TYP Art Cruise

Spanish paintings in Louvre: This week, let us look at the Spanish paintings in Louvre Museum.
There are great Spanish painters and among them El Greco.
He was actually Greek (Crete) but moved to Sp... see more

Spanish paintings in Louvre: do you feel any similarity in today's painting compared with El Greco's works? The Vision of Saint Francois d'Assise was painted by Luis Tristan (1585 - 1624), who is cons... see more

Spanish paintings in Louvre: Do you know that only a few of Spanish paintings have gone abroad and most of them stay in the country.
Though the collection in Louvre is smaller compared to Italian or... see more

Spanish paintings in Louvre: Religion is the major subject for art so as we see in the Spanish paintings.
Murillo is another famous Spanisg artist.
"Angels' kitchen" is one of 12 paintings that the... see more

Spanish paintings in Louvre: Yesterday we shared a large size religious painting by Murillo.
Today I want to share with you my favorite Murillo work, this portrait of a young beggar.
It touched me d... see more

Spanish paintings in Louvre: Margaret Theresa of Spain, daughter of King Philip IV of Spain and Holy Roman Empress, is well known to the public thanks to the portraits painted by Velazquez, especially... see more

Spanish paintings in Louvre: we cannot look at Spanish paintings without seeing Goya.
His art world is rich and deep.
His application of black color is fascinating.
Being a court painter, Goya did... see more