JaZzArt en València

Un pintor impresionista noruego nacido en Christiania, la actual ciudad de Oslo, en 1847 que le encantaba pintar paisajes… Empecemos por el hecho de que a este pintor no lo mencionaron para nada en la facultad, al menos no en m mí época… Pero me parece interesante y que contribuyó a la historia del arte y que se debe saber de el, al menos entretenernos con sus cuadros… Y si tú no sabias nada de Frits, pues yo te voy a decir algunas cosillas… Primero, no era autodidacta, estudió en la Academia de Arte en Copenhague del 1870 al 1872. Además, del 1873 al 1875 estudio bajo el pintor Hans Gude, uno de los más famosos de su país, en la Escuela de Arte Baden en Karlsruhe.​ Vivió un tiempo en el cabo de Skagen (Dinamarca) en 1879, pero en 1880 regresó a Noruega para convertirse en uno de los jóvenes pintores más destacados de su país… En 1892 se mudo a Francia y allí murió en 1906. Es un pintor de gran merito, nombrado comendador de la Orden de San Olaf (1905)… Si te provoca ver sus obras, pues hay 37 de ellas en La Galería Nacional de Noruega.

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Frits Thaulow was an impressionist painter from Norway, born in Christiania, now the city of Oslo, in 1847, and loved to paint landscapes… Let’s start with the fact that this painter was not mentioned at all at uni, at least not in my time… However, I find him interesting and I recognise the fact that he contributed to the history of art. We should know about him, at least so that we can delight with his paintings… And if you didn’t know anything about Frits, well, I’m going to tell you a few things… First, he was not self-taught; he studied at the Art Academy in Copenhagen from 1870 to 1872. Additionally, from 1873 to 1875, he studied under the painter Hans Gude, one of the most famous in his country, at the Baden Art School in Karlsruhe. He lived for a time at Skagen (Denmark) in 1879, but in 1880 he returned to Norway to become one of the most prominent young painters in his country… In 1892 he moved to France and died there in 1906. He is a painter of great merit, appointed commander of the Order of St. Olaf (1905)… If you feel like seeing his works, there are 37 of them in the National Gallery of Norway.

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GRACIAS – CHEERS

El arte de los locos, bueno, no me refiero a personas que quizá sufran de algunos trastornos mentales, estos son los locos internados, muchos de ellos criminales, pero cuando se ponen a pintar or a dibujar, Buah! Fenómenos! De sus dibujos y pinturas se nutrieron los surrealistas y luego muchos más. Os urjo a que miréis el vídeo, especialmente si sois artista, estudiante de arte o de la historia del arte o simplemente amante de la cultura y el arte.

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The art of the insane, and I do not mean people who have some form of mild mental illness, I am talking about the criminal insane and the ones that are confined to institutions, when they begin to paint or draw, wow! Phenomenal work! The surrealists fed from their drawings and paintings and later so have many other artists. I strongly encourage you to watch the video, especially if you are an artist, art student or art historian, or simply you love art…

GRACIAS – CHEERS

Mejor no dejarse llevar por el miedo…

Early Renaissance painter from Italy and a great one to kick off this series of Art History for all. I think all can enjoy, but especially artists…

Cheers…

Omnia Caelum Studios…

The name comes from Metamorphoseis, («The Metamorphoses») a poem written by the Roman poet Ovid on 8 AD, which narrates the creation of the world and it’s history until the day of the deification of Julius Caesar…

The translation of Omnia Caelum into English is hard to achieve, but the best I can do is to think that it may mean: «all is heaven»…

First came Omnia Caelum Miami. I started this business in the year 2003 with my first professional exhibition in Istanbul, Turkey. I never thought it would be there, but it was, that’s destiny I guess. From there I proceded to New York, to Zaragoza, Spain, to Miami, and to other cities in the State of Florida. I took my work to all galleries, to all fairs, festivals and to special expos. But my greatest accomplishment…I would say…was that I was able to reach fabulous individual collectors that opted for my work, and they are from three continents: Europe, Asia and America.

Upon my return to Spain I re-named the studios Omnia Caelum Studios València, as València, Spain, is my city. From here I have exhibited in Barcelona, Sevilla and in Izmir, Turkey, as well as participating in many trans-European art auctions and I have seen my art travel to many countries in the continent. And this is just the beginning. There are many countries in my plans, many places to visit, many places to take my work to…

Like I have said many times before, I am a painter, not an artist. I really don’t know what they mean when they say «artist». I am a searcher and searching is the greatest form of art, as far as I know. I don’t believe in a lot of things that I hear are important to so-called «artists», like originality and style. No artist is original. We cannot be original. Perhaps our ancestors were original but even then, I am sure they copied nature. And as far as style is concerned, it is a limiting factor. To develop a style all you have to do is to do the same thing over and over again. Like Picasso said, God created a giraffe and an ant, totally different, where was His style? And for me, God is the only creator…

I invite you to look at…most of my artwork…the work I sell and display on Omnia Caelum Studios Valencia, through Instagram. We are at @Francisco_Bravo_Cabrera and @Guloshka (my representative, curator and adviser). And I also invite you to my YouTube channel (through the link below) where I post videos of art and of many artists in my Art History series.

