FIGURA NEL PAESAGGIO, watercolor

Figura nel Paesaggio, watercolor, 11x15 in.

Motherwell speculated that there were different "families" of painters, and he belonged to the "black family" and earth-color painters in masses", a group that included Manet, Goya, Matisse ("don't forget that his greatest color is black") Miro, and sometimes Picasso. He aspired to join this company of painters who used Black as a Color, rather than a tone. Black color is quite prevalent in  Spanish art, I think. Is there a connection to death in the bull-ring? At "five in the afternoon", like Lorca would say?

Au Lapin Agile, Montmartre

Au Lapin Agile, Montmartre,  watercolor, 7x9 in. available, email me.
The famous pub/bar/cafe, where Picasso and the Impressionists met for drinks, and discussions about art and women at the beginning of the 20th C. is still there, walking down, (or up) from the Sacre Coeur Basilique, in Paris, France.

Manet was the inventor of Modern Art. He demonstrated boldness and flexibility, rising to every challenge. Politics was also a main concern of his, and central to his works of the last years of his life. Manet has been called the Parisian Goya.

Together

Together, acrylic on canvas, 7x5 in. available at the Women's Museum of California, located at Barrack 16, Liberty Station, San Diego, California.

The Hungarian National Museum, in Budapest, Hungary, was founded in 1802. Among its treasures, they have Francisco de Goya's "La Aguadora", oil on canvas, painted around 1812, Velazquez "El Almuerzo", Monet's "Fishing Boats", Manet's "Lady with Fan", plus Van Gogh, Toulouse Loutrec, Kokoshka, Picasso, etc. What surprised me the most, was to learn that they have the largest collection of Goya paintings outside Madrid. This beautiful museum is in front of Hero's Square, right where the big city park starts. Highly recommended visit.

Goya y La Seo en Zaragoza

Goya y La Seo en Zaragoza, watercolor, 15x10 cm. Available: 40 Euros, or $60 US.
A statue of Goya bottom left, and the impossing tower of the Zaragoza Cathedral, or "Seo" behind him. A Sunday morning travel journal watercolor, while visiting this beautiful city.  Oscar Wilde has said: "All art is perfectly useless."
Goya y La Seo en Zaragoza, acuarela. Disponible.
Una estatua de Goya abajo a la izquierda, y la imponente torre de la Catedral de Zaragoza, o "Seo" detras de Goya. Una acuarela en mi cuaderno de viajes mientras visitaba esta hermosa ciudad. Oscar Wilde ha dicho: " Todo lo que es arte es perfectamente inutil."

In My Dreams

In My Dreams, acrylic on canvas, 7x5" (18x13cm.) Now available at Gallery Without Borders, 3834 5th Avenue, Hillcrest, San Diego, California.

"En Mis Suenos", acrilico sobre tela. Ahora esta disponible en la Galeria Sin Fronteras, en San Diego, California.

Isabel Sanchez Quevedo, writer about Goya, reminds us that we often look at a painting from a technical point of view forgetting the historical and cultural circumstances that surround every artist's life and that condition her or his work. During the XVIIIth C. Europe, there was a strong interest for popular themes. Goya was greatly impacted by Velazquez, but he truly believed that every artist should be original, he knew he was so, and the effect he wanted to achieve.
Isabel Sanchez Quevedo, escritora sobre Goya, nos recuerda que a menudo miramos una pintura desde un punto de vista tecnico, olvidandonos de las circumstancias historicas y culturales que rodean la vida de todo artista y que condicionan su trabajo. Durante el siglo XVIII en Europa, habia un profundo interes por temas populares. Goya fue influenciado por la obra de Velazquez, pero el creia que cada artista debia ser original, el sabia que lo era, y el efecto que queria alcanzar.