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Exhibition | Michelangelo

Didn’t want to miss out on Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel Exhibition – an experience where you’re invited to step into Michelangelo’s shoes & gain a new perspective on these famous works of art. Each painting had an in-depth description of the historic situation & Michelangelo’s thought process.

Michelangelo displayed his potential as a painter when he painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling (which measures approx. 800 sq m) on canvas. It’s undoubtedly one of the most famous works of art in the world.

Credit: Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel Exhibition, Sydney Australia
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Books & art

Books & art fit well together – here in a small space & even though the beautiful painting takes up a lot of space, it doesn’t feel dominant. It rather fits in well, like a puzzle piece in the whole.

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Medieval

This image depicts “The Meeting on the Turret Stairs,” a watercolor painting by Frederic William Burton from 1864. It portrays a poignant moment between two lovers, Hellelil & Hildebrand, from a medieval Danish ballad. The painting captures their final farewell as Hildebrand descends the stairs to face Hellelil’s brothers, who were ordered to kill him by their father.

The Meeting on the Turret Stairs,
Close up of the painting,
Moment between two lovers,
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Striking

A striking portrait painting with clear expressionist & modernist influences. The figure, an elongated woman with exaggerated facial features, features prominent, wide-set eyes, arched eyebrows, a long nose & a small, pursed mouth painted in vibrant red. A muted, neutral background makes her face & expression stand out dramatically.

Given the modern, somewhat whimsical & textured style of this piece, Juan Carlos Cortés is likely the artist behind it.

Juan Carlos Cortés,
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Swedish painter

Here’s a wonderful & inspiring Swedish painter, Johan Einar Jolin, one of my favourites, born in Stockholm (1890 – 1976) & studied at the Swedish Artists’ Association’s painting school with his friend Isaac Grünewald, to then continue his art studies for six years under Matisse in Paris.

Jolin’s motif consists mainly of portraits & still lifes, but also city views, all in naive style. The naive shapes convey wonderful colors with a clean, simple & elegant expression.

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