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Story of an art dealer of eighteenth century

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Painting of an art gallery of eighteenth century  Art market has started it's journey in the distant past. Art dealers and Artists have their own ways of making business. In the past artists had their work shops and they use to work in commissions. Many great artists had worked in the courts of the kings but in the eighteenth century it begins its journey in a very new format,to reach to the newly born elite class; art dealers and Artists  brought  a entirely new concept of selling the art products and to reaches the mass they Established art shops or art galleries.  One noble man of eighteenth century took revolutionary steps to establish an art gallery. Gersaint who had a shop of art pieces set the standards that would lead to the highly professionalized dealers of the future. He use to publish catalogs, had organized auctions with viewing periods and travel guide etc. In modern times the curators of art galleries have adopted the same type of approach to host an exhibiti
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Story of a great painting by Frans Hals.

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                                                                Meagre company 1633-1637 Frans Hals and Pieter Codde In 1885 Vincent Van Gogh wrote a letter to his brother Theo with a appreciative note about a painting " meagre Company " by Frans Hals and Pieter codde. He visited a newly opened  Rijksmuseum at that time. He wrote the letter in excitement and had expressed his observations and feelings. He wrote " It was unknown to me until now by Frans Hals and Pieter Codde, 20 or so officers full length. Have you noticed it??? in itself that painting alone makes the trip to Amsterdam well worth while, especially for a colourist "   In his letter Van Gogh maintained about a figure who is seen  in the extreme left of  the painting ."the figure is in grey from top to toe, he called it pearl grey. Which probably attained with orange and blue so that they neutralized each other" He also explained how well the artist had used colours and maintains ov
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Impact of Rabindra Nath Tagore's advice on Ram Kinkars life and works.

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Water colour paintings by Ram Kinkar Baij Ram kinkar Baij is one of the greatest contributor of Indian modern art, his works are often discussed among the artists and the art lovers. Here I would like to highlight the impact of Rabindra Nath Tagore in Ram kinkar's life and I would start with a story, Once Ram Kinkar was making a portrait of Guru Dev Rabindra Nath Tagore. While making the portrait in one sitting he was advised by the old poet that "his approach to the subject should be like a tiger and through the observation suck into it's blood". This story is told by many authors and in many ways keeping the true meaning of it. What Guru Dev wanted to advise ,Ram kinkar had expressed in his documentary made by Ritwik Ghatak. In Ram Kinkar's own words he says after that event " I never looked back " when I see his water colour paintings, sketches and sculptures, I find a clear understanding of what Guru Dev said to him. In his water colour
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Story of a great teacher, a teacher who is worshipped by his students.

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This is a sketch by Nanda Lal Bose, the sketch is of a tribal old man. Nanda Lal Bose was a pioneer of modern Indian art practice and worshipped by his students. His students have expressed in their writings and interviews about their teacher. One of his student Dhiren Krishna  Dev Barman once said how Nanda Lal Bose use to teach them about Nature study,  according to him nature study means a lot, it's not only the form, shape or colours of trees, flowers and sky. It is also about animals, birds, humans or anything in nature, their characters , their expressions, movements and many other things. To express the true essence of nature an artist must understand all these. He believed an artist should be a keen observer of nature, nature study should be a daily routine for an artist but he also  taught his students  not to follow  the sketches or exact appearance of things while making paintings ,rather an artist should feel the environment or the character of what he or she wants
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An artist of self contentment.

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Albrecht Durer a 16th century German artist. Probably the first artist who has drawn a self nude,at that point of time no artist is seen with this kind of a approach. It was a quest to new horizons where Durer has a great artistic conviction. He has drawn many self portrait and one can notice a self contentment in his works. In 16th century it was a liberation from conventional art practices. The drawings are highly realistic in nature and because of this individual quest he was able to establish wood cut prints as a form of art. His print  works were collected by the elites of that period, one of them was the son of Christopher Columbus who gave economical stability and fame. Durer was highly influential artist for later generations. 
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Story of Picasso's famous painting " the Demoiselles d' Avignon"

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The vision of Saint John  "The vision of Saint John " a painting by El Greco , the painting was left unfinished when Greco died in 1614 and it has been cut up at the top. The painting was in Paris, the collector was a Spanish artist named Zuloaga, once Picasso saw this painting in early 20th century, he was inspired by the painting and created one of his most important work " The Demoiselles d'Avignon" Another great artist of 20th century modern art in America Jackson Pollock was also influenced by El Greco's thought that art had to follow it's own rules; that it needed to be freed from imitation of reality and of ancient art, in order to achieve its full expressive potential. One can notice how Picasso was influenced and perhaps everybody shall agree that we have seen a whole new world of art after the creation of "the Demoiselles d'Avignon". I believe in terms of approach to the subject  and applying colours ,he has had adopted E
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Jan Van Eyck the painter who has guided the art world to a new vision.

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                                      Jan Van Eyck : The betrothal of the Arnolfini. 1434 The painter whose revolutionary discoveries started a new era in history of paintings. One can notice his observation of nature is more patient than ever before, his knowledge of details is more exact. In his paintings landscapes we feel trees ,building and other things leading back to the city and to the horizon. It seems that he was able to produce every minute detail on his picture that one can count the hairs of the horses or on the fur trimmings of the rider's costume. One can even notice the light on the horse's eye and creases in it's skin. Van Eyck achieved the illusion of nature by patiently adding detail upon detail till his painting became  like a mirror of the visible world while Florentine artists were busy in learning perspective. To achieve the perfect detail he invented oil paints and which brought the greatest change in the history of world art. 
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