Damien Hirst
(b. 1965)

Damien Steven Hirst is an English artist and art collector. He was one of the Young British Artists (YBAs) who dominated the art scene in the UK during the 1990s. He is reportedly the United Kingdom's richest living artist, with his wealth estimated at US$384 million in the 2020 Sunday Times Rich List. During the 1990s his career was closely linked with the collector Charles Saatchi, but increasing frictions came to a head in 2003 and the relationship ended.

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

Spring Blossoms Blooming
2019
Oil on panel
Museum of Urban and Contemporary Art (MUCA), Munich
https://www.muca.eu/en/cherry-blossoms/
Hirst's "Spring Blossoms Blooming" from 2019 was on display in the "The Weight of Things" exhibition in the MUCA Halls from 26 October 2023 to 24 November 2024.

The "Cherry Blossoms" series by Damien Hirst comprises a total of 107 large-format canvases. With this series, Hirst reinterprets the traditional and popular theme of flower depiction with cheerful irony.

Berthe Morisot
(1841 - 1895)

Berthe Marie Pauline Morisot was a French painter, printmaker and a member of the circle of painters in Paris who became known as the Impressionists.

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

Peasant Girl Among Tulips
1890
Oil on canvas
65 x 73 cm
Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, United States

http://collections.dixon.org/objects/282/peasant-girl-among-tulips?ctx=75edbdc11d560584df65b11b942a60cd9e4ef19c&idx=1 

Sandro Botticelli 
(c. 1445 - 1510)

Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi better known as Sandro Botticelli or simply Botticelli, was an Italian painter of the Early Renaissance. Botticelli's posthumous reputation suffered until the late 19th century, when he was rediscovered by the Pre-Raphaelites who stimulated a reappraisal of his work. Since then, his paintings have been seen to represent the linear grace of late Italian Gothic and some Early Renaissance painting, even though they date from the latter half of the Italian Renaissance period. 

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

Primavera (Spring)
Late 1470s
tempera on panel
202 x 314 cm
Uffizi, Florence
https://www.uffizi.it/en/artworks/botticelli-spring
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primavera_(Botticelli)

René Magritte
(1898 - 1967)

René François Ghislain Magritte was a Belgian surrealist artist known for his depictions of familiar objects in unfamiliar, unexpected contexts, which often provoked questions about the nature and boundaries of reality and representation. His imagery has influenced pop art, minimalist art, and conceptual art.

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

The Sixteenth of September
1956
115 x 88 cm
Oil on canvas
KMSKA, Antwerpen
https://kmska.be/en/masterpiece/the-sixteenth-of-september

 

 

Ending this month with one of my all-time favourite artist. 

All the paintings posted this month can be seen in Antwerp, my hometown, 

in the recently renovated museum of fine art, the KMSKA. 

 

 

Constant Permeke
(1886 - 1952)
 

Constant Permeke was a Belgian painter and sculptor who is considered the leading figure of Flemish Expressionism. 

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

Zeegezicht
1913
Oil on canvas
33 x 48 cm
KMSKA, Antwerpen
https://kmska.be/en/masterpiece/seascape-7

Gustave Van de Woestyne
(1881 - 1947)

Gustave Van de Woestijne was a Belgian expressionist painter. 
He belonged to the so-called "First Group of Latem", a group of artists who worked in the rural village of Sint-Martens-Latem on the banks of the Lys, near Ghent. He was the brother of the Flemish poet Karel Van de Woestijne. He was buried in the Cemetery of Campo Santo. 

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

Two Springs
1910
Oil on canvas
72 x 62cm
KMSKA, Antwerpen
https://kmska.be/en/masterpiece/two-springs

Jules Schmalzigaug
(1882 - 1917)
 

Jules Schmalzigaug was a Belgian futurist painter. His works can be seen in the Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp, the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium in Brussels, and the Provincial Museum of Modern Art [nl] in Ostend. 

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

Rhythm of Light Waves: Street + Sun + Crowd
1915 - 1917
Oil on canvas
98 x 127 cm
KMSKA, Antwerpen
https://kmska.be/en/masterpiece/rhythm-of-light-waves-street-sun-crowd