Shows the oil on canvas entitled “Battaglia di Cavalieri”

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published September 18th, 2012

William Tell continues to capture the modern imagination, and this is evidenced by two

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published August 27th, 2012

The William H. Johnson stamp recognizes an influential African-American artist who is also viewed as one of the great painters of 20th century American art.

One of the country’s foremost African-American artists, William H. Johnson (1901-1970) is today recognized as a major figure in 20th-century American art. Known for his colorful, folk-inspired scenes of African-American daily life as well as his dramatic Scandinavian landscapes, Johnson is recognized on the 11th issuance in the American Treasures series with a still-life painting entitled Flowers.

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published June 27th, 2012

Matariki is celebrated throughout New Zealand, but in the south, Puaka (Rigel, part of the Orion constellation) appears in the sky at the same time as Matariki, and is widely acknowledged.

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published June 1st, 2012

Fifty years ago, on 26th January 1961, the Institute of Art History was founded in Zagreb, an institution that during half a century of its existence and continuous work played an important role in the development of the art history science in Croatia. The institute was founded under the auspices of the Faculty of Philosophy in Zagreb and its Art History Department by Prof. Grgo Gamulin (1910-1997) and Prof. Milan Prelog (1919-1988). The study of art history at the University of Zagreb was founded already in 1878 and the Institute of Art History was established as its essential enlargement and operational framework for systematic territory investigations of Croatian artistic heritage. In the beginning the Institute encompassed art history and archaeology, but in 1965 two separate Institutes within the framework of the Faculty of Philosophy of the Zagreb University developed.  (read more)

published November 21st, 2011

The pioneers of modern Icelandic art, painters Þórarinn B. Þorláksson (1867-1924), Ásgrímur Jónsson (1876-1958), Jóhannes Kjarval (1885-1972) and Jón Stefánsson (1881- 1962) were very different artistic personalities. Yet most of their early work can be seen as an extension of the romantic nationalism that characterized Icelandic cultural life. Þorláksson and Jónsson captured the characteristics of the Icelandic light and the stillness of the bright summer nights, Stefánsson came to grips with the barren and monumental aspect of the highlands and Kjarval infused the landscapes that he painted with a rich and turbulent inner life.  (read more)

published October 28th, 2011

The stamps painted by Frida Zachariassen are available at FACE VALUE on WOPA, For more information please visit the website:

http://wopa-stamps.com/

Frida Zachariassen – a distinctive painter from Klaksvík

Frida Zachariassen was one of the most distinctive artists in the Faroe Islands during the 1950s. She developed her own personal style, characterised by geometric figures in compositions portraying landscapes, towns, villages and people.

Sometimes the colours in Frida Zachariassen’s paintings are clear and strong, but they also often feature blurred and thin colour tones; in some of the paintings, earth tones dominate.

In the 1930s and 1940s, her painting style focused on content and emotions leaning towards the romantic, with replication of the grandeur of nature, the sublime and the eternal. Around 1950, Frida Zachariassen began painting more abstractly. Landscapes and people were dissolved and reconstructed with squares, stripes and triangles. The main works are constructions made of lines and figures in colours such as saturated green and cool blue and grey, sometimes accompanied by black lines.

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published May 4th, 2011

A new Commemorative issue of stamps featuring “Sailors’ Valentines” became available for purchase on February 14, 2011.

The stamps have been issued in sets of four (4) denominations. Official First Day Covers are also available.

The Sailors’ Valentines represented in this issue were all made of natural colour shells, collected mostly from Barbados beaches and around the world. These intricate works of art except for the $2.75 stamp image which was created by American shell artist Pamela Boynton, and the 10¢ which was made by a Barbadian artist, were all made by Barbadian Daphne Hunte who is well known locally and internationally for her Shell work and Sailors’ Valentines creations.

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published May 2nd, 2011

Croatian Post has released Croatia’s first 2011 stamp – Children’s World. The stamp is dedicated to the International Children’s Festival in Šibenik and bears the motif of a child holding colorful balloons. Hrvoje Šercar, a visual artist from Zagreb, is the author of the drawing which served as the template for the motif, while the stamp itself was designed by Sabina Rešić, a designer from Zagreb. The stamp was issued in an eight-stamp sheet with one pendant featuring the bilingual title of the festival and its logo – a trumpeter.

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published April 22nd, 2011