Cheers…

Well…an artist creates a painting, a sculpture; a composer a song or a symphony, and perhaps many tunes in between; a choreographer creates a ballet, a modern or jazz dance. But I am a painter. Although I did create…back in 1997…my «greatest» work, I call him «Bodo Vespaciano». I was Bodo for many years, well, until 2019 when I returned to Spain and settled down and became Francisco Bravo Cabrera (we use two last names in Spain).

So if you see my work signed as Bodo Vespaciano (or Bodo V), it is still me as I am still Bodo to many people in other countries. And I kind of like Bodo so I do not want to get rid of him so quickly.

I just want to mention that I write, compose and paint, but I do it as the practitioner of a craft…an art-form to many…and not as something intuitive. I have studied and researched my craft too much to allow for something to surge spontaneously out of «inspiration». I am a craftsman so I plan everything, sketch out everything, research colours, tones, hues et cetera and plan…very well…my compositions. And as an artist, I use emotions as a tool. Raw emotion is not art.

I hope you enjoy my site, my blog, my work and whatever else happens to make its way into this site.

Your visits are tremendously appreciated, cheers…

Welcome to JaZzArt en València. This blog will post daily articles on art (especially the paintings I make), on artists, music…and musicians…and the poetry that I write. I will also post here many of the videos that I make for YouTube that comprise my Art History series.

What is «Jazz-Art»? It is the approach to painting that I have been developing for more than twenty years. I believe that painting is the art of the search, and the search is eternal. A painting begins in the head then begins to travel down the arms to the fingers that hold the brush and apply colours, lines and ideas on a surface. After the thought of the painting comes the actual work of putting it on a canvas, or other surface. To do this I allow room for much improvisation…as would a jazz musician after studying the charts of the song…and in so doing I let the painting…sort of…paint itself, of course with rhythm, which is as essential to jazz as is improvisation.

All of this is contrived, well thought out, well researched and investigated. Art is not intuitive. A painter need not be original. I believe, as many artists throughout art history have stated, that we are all copyists and the original ones copied from nature. I do not consider myself an «artist», I am a painter, a searcher, and a lover of faith and nature.

Cheers…

Llega la temporada de grandes cambios en Omnia Caelum Studios Valencia y por eso no vamos a estar, como de costumbre, en el blog, pero si estaremos al tanto y seguiremos publicando, aunque tendremos que re-ciclar algunas entradas, pero os prometemos que serán las más interesantes. Hasta pronto…

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The season of great changes is arriving at Omnia Caelum Studios Valencia, and that’s why we won’t be as present on the blog as usual. However, we will stay informed of your posts and continue publishing, although we will have to recycle some posts, but we promise they will be the most interesting ones. See you soon…

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Arriva la stagione dei grandi cambiamenti in Omnia Caelum Studios Valencia e per questo non saremo, come al solito, sul blog, ma saremo attenti e continueremo a pubblicare, anche se dovremo riciclare alcuni post, ma vi promettiamo che saranno i più interessanti. A presto…

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Chegou a temporada de grandes mudanças na Omnia Caelum Studios em Valencia e por isso não estaremos, como de costume, no blog, mas estaremos atentos e continuaremos publicando, embora tenhamos que reciclar algumas postagens, prometemos que serão as mais interessantes. Até breve…

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La saison des grands changements arrive chez Omnia Caelum Studios à Valence, et c’est pourquoi nous ne serons pas, comme d’habitude, sur le blog, mais nous resterons à l’écoute et continuerons à publier, même si nous devrons recycler certains articles, mais nous vous promettons qu’ils seront les plus intéressants. À bientôt…

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Gracias – Cheers – Merci – Grazie – Obrigado

Es verdad, pero el problema es que hoy en día no hay lideres, hay burros…

Welcome back to our series on art history. We continue with some painters of the Spanish Renaissance. And we hope that this will provoke you to seek more, research more and investigate. Art history is very important to both artists, who need to know it and know it well, and to art collectors or lovers of art who will appreciate the art they love so much more. We would like to feature the Renaissance art of other European countries, if there are many likes to videos like this one. So if you promise to give us a like, we promise to continue with the series. Stay in touch.

Cheers…