Developing creativity among children is as important as being literate or healthy. It's important for the health of the brain, for the nourishment of the soul. Let's Start Art is an initiative by SHURUA(R)T to introduce these children to the world of colors and creativity.
Exploring the expressive, often mysterious effects of light, the small and intricate paintings on copper produced by the German Baroque Era Painter, Adam Elsheimer, are best known for their technical precision and inventive explorations of landscapes.
Seeking a synthesis between the external world and the experience of the inner world of the artist, the strong colored “abstract heads” of Russian-born German Expressionist painter, Alexey von Jawlensky, are famous for their mystical intensity that expresses his spiritual strivings and convictions.
Delineating the ordinary pedestrian and depicting robust female shoppers in groups, pairs or alone, the American painter, Kenneth Hayes Miller is best known for his fascination with human figure as a vehicle for plastic interpretation.
This dazzling work is part of the dispersed Bhagvata Purana Series, done in the Pahari style during 17th Century.Â
King Kamsa, tries to kill the newborn child, surrounded by a selected group of courtiers, while Devaki is seen in despair. The Child, incarnation of Goddess Yogmaya, is shining above in a glorious golden light.
Transporting the viewer into a world of surreal eroticism and aesthetic symbolism, the German painter and lithographer, Paul Wunderlich, is remembered as the most important representative of magical realism.
Depicting the scenes from Warsaw Uprising and painting the images of the heroes of the Napoleonic Wars, the Romantic painter, Aleksander Orlowski is remembered as the pioneer of political caricature in Russian art.
Exploring Germany's post war identity, history and mythology by incorporating representational and symbolic motifs through natural materials such as straw, earth, tree roots and lead, the confrontational canvases of German artist, Anselm Kiefer, are exceptional for their provoking impact on human psyche.
Reflecting the underlying spirituality of nature by simplifying the elements down to the most basic forms, the abstract paintings by Dutch painter, Piet Mondrian, are famous for the purity of their abstraction.
Combining a high level of technical competence and rich artistic imagination to produce the perfect High-Renaissance blend of aesthetic harmony and anatomical accuracy, the divine artist of Italian Renaissance, Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni is revered as one of the most inspirational and talented artists in modern history.
This intricate work of art is part of dispersed Bhagvata-Purana series. Made during the 17th century, this painting was most likely done at Mandi, evident from the Pahari style used in the painting. King Kamsa is sitting in his inner apartment, conversing with an old lady, possibly about the Devaki and the coming child. Marble floors, richly adorned decorative walls, fountains, etc. give the richness to the painting.
Migrating from the crisp realist style to increasingly cubist, expressionistic abstraction, the ebullient paintings by Afro Libio Basaldella are unique for their fluid signs, Â rounded contours and brighter palette.