Katrin Bellinger Collection L.2025.7
Life-Drawing Class, about 1716 – 18, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian, 1696 – 1770), Black and white chalks on blue paper, 41 × 54 cm (16 1/8 × 21 1/4 in.)
Los Angeles, Getty Center: »Learning to Draw«
The School of the Line
How did the Old Masters learn to draw, which in the early modern period was considered the basis for painting, sculpture, and architecture? A major exhibition at the Getty Center in Los Angeles is dedicated to artistic training: Learning to Draw opens on October 21.
October 21, 2025
Since the Renaissance, drawing has been considered the most important foundation for an artist. With the help of drawing, important works could be copied for study purposes and artists could realize their own designs. This applied to painting as well as sculpture and architecture. Learning to master drawing was essential for aspiring artists, but how did painters and sculptors who are famous today learn these skills? A major exhibition at the Getty Center in Los Angeles explores artistic training: Learning to Draw runs from October 21, 2025, to January 25, 2026.
In the early modern period, drawing also gained greater independence as a medium. Although it was not yet regarded as an independent means of expression as it is today, it was accorded significantly more importance than in medieval art. Drawings were popular gifts that artists gave to each other out of respect. Albrecht Dürer and Raphael are prominent examples of this practice. The Getty Center exhibition features numerous renowned artists who lived and worked between 1550 and 1850, including Francesco Bartolozzi, Ferdinand Bol, Gerard ter Borch II, Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Guercino, Robert Léopold Leprince, Paulus van Liender, Pierre-Paul Prud’hon, Hubert Robert, Anna Catharina Rugendas, Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin, Philippe Joseph Tassaert, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Giampietro Zanotti, and Federico Zuccaro.
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Taddeo in the Sistine Chapel Drawing Michelangelo’s Last Judgement, about 1595, Federico Zuccaro (Italian, about 1541 – 1609), Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over black and red chalks, 41.9 × 17.7 cm (16 1/2 × 6 15/16 in.)
Dive deeper into the art world
New York: Helene Schjerfbeck at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Modernism in Silence
She is a national heroine in Finland, but has only become known internationally in recent years: Helene Schjerfbeck fascinates with her original, simple style. For the first time, a major museum in the USA is presenting her work: Seeing Silence: The Paintings of Helene Schjerfbeck opens on December 5 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
December 05, 2025
Australia: Fremantle Biennale with Raki Nikahetiya
Carried by the land – in search of home
From November 13 to 30, the Fremantle Biennale took place in Australia near Perth, focusing on site-specific contemporary art. Among the exhibiting artists was Raki Nikahetiya with a sensory installation about the intertwining of identity, displacement, and home.
December 03, 2025
