Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum (Bilingual)
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Robert Combas was a rebel who didn’t want to limit himself to one style as he thought that painting meant freedom.
Rafael, Mona and Nabi visit a cemetery to look at a shiny monument made by artist Niki de Saint Phalle.
Rafael, Mona and Nabi learn that artist Keith Haring wanted everyone to see his art so he painted outside.
Rafael, Mona and Nabi visit Daniel Buren’s columns, which are sculpted in marble.
Rafael, Mona and Nabi learn about a technique for measuring the human body called anthropometry by Yves Klein.
Rafael, Mona and Nabi look at the painting “Sunny Day”.
Rafael, Mona and Nabi look at Francis Bacon’s painting “Carcass of Meat and Bird of Prey”.
Rafael, Mona and Nabi look at Mark Rothko’s painting “Light Red Over Black”.
Wassily Kandinsky was the father and master of abstract art. Mona and Nabi look at his painting “Mild Process”.
Rafael, Mona and Nabi look at Giacomo Balla's work “Mercury Passing in Front of the Sun”.
Nabi thinks the picture “Personnage” by Chaissac looks like it was painted by a child.
Rafael, Mona and Nabi look at the artwork “Alom” by Victor Vasarely.
Rafael, Mona and Nabi find out that artist Peter Klasen was fed up with abstract painting.
Rafael, Mona and Nabi look at the painting “Young Girl With a Doll of Clay” by Expressionist artist Oskar Kokoschka.
Fernand Leger painted “Constructors With the Aloes” to illustrate the value of ordinary workers and their contribution.
Rafael, Mona and Nabi learn that Pierre Soulages mixed his own paint and used objects to create gigantic artworks.
Rafael, Mona and Nabi learn that Kasimir Malevitch wanted to take abstract art to the limit with his work.
Rafael, Mona and Nabi look at Jackson Pollock’s painting “Silver over black, white, yellow and red”.
Otto Dix wanted to show his opinion of war in his painting of wounded war veterans.
Paul Klee wanted people to use their imagination when they were looking at his art.
French sculptor Cesar loved using stuff that people threw away to create art and protect nature.
Alexander Calder loved creating works of art that move in different directions so that you can watch them for a long tim
Pierre Bonnard wanted his art to be decorative so he painted furniture and objects.
Gino Severini was a Futurist who used machine parts in his artwork to symbolize the modern era.
Alberto Giacometti wanted to stretch shapes to the maximum to show that size and appearance aren’t important.
Jean-Michel Basquiat was inspired by the primitive art of his African ancestors.
Rafael, Mona and Nabi look at the portrait “Kizette in Pink” by artist Tamara de Lempicka, painted in the Art Deco style
Rafael, Mona and Nabi look at the pop art painting of Marilyn Monroe by Andy Warhol.
Rafael, Mona and Nabi look at an abstract composition by Russian artist Serge Poliakoff.
Henri Matisse loved simple beauty and was inspired by stylised African sculptures.
Rafael, Mona and Nabi look at “The Rooster” by Constantin Brancusi, the inventor of modern sculpture.
Rafael, Mona and Nabi look at Rene Magritte's painting “The Good Example”.
Rafael, Mona and Nabi look at “The Persistence of Memory”, the painting that made Salvador Dali famous.
Rafael, Mona and Nabi think that the art work “Hats Off” by Lichtenstein looks like it fell out of a comic book.
Jean Arp was fascinated by round, natural shapes. Mona thinks that his collage “Woman” looks just like her Uncle Joe.
Marc Chagall loved mixing real and imaginary things in his artworks.
Rafael, Mona and Nabi visit Jean Dubuffet's “Restless Location” and find out where he got his inspiration.
Man Ray, original name Emmanuel Radnitzky, was the first person to use photography to see things in a different way.
Rafael, Mona and Nabi visit his painting “Woman With a Guitar” and discover why it’s all mixed up.
Rafael, Mona and Nabi visit the painting “The Bellhop” and like the way he expresses himself with colour.