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Dora Carrington 1893-1932 was an English painter and decorative artist, she mainly remembered mainly due to being part of the Bloomsbury Group association. She suffered with her sexuality and had an affair with Henrietta Bingham as well as having a relationship with writer Gerald Brenan, Bloomsbury was a name commonly used to identify a circleContinue reading “Dora Carrington how did she cope through her sexuality?”

I decided to focus on Tracey Emin, due to her promoting and trying to reduce the stigma of mental health. This empowered me to focus on her work, due to mental health does have a stigma around the subject which needs to be broken. Her work creates emotion and trauma on how the suffering onContinue reading “Tracey Emin, did her mental breakdowns influenced her work?”

Louise Bourgeois was a known French American Constellation artist, born 25th December 1911 – 31st May 2010. Her best-known work was her large-scale sculptures and installation piece, she would also produce paintings and create prints. She was also involved with surrealism, Feminist Art and Abstract Expressionism. Throughout her career she explored different themes involving domesticity,Continue reading “What helped Louise Bourgeois during her mental breaking points?”

Frida Kahlo was a Mexican Painter who was born 1907 and died 1954. She is now one of the most known female artists of the twentieth century. Her work is currently displayed in the Tate Modern Museum and has an exhibition dedicated to her pieces of work and was involved with surrealism. Frida Kahlo sufferedContinue reading “How did Frida Kahlo overcome her mental and physical illness through art?”

Claude Monet sometimes became frustrated with his work and according to some reports, he destroyed several paintings (about 500 pieces of work). He would simply burn them, cut or kick the piece and this was due to his outbursts, as well as depression and self-doubt. This was shown more to his near late artwork suchContinue reading “Claude Monet,how did he use his wellbeing in art?”

Introduction to my Blog: The focus onto this blog is to reflect the ways nature has influenced artists in different ways. It could be their mental wellbeing, spiritual or inspiration for work through painting. For my first post, I have decided to look at one of Vincent Van Gogh’s modernist impressionism work called Roses inContinue reading “Vincent Van Gogh’s artwork and his wellbeing”