Picasso and his animals the bond between man and beast

Painting wildlife is beset with difficulties not often experienced with other genres. This style of painting can be divided into many categories. One of the problems of painting wildlife is that anima

Carlo Bugatti believed that any object could be a work of art, paving the way for his children, elegant Rembrandt and genial Ettore, to sculpt supple, predatory panthers and craft automotive masterpieces. Charles Harris traces their lives

Offering unquestioning affection as well as a source of inspiration, the canine muse really is the artist’s best friend, discovers Agnes Stamp

Exhibition of the week Seeing Each Other: Portraits ...

Any painter who has tackled the challenge of capturing wildlife will know it presents one obstacle more significant than any other: movement. Before the development of photography, this challenge was

It’s 1905, the turn of the century, and Henri Matisse is pushing colour to its limits. The outwardly conservative and modest man, well-dressed lawyer turned artist, is now 36 years old and gaining mom