Tag Archives: Daniel de Monfried

MATISSE & THE VIOLENCE OF COLOR: Painting Safari

Posted on December 14, 2010 by Dave

The first “event” in twentieth century  art took place in Paris, regarded as the cultural capital of Western civilization, in 1905.  This exhibition showed the influence of nineteenth century developments of colour and distorted line from artists such as Van Gogh and Gauguin. … Continue reading →

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SAVAGE ILLUSIONS

Posted on March 3, 2010 by Dave

The first word that Gauguin had painted ”Where Do We Come From?” reached Europe early in 1898 in the form of an illustrated letter to his long time friend the minor painter Daniel de Monfried. In describing the work Gauguin … Continue reading →

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