Henri Matisse was one of the most influential artists of the twentieth century, whose stylistic innovations fundamentally altered the course of modern art and affected the art of several generations of younger painters. His career spanned almost six and a half decades.
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With travellers returning to the roads , rail and skies with a vengeance after Covid 19 , the problems surrounding over tourism in some of Europe’s most popular tourist destinations is returning too, particularly in the peak summer months.
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Almost 200 cities in the world in more then sixty countries now have a metro system and billions of journeys are made on them each year. Here are some fascinating facts on a mode of transport which is part of everyday life in more and more cities across the globe.
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In 1814 Napoleon was exiled to the tiny Mediterranean island of Elba and the European political establishment slowly began to forget about him. But the defiant Corsican refused to lie down and in one last throw of the dice he left Elba in late February 1815 and sailed for France to overthrow Louis XVIII.
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Vincent van Gogh was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who posthumously became one of the most famous and influential figures in Western art history. In a decade, he created more than 2,000 artworks, including around 860 oil paintings, most of which date from the last two years of his life.
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