Tag: Postcards
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Why is Wassily Kandinsky “The Rider” (1909) an important work?
Around 1910, Kandinsky’s artistic style began to shift significantly towards abstraction. In 1910, he completed his first truly abstract watercolor, marking a pivotal moment in his career. This period also saw the publication of his influential book “Concerning the Spiritual in Art” in 1910, where he explored the spiritual dimensions of art and its connection…
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The truth about “The little girl with the thorn.” “La Nigüenta” “Chubby Fingers” or “This Little Piggy.”
I had seen this image for years in houses, in the fields in Latin America, and I remember something about a girl counting the toes or something like that. Naturally, my first instinct was to dive headfirst into the internet. And there was the image I had in mind, or so I thought, because studying…