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  • 10 Facts About Leonardo da Vinci

    10 Facts About Leonardo da Vinci

    By Marion Boddy-Evans Leonardo da Vinci Fact No 1: Not a Prolific Painter Leonardo left fewer than 30 paintings, and these aren’t even all finished. But before you think you can do the same and still go down in art history, remember he also left hundreds of drawings, sketches, and pages of notes. His reputation isn’t […]

  • Who Was the Art Critic Who Wrote the First Review of Van Gogh’s Paintings?

    Who Was the Art Critic Who Wrote the First Review of Van Gogh’s Paintings?

    The very first art critic to review Van Gogh’s paintings was Albert Aurier (1865-1892), and it happened during Van Gogh’s Lifetime. Aurier was a painter himself, as well as an art critic. Aurier was passionate about Symbolism, then an emerging art movement. His review, “Les Isolés: Vincent van Gogh”, was published in January 1890, on […]

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