6 artworks to look out for at Tate Britain

Tate è un gruppo di gallerie d'arte con sede a Londra, Liverpool e Cornovaglia, note come Tate Modern, Tate Britain, Tate St Ives e Tate Liverpool + RIBA North.

Quando la Tate aprì per la prima volta le sue porte al pubblico nel 1897, aveva una sola sede, che esponeva una piccola collezione di opere d'arte britanniche.

Oggi dispone di quattro sedi principali e della collezione nazionale di arte britannica dal 1500 ad oggi e di arte moderna e contemporanea internazionale, che comprende circa 70.000 opere d'arte.

Sir John Everett Millais | Mariana, 1851 | Tate Collection

This painting by British painter John Everett Millais (1829-1896) is of Mariana, a character from Shakespeare’s play Measure for Measure.

The story goes that Mariana’s fiancé Angelo leaves after her family’s money is lost in a shipwreck.

Still in love with him, she hopes they will be reunited.

Millais shows Mariana pausing to stretch her back after working at some embroidery, with the autumn leaves scattered on the ground marking the passage of time.

The stained-glass windows in front of her show the Annunciation, contrasting the Virgin's fulfilment with Mariana's frustration and longing.

Sir John Everett Millais | Mariana, 1851 | Tate Collection

Eduardo León Garrido | Belle Époque painter

Spanish painter Eduardo León Garrido (1856-1949), was a significant figure in the Impressionist movement.

Trained at the Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando, he later moved to Paris where he was influenced by French artistic trends, particularly the works of Manet and the Impressionists.

He is known for his elegant portraits and genre scenes, often bathed in soft, natural light.

Olga Esther, 1975 | Pop surrealist painter

Olga Esther is an Spanish painter and illustrator who develops her work within Lowbrow or pop surrealism, painting impossible princesses.

She is a graduate of fine arts from Polytechnic University of Valencia, she is the recipient of two art scholarships in Prague and Mexico.

She also holds a master‘s degree in video games.

Now, she lives and works in Valencia.

Javier Mulio, 1957

Javier Mulio was born in Alcoy, Spain on Christmas eve, 1957, and soon began demonstrating his prodigious creative gifts...

At the age of 16, Javier was enrolled in the academy of the classic Spanish master Mila Gomez where he perfected his technique.

Graduating in 1976, Javier became a professional artist, with local success that grew into international recognition.

Angeles Anglada, 1965

Angeles Anglada si è formata professionalmente presso la School of Fine Arts di Saragozza e ha iniziato la sua carriera professionale nel 1989, quando ha iniziato a sviluppare le sue prime sculture.

In questi 18 anni ha partecipato a oltre 40 fiere ed esposizioni nazionali ed estere, le sue opere sono presenti in oltre 25 paesi.

Le sculture da Angeles Anglada sono tutti caratterizzati da una speciale sensibilità e tenerezza, con allegorie di coppia e maternità.

Montse Valdés, 1959

Born in Barcelona, Spain, Montse Valdés began drawing at an early age and spent four years in Paris and one year in Asia during her youth.

Her travels back then have had an effect on her art, and following a brief sojourn in the world of theater, she decided to pursue painting at age 21 and began to create the wealth of generously sized, ethereal and peaceful portraits, figurative works for which she is known.

From 1981-1984, Valdés studied drawing, painting and pastel techniques at the Isidre Vilaseca Studio in Girona and the Artur Aldomà Puig Studio in Barcelona.

Eliseo Meifrén y Roig | Pittore Impressionista

Eliseo Meifrén Roig (1859-1940) è stato un pittore Impressionista Spagnolo.

Appassionato di pittura, abbandona la laurea in medicina e si iscrive alla Scuola di Belle Arti di Barcellona.

I suoi maestri furono gli artisti Antonio Caba e Ramón Martí Alsina.

Completò la sua formazione a Parigi, dove si recò per la prima volta nel 1879, in compagnia dei pittori Ramón Casas e Santiago Rusiñol, e dove sopravvisse vendendo piccoli dipinti ed appunti, con temi prevalentemente urbani.

Victor Hugo | Depuis six mille ans la guerre / For six thousand years the war

For six thousand years the war

Pleasing the quarrelsome peoples,

And God wastes his time doing

The stars and the flowers.

Francisco Goya | Third of May, 1808 | Museo del Prado