Pablo PicassoWoman in BlueMuseo Reina Sofia
Picasso's Woman in Blue: Youth, Mystery and Restoration
The history, style and conservation of Woman in Blue, a painting made by twenty-year-old Pablo Picasso in Madrid in 1901.
Read articleGreat Masters — Page 3
Essential figures in art and culture.
Gioachino RossiniItalian operaThe Barber of Seville
Gioachino Rossini: Rhythm, Comedy and Operatic Revolution
The life, operas and legacy of Gioachino Rossini, whose rhythmic energy transformed comic opera and reached heroic scale in William Tell.
Read article
Augusto Polo CamposPeruvian musiccriollo music
Augusto Polo Campos: Memory and Emotion in Peruvian Song
The life, songs and legacy of Augusto Polo Campos, the prolific composer whose waltzes became part of Peru's emotional and collective memory.
Read article
Zhang DaqianChinese paintingsplash ink
Zhang Daqian: Chinese Tradition, Global Travel and Modern Ink
The life, techniques and legacy of Zhang Daqian, a master of Chinese brush painting who transformed ancient models through splashed ink and colour.
Read article
George HarrisonThe BeatlesBritish rock
George Harrison: Guitar, Spiritual Search and Songwriting
The life, compositions and legacy of George Harrison, the Beatles guitarist whose solo work joined melodic restraint, Indian music and spiritual inquiry.
Read article
TitianVenetian RenaissanceItalian painting
Titian: Colour, Power and the Venetian Renaissance
The life, paintings and legacy of Titian, the Venetian master who used colour and evolving brushwork to shape sacred art, mythology and portraiture.
Read article
J. M. W. TurnerBritish artlandscape painting
J. M. W. Turner: Light, Storm and the Experience of Modernity
The life, watercolours and paintings of J. M. W. Turner, who transformed landscape by making weather, light, industry and perception its central subjects.
Read article
MolièreFrench theatreTartuffe
Molière: Comedy, Hypocrisy and the Human Condition
The life, theatre and legacy of Molière, whose comedies Tartuffe, The Misanthrope and The Imaginary Invalid turned social vice into enduring drama.
Read article
Johannes VermeerDutch Golden AgeGirl with a Pearl Earring
Johannes Vermeer: Silence, Light and Everyday Attention
The life, technique and small surviving body of Johannes Vermeer, whose interiors and city views transform ordinary moments through light and structure.
Read article