Theosophy & ART

Luigi Russolo Luigi Russolo ca. 1916 Background information Birth name Luigi Russolo Born 30 April 1885 Portogruaro, Italy Died 4 February 1947 (aged 61) Cerro, Bottanuco, Italy Genres Futurism, experimental, avant-garde, noise Occupation(s) Composer,… Read more “Luigi Russolo and Theosophy”

La musica [fr] by Luigi Russolo (1912) According to some musicology and religious studies scholars, after the foundation of the Theosophical Society (1875), some professional musicians became interested in Theosophy,[1][2] and many Theosophists often engaged in music.[1][3][4][5] Several composers like Alexander… Read more “Theosophy and music”

Giacinto Scelsi: 4 Illustrazioni (sulle Metamorfosi di Vishnù) Okanagon Giacinto Scelsi Da Wikipedia, l’enciclopedia libera. Jump to navigationJump to search Giacinto Francesco Maria Scelsi Giacinto Francesco Maria… Read more “… come direbbe Scelsi nella terminologia teosofica a lui tanto cara. Giacinto Scelsi”

      ODILON REDON AND THE FLOWER OF EVOLUTION by Amanda F. Rooke The word “evolve” comes from the Latin root “evolutio, evolotus, evolvere and volvere”… Read more “ODILON REDON AND THE FLOWER OF EVOLUTION by Amanda F. Rooke”

Go to expo’s page  Enchanted Modernities Mysticism, Landscape, and the American West April 14 – December 10, 2014 With artworks from the NEHMA permanent collection and works on… Read more “Enchanted Modernities Mysticism, Landscape, and the American West”

If we consider artists who are generally interested and influenced in their production by alchemy we can find in this Biennale article :

BEGINNINGS Gallery When in the summer of 1888, Sérusier first visited Pont-Aven, he at reluctantly (thinking Gauguin too avant-garde) agreed to meet Gauguin through the artist Émile Bernard.… Read more “Pont Aven School, Sérusier, the Nabis (Maurice Denis, Félix Vallotton, Pierre Bonnard, Édouard Vuillard)”

Georgiana Houghton Georgiana Houghton Georgiana Houghton (1814–1884) was a British artist and spiritualist medium.[1] Houghton was born in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria but later moved to London. She began producing… Read more “Is Georgiana Houghton the first abstract painter ?”

  Se gli artisti associati a vari movimenti artistici sembrano interessati a l’integrazione dell’arte nella vita quotidiana, anche per quanto riguarda la sua diffusione nella società la tendenza… Read more “La mensa di Marie Vassilieff per … Satie, Matisse, Modgliani, Braque, Soutine, Léger, Jacob, Cocteaux …”

     Satie took it very seriously !!! Erik Satie’s “Vexations” (ca. 1893) is a short piano piece to be repeated 840 times. Satie may not have… Read more “Simbolismo mistico, i cugini della Rosacroce”

THE SPIRITUALISM OF DER BLAUE REITER PAINTING   General Characteristics From 1911 it could be said that European avant-garde art was divided between two needs: the need for individual… Read more “Blaue Reiter stemming from theosophy”

A good link to an Introvigne’s research  LITUANUS LITHUANIAN QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES Volume 49, No.4 – Winter 2003 Editor of this issue: Stasys Goštautas ISSN 0024-5089 Copyright ©… Read more “Both Čiurlionis and von Werefkin were interested in and read widely the works of theosophy”

From Alexei Jawlensky, Abstract Faces at Full Intensity Alexei Jawlensky‘s “Murnau,” from around 1910, depicts the Bavarian village he visited with Kandinsky.Credit2017 Alexei Jawlensky/Artists Rights Society (ARS),… Read more “Jawlensky studied Buddhism, yoga and theosophy.”

Jean and Sophie Taeuber ARP René Adolphe Schwaller de Lubicz mecenate di Arp, teosofo notevole (collabora con Fulcanelli) L’on trouve, dans le thème natal de René Adolphe… Read more “Jean and Sophie Taeuber ARP, Ascona and theosophy”

In Search of the Forme-Pensée: The Influence of Theosophy on Belgian Artists, Between Symbolism and the Avant-Garde (1890–1910) by Sébastien Clerbois Assuming that there are points in common… Read more “The Influence of Theosophy on Belgian Artists, Between Symbolism and the Avant-Garde (1890–1910). (By Sébastien Clerbois)”

Johannes Itten was a Swiss expressionist painter, designer, teacher, writer and theorist associated with the Bauhaus school. He practiced vegetarianism and meditation, and was heavily influenced by Theosophy. He was born November… Read more “Theosophy and Bauhaus : Johannes Itten developed the Bauhaus preliminary course …”

Paul Gauguin Paul Gauguin was a French post-impressionist and primitivist painter best known for his paintings of French Polynesia. He was heavily interested by Theosophy, Rosicrucianism, spiritualism, and other spiritual movements… Read more “Paul Gauguin heavily interested by Theosophy”

Richard Blossom Farley Richard Blossom Farley was a Philadelphia painter who created the murals in the lobby of the L. W. Rogers Building, headquarters of the Theosophical Society in America. According to Georgine… Read more “Richard Blossom Farley”

Jean Delville Jean Delville (1867–1953) was a Belgian symbolist painter, author, and teacher. He was the first General Secretary of the Theosophical Society in Belgium, from 1911-1913. Contents… Read more “Jean Delville”

