Let me show you where I’m from: Neuilly-sur-Seine, France

This time we had a special guest in the newspaper, Mademoiselle Kuiters, who is helping in the school with the classes Aquamarin and Turmalin. She is from Neuilly-sur-Seine, a town near Paris. She will show us her school, where she lived, where she learned how to swim, where she used to buy things and also … Continue reading Let me show you where I’m from: Neuilly-sur-Seine, France

A short history of Modern Art – part 3

Abstract Expressionism and Process Art In the 1950s, America became the leading centre of western art. Artists such as Joan Mitchell, Wilhelm de Kooning, Helen Frankenthaler and Jackson Pollock combined purely abstract painting with the Expressionists’ emphasis on bold colour and line. The result? You guessed it: Abstract Expressionism, or AbEx for short. In addition, … Continue reading A short history of Modern Art – part 3