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Paul Signac, Venice, the Yellow Sail, 1904

The Yellow Sail

June 25, 2024
by Amalia Spiliakou 20th century ArtFrench ArtPost-ImpressionismTeaching Resources

Signac’s Venice, the Yellow Sail — a luminous Pointillist masterpiece — captures the Adriatic city’s shimmering magic through vibrant dots of pure colour, radiant light, and Mediterranean joy.

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La Passagère du 54 – Promenade en Yacht

July 17, 2023
by Amalia Spiliakou 19th century ArtFrench ArtPost-ImpressionismTeaching Resources

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec’s La Passagère du 54 was inspired by a chance voyage encounter, capturing a serene, elegant woman at sea, rendered with fluid lines and subtle color that evoke fleeting modern leisure.

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The Veil of Saint Veronica

April 14, 2023
by Amalia Spiliakou Renaissance ArtTeaching Resources

The legend of Veil of Saint Veronica transforms a simple cloth into a sacred imprint of suffering and grace, inspiring devotion, healing, and the enduring spiritual vision of Christ’s compassionate humanity.

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Woman in Monsieur Forest’s Garden

May 3, 2022
by Amalia Spiliakou 19th century ArtPost-ImpressionismTeaching Resources

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec’s Woman in Monsieur Forest’s Garden (1891) captures a quiet, natural portrait of Honorine in Montmartre, blending plein-air light with an intimate study of character and mood.

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Little Dancer Aged Fourteen by Edgar Degas

February 25, 2022
by Amalia Spiliakou 19th century ArtImpressionismTeaching Resources

Degas’ Little Dancer Aged Fourteen combines wax, fabric, and real hair over a complex armature, creating a strikingly lifelike sculpture that blurred the boundaries between art, realism, and theatrical illusion.

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Salvador Dali or Pavlos Samios

July 22, 2021
by Amalia Spiliakou 20th century ArtTeaching Resources

Samios’s Awaiting and Dalí’s Figure at the Window — two figures dreaming beyond their frames — beautifully echo George Eliot’s vision of souls yearning outward toward the largeness of the world.

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Basil & Elise Goulandris Foundation Room View, Athens

Rouen Cathedral in the Morning

June 8, 2021
by Amalia Spiliakou 19th century ArtImpressionismTeaching Resources

Claude Monet’s Rouen Cathedral series explores the fleeting effects of light and atmosphere on Gothic architecture, revealing how a single façade transforms endlessly across time, weather, and perception.

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Henri Matiss, Jazz, 1947

Matisse and Jazz

December 4, 2020
by Amalia Spiliakou 20th century ArtTeaching Resources

Matisse’s Jazz — bold, improvisational, electric with colour — mirrors the music it celebrates. Two dazzling pochoirs in Athens invite us to feel rhythm through cut paper and pigment.

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Vincent van Gogh, Still Life à la cafetière

Still Life à la cafetière

March 29, 2020
by Amalia Spiliakou with No Comment 19th century ArtPost-ImpressionismTeaching Resources

Van Gogh’s Still Life à la cafetière, a symphony of blues, yellows and oranges, showcases his extraordinary mastery of colour — transforming humble everyday objects into vibrant, moving art.

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Three artworks by Roy Lichtenstein inspired by the Sun

A Roy Lichtenstein Trilogy

January 5, 2020
by Amalia Spiliakou with No Comment 20th century ArtTeaching Resources

Lichtenstein’s Sunrise trilogy transforms the ephemeral sun into Pop Art form—spanning painting, enamel, and fashion—where comic abstraction turns landscape, light, and perception into bold, ironic modern iconography.

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