mona lisa x hockney

mona lisa x hockneyImmersed in a dazzling palette, Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa is reinvented under the influence of David Hockney. Her enigmatic smile contrasts with a sunny, minimalist setting, where a turquoise swimming pool and splashes of bright colour evoke modern California. The play of shadows and simplified lines gives Mona Lisa a presence that is both familiar and pop, bathed in vibrant artificial light.

Nicolas de Staël tackles the theme of football

Although the work is a seascape

Painted in the 1920s

concentrates here on the details of everyday life

The colonial-style mansion features large balconies and white columns

where he was captivated by the vibrant light and intense colors of the Mediterranean landscape

The Red Shape is a perfect example of this artistic philosophy

The simplified geometric shapes

all as varied in their themes as in the techniques employed

Friedrich highlights a natural panorama where the boundary between heaven and earth seems to blur

dotted with a few light clouds

This artwork was created during a time of artistic ferment in Paris