Tag: artist

  • Gifts for Mankind.  Venus in all her Splendour, from Klimt.

    Gifts for Mankind. Venus in all her Splendour, from Klimt.

    Gustav Klimt, an Austrian symbolist painter, is not only known for his paintings, but also for his murals, sketches and other objets d’art. In the Artist Context series of books – GUSTAV KLIMT – its writer Frank Whitford quotes Klimt as saying: “Whoever wants to know something about me – as an artist, the only…

  • Frida Kahlo. Torn in Two.

    Frida Kahlo. Torn in Two.

    The first thing that catches the eye in Mexican painter Frida Kahlo’s chart is the red band running through her core, much like the steel handrail that pierced her body in a bus accident at age 18. This injury would cause complications throughout her life. With Saturn – her physical ego – as her strongest…