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

Portrait of King George III when Prince of Wales by Allan Ramsay

May 16, 2024

In this episode, we’ll be visiting Portrait of King George III when Prince of Wales by Allan Ramsay at the Science Museum London. Welcome to Art, Culture & Books with me, Anthony King. This Portrait of the King was lent by the Governor and Company of the Bank of England to the Science Museum London. They tell us: “King George III is depicted here as Prince of Wales, a year or two before his coronation. He enjoyed a lifelong passion for natural philosophy, agriculture and astronomy. George’s reign is sometimes seen as being overshadowed by industrialisation, imperial failures and the debilitating illness that affected him in old age. However, this overlooks the influence he exerted on science and the arts in Britain, thanks to his

Bottle of Rum and Newspaper By Juan Gris at the Tate Modern London

May 15, 2024

In this episode, we’ll be visiting Bottle of Rum and Newspaper By Juan Gris at the Tate Modern London. Welcome to Art, Culture & Books with me, Anthony King. Juan Gris was born in Spain in 1887 and was a Cubist. I really like this Oil on Canvas. The gallery tell us: “Like many cubist works, Gris’s painting provides a revised experience of the everyday, whether in the studio or in a familiar café. Glimpsed letters confirm the positions of the two objects: UM for rum, JOUR (of ‘journal’) for the newspaper. A table is indicated by the false wood-graining, a house-painter’s skill much admired by the cubists because it is identifiably as an illusion. Gris interweaves these fragmentary images of the familiar into a