’re travelling to the Croatian Museum of Naïve Art in Zagreb which displays works of untrained and self taught artists, which is what “naïve” means in this case. The museum is a standout in Zagreb and totally recommended; they display two paintings back to

Woman’s Face Sculpture, In Pristina, Kosovo

May 18, 2024

I travelled to see Woman’s Face in Pristina the capital of Kosovo. Come join me there too. Welcome to Art, Culture & Travel with me, Anthony King. I was walking around Pristina and I came across this sculpture called Woman’s Face. It’s large at maybe over 8 feet tall and is in the middle of a green outside of former communist apartment buildings. It’s surrounded by them which creates a really positive juxtaposition of change, quirkiness and fun in comparison to the brutal Yugoslavian architecture. I must mention that I have named this Woman’s Face because it doesn’t have a name that I can find anywhere. In fact there isn’t any information I can find at all. I really like that it doubles as a

Claude Monet’s The Sea Port in Amsterdam

May 18, 2024

Today we’ll be looking at Claude Monet’s The Sea Port in Amsterdam. Welcome to Art, Culture & Travel with me, Anthony King. Claude Monet was born in Paris on the 14th November 1840 and was the founder of Impressionism. Even the word itself; “Impressionism” was taken from his painting Soleil Levant which he exhibited in 1874. Incredibly, Monet actually suffered from partial blindness from around 1914 as he had cataracts which he was apparently afraid to have removed. By Anthony King

Female Nude by Philip Andreevich Malyavin at the National Gallery Of Slovenia

May 17, 2024

I travelled to see Female nude by Philip Andreevich Malyavin at the National Gallery Of Slovenia. Come join me there too. Welcome to Art, Culture & Travel with me, Anthony King. Filipp Andreevich Malyavin was born on October 22nd 1869 in Orenburg Oblast, Russia. He was trained in icon painting and studied under a Russian realist master called Ilya Repin. Unusually, he came from a lowly peasant background which was very unique for Russian artists at the time. He exhibited his work in London, Stockholm, and Nice in 1935 and 1937 after touring and showcasing his work previously in Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, England, and Sweden in 1933. He painted another painting; the very famous “Whirlwind” which we’ll visit in a later video but today we’re looking

Mandora 1909 By Georges Braque at the Tate Modern London

May 17, 2024

I travelled to see Mandora 1909 By Georges Braque at the Tate Modern London. Come join me there too. Welcome to Art, Culture & Travel with me, Anthony King. Georges Braque (1882-1963) was born and worked in France and is of course, one of the world’s most famous artists. He painted this instrument and the gallery tell us: “Braque collected musical instruments. His interest is reflected in this painting of a small lute called a mandora. Its fragmented style suggests a sense of rhythm and acoustic reverberation that matches the musical subject. Braque explained that he liked to include instruments in his cubist works: ‘in the first place because I was surrounded by them, and secondly because their plasticity, their volumes, related to my particular

The Building of Westminster Bridge, 1749 By Samuel Scott at Science Museum London

May 16, 2024

In this episode, we’ll be visiting The Building of Westminster Bridge, 1749 By Samuel Scott at Science Museum London. Welcome to Art, Culture & Books with me, Anthony King. Samuel Scott was born in 1702 and was a British landscape painter best known for his riverside scenes. This painting was lent by the Governor and Company of The Bank of England to the Science museum, who tell us: “This painting celebrates the construction of Westminster Bridge, which was completed in 1750. It depicts the innovative machine employed to speed up the process. Previously, London Bridge had been the city’s only river crossing. Despite some opposition to its construction, particularly from London’s watermen, Westminster Bridge led to new developments and improved roads, particularly south of the