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Where and How to add Art in your Home

Where and How to add Art in your Home

When we decorate our home we add some art pieces, at the end of our decorating project. And it doesn’t have to be art with a big A. Holiday pictures, family pictures, a poster, your kid’s drawings. Acquiring the right art works comes in time, you have to discover a piece of art, you have to fall in love with it, specially when it comes with a certain price tag.

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How Artists Live, Let Them Inspire You

How Artists Live, Let Them Inspire You

We know the art works of the artists but often we have no idea of the people behind the art work. Maybe we have read about their personality. But how do they live, what do they wear? Is their interior a reflection of their work? Not always. So let’s get inspired not only by the works of the artist but also by the house they live in. Be ready for some surprises.

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Inspired by Brancusi

Inspired by Brancusi

Brancusi (1876 - 1957) is seen as the pioneer of modern sculpture. Born in rural Romania, he grew up in a area of Romania, the Carpathian mountains, which is know for its rich tradition of woodcarving. He started his art studies in Bucharest, went by foot to Munich and later by foot to Paris to enter the Ecole de Beaux-Arts in 1905. Brancusi was different of his peers, his journey to Paris made a legend of him. Brancusi was an outsider, wearing Romanian peasant clothing, playing and listening to folk music. He embraced the myth created around him.

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Visiting the Louvre

snapshots from the Louvre

snapshots from the Louvre

Beauty doesn't know borders, neither makes differences between cultures or religions. Art shows how different people, in different times looked at what was surrounding them. Some were showing beauty, others were painting on commission, still others expressing what they felt.

Look at the details, the colors, the expressions on the faces, let art inspire you.

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Let the Romanian Blouse of Matisse inspire you.

Let the Romanian Blouse of Matisse inspire you.

Henri Matisse, a famous French painter known for his bright and intense colours, was fascinated by the Romanian folk costumes, especially by the specific blouse named "ie". Let us get inspired by his paintings, or even better let us get inspired by the Romanian tradition to decorate our country house.

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