Thursday, March 5, 2026

Hans Memling 
(c. 1430 - 1494)
 

Hans Memling was a German-Flemish painter who worked in the tradition of Early Netherlandish painting. Born in the Middle Rhine region, he probably spent his childhood in Mainz. During his apprenticeship as a painter he moved to the Netherlands and spent time in the Brussels workshop of Rogier van der Weyden. In 1465 he was made a citizen of Bruges, where he became one of the leading artists and the master of a large workshop. A tax document from 1480 lists him among the wealthiest citizens. Memling's religious works often incorporated donor portraits of the clergymen, aristocrats, and burghers (bankers, merchants, and politicians) who were his patrons. These portraits built upon the styles which Memling learned in his youth.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Memling

God the Father with Singing Angels
1483 -1494
Oil on panel
164 x 212
KMSKA, Antwerpen
https://kmska.be/en/masterpiece/god-the-father-with-singing-angels

Wednesday, March 4, 2026

Rogier van der Weyden 
(1399 - 1464)
 

Rogier van der Weyden, initially known as Roger de la Pasture, was an early Netherlandish painter whose surviving works consist mainly of religious triptychs, altarpieces, and commissioned single and diptych portraits. He was highly successful in his lifetime; his paintings were exported to Italy and Spain, and he received commissions from, amongst others, Philip the Good, Netherlandish nobility, and foreign aristocrats. By the latter half of the 15th century, he had eclipsed Jan van Eyck in popularity. However his fame lasted only until the 17th century, and largely due to changing taste, he was almost totally forgotten by the mid-18th century. His reputation was slowly rebuilt during the 200 years that followed; today he is known, with Robert Campin and van Eyck, as the third (by birth date) of the three great Early Netherlandish artists (Vlaamse Primitieven or "Flemish Primitives"), and widely as the most influential Northern painter of the 15th century.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogier_van_der_Weyden

The Seven Sacraments
1440 - 1445
Oil on panel
200 x 223 cm
KMSKA, Antwerpen
https://kmska.be/en/masterpiece/the-seven-sacraments

Tuesday, March 3, 2026

Jean Fouquet
(1420 - 1481)

Jean (or Jehan) Fouque was a French painter and miniaturist. A master of panel painting and manuscript illumination, and the apparent inventor of the portrait miniature, he is considered one of the most important painters from the period between the late Gothic and early Renaissance. He was the first French artist to travel to Italy and experience first-hand the early Italian Renaissance. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Fouquet


Madonna Surrounded by Seraphim and Cherubim
C. 1450
Oil on panel
92 cm x 83.5 cm 
KMSKA, Antwerpen
https://kmska.be/en/masterpiece/madonna-surrounded-by-seraphim-and-cherubim

Monday, March 2, 2026

Jan van Eyck
(1390 - 1441)

Jan van Eyck was a Flemish painter active in Bruges who was one of the early innovators of what became known as Early Netherlandish painting, and one of the supreme figures of the Early Northern Renaissance. Such was his legacy, that he has been called “the inventor of oil-painting” by Vasari, Ernst Gombrich, and others, although this claim is now considered an oversimplification. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_van_Eyck

Saint Barbara
1437
Oil on Panel
32 x 18.2 cm
KMSKA, Antwerpen
https://kmska.be/en/masterpiece/saint-barbara

Sunday, March 1, 2026

 Simone Martini 
(1284 - 1344)
 

Simone Martini was an Italian painter born in Siena. He was a major figure in the development of early Italian painting and greatly influenced the development of the International Gothic style. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simone_Martini

The Annunciation
1320 - 1330
tempera and gold leaf on panel
23 x 14 cm
KMSKA, Antwerpen
https://kmska.be/en/masterpiece/the-annunciation-1

Saturday, February 28, 2026

 Fanny Sanín
(b. 1938)
 

Fanny Sanín Sader is a Colombian born artist from Bogotá who resides in New York City. The daughter of Gabriel Sanín Tobón and Fanny Sader Guerra, she is best known for her paintings of abstract geometric forms and colors. She is considered to be part of the second generation of abstract artists from Colombia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanny_Sanín


Acrílico no. 7 (Acrylic No. 7)
1993
Acrylic on canvas
91.5 x 101.5 cm
Inter-American Development Bank, Washington, United States

Friday, February 27, 2026

György Gáspár
(b. 1976)
 

György GÁSPÁR (1976, Pécs) graduated from the University of Art and Design, Budapest in 2003. He spent one semester in Denmark at the Designskolen Kolding in 2002. Between 2013 and 2016, he attended the sculptor DLA program of the University of Pécs, where he is a lecturer now. 
His works can be found in major Hungarian and international public and private collections.
 


https://www.gyorgygaspar.com/

Hello Däniken I. (Glass sculpture)
2006
glass sculpture
22 x 40 x 20 cm (38kg)
Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest, Hungary

The Hello Däniken I. is composed of five pieces of glass components (dark blue cobalt glass, and green-yellow colored Uranium glass) formed in a mold, melted together in a furnace, and finally cut and polished by hand.

Hans Memling  (c. 1430 - 1494)   Hans Memling was a German-Flemish painter who worked in the tradition of Early Netherlandish painting. Born...