Burton Callicott Burton Harry Callicott was a Theosophist from Memphis, Tennessee who incorporated Theosophical concepts into his paintings and drawings. His work has been described as “the… Read more “Burton Callicott”

Claude Fayette Bragdon Claude Bragdon Claude Fayette Bragdon was an American architect, artist, writer, and publisher who was active in the Theosophical Society in America. He operated the Manas Press in… Read more “Claude Fayette Bragdon”

AMERICAN ARTIST WRITTEN BY: Francis Valentine O’Connor See Article History Alternative Title: Paul Jackson Pollock Jackson Pollock, in full Paul Jackson Pollock, (born January 28, 1912, Cody, Wyoming, U.S.—died August 11,… Read more “Jackson Pollock”

B Gutzon Borglum Claude Fayette Bragdon Maurice Braun C Burton Callicott Benjamin Creme D Jean Delville F Richard Blossom Farley Olga Fröbe-Kapteyn Florence Fuller Joseph Fussell, Sr.… Read more “Some artists/theosophists”

  Posted on October 4, 2013 by Eline Bochem (Or’Éliya) For three days last week Amsterdam was the epicentre for anyone interested in the relationship between the arts and anthroposophical… Read more “Enchanted Modernities – Some Thought-Forms on the Metaphysical in Art”

Abstract Art & Theosophy  Cunha Alvarenga One cannot deny the occult, magical and satanic influence on the most representative currents of modern art such as Surrealism. Surrealism, according to… Read more “Abstract Art & Theosophy “

VIDEOS     Nicholas Roerich: The Treasures Within  Published: Saturday, 24 September 2011 18:05 Kathleen F. Hall – Canada Nicholas Roerich was a spiritually inspired artist whose… Read more “Nicholas Roerich: The Treasures Within”

A “secret” collection from theosophy.wiki and googles artist’s lists. Books   An interesting blog Theosophy and Art : Art … /quest-magazine/1446 Theosophy and the Emergence of Modern Abstract Artby… Read more “Various links about Art and Theosophy”

Joseph Beuys Pyramidal image 1979       Journal #01 – December 2008 Jan Verwoert The Boss: On the Unresolved Question of Authority in Joseph Beuys’ Oeuvre… Read more “Joseph Beuys”

In this nice Critical introduction we can find an interesting extract about the primal interest of this blog : Theosophy traces in Art.    

Diego Rivera (1886-1957: left, with Vasconcelos) was a Marxist artist who had been exposed to Theosophy during his years in Paris.  Vasconcelos gave to Rivera some of his most important… Read more “Diego Rivera”

Blavatsky-inspired exhibitions Lawren Harris, Hilda Klint, Georgia O’Keeffe, Gaitonde, Oursler Well-received Lawren Harris exhibit, an important Canadian ‘’Group of Seven’’ painter, mentions Theosophical inspiration: By the time… Read more “Georgia O’Keeffe”

Picabia in my opinion started to divert to the othter side very soon, but some of his works at the beginning are still influenced by theosophy. Take… Read more “Picabia”

Paul Klee Senecio Forest Witches Paul Klee was a Swiss-German artist influenced by Theosophy and by the art movements of Expressionism, Cubism, and Surrealism.   Contents 1 Personal life 2 Artistic career… Read more “Paul klee”

A serie of 6 video about Astraction with Mattew Collings. Inside a long explanation about the modern Art’s roots in Theosophy.  

By Jennifer Durrant RA Published 25 February 2015 As Sonia Delaunay’s paintings, textiles and murals come to London, painter Jennifer Durrant. RA explores her vibrant work. From… Read more “Theosophy, Jennifer Durrant. RA on the richness of Sonia Delaunay’s life and art”

First broadcast: Sep 2014. Documentary in which painter and critic Matthew Collings charts the rise of abstract art over the last 100 years, whilst trying to answer… Read more “ART VIEW; HOW THE SPIRITUAL INFUSED THE ABSTRACT”

Theosophy and Art Mme. Blavatsky wrote: Thoreau pointed out that there are artists in life, persons who can change the colour of a day and make it beautiful… Read more “Theosophy and the Emergence of Modern Abstract Art”

Art and Theosophy Helena P. BLAVATSKY considered the art of her time as being already in deep decline. In 1891 she wrote of “the gradual decadence of… Read more “Helena P. BLAVATSKY “the gradual decadence of true art””

Alexander Scriabin Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin (Russian: Алекса́ндр Никола́евич Скря́бин) was a Russian pianist and composer who was much influenced by Theosophy and by the Symbolist movement in the visual arts.… Read more “Alexander Scriabin”

  Biography Ker-Xavier Roussel had Theosophist, mystical or Catholic interests34 and took more to the mystical side of Symbolism, as these paintings by Sérusier show. Born François Xavier… Read more “Ker-Xavier Roussel”

  Gutzon Borglum Letter by Gutzon Borglum about HPB painting Portrait of H. P Blavatsky by Gutzon Borglum John Gutzon de la Mothe Borglum (1867-1941) was an American… Read more “Gutzon Borglum”

The role of Buddhism, theosophy, and science in František Kupka’s search for the immaterial through 1909 Jones, Chelsea Ann Abstract Czech painter František Kupka (1871-1957), who spent… Read more “František Kupka”

Pursuit of an absolute beauty Few people were aware of LUIGI PERICLE’s paintings, since he never exhibited or sold his works after the ’60’s  … Foreword by… Read more “Luigi Pericle”

Mondrian and Theosophy Piet Mondrian (1872-1944) received a strict religious education from his father, a traditional and militant Calvinist. On May 25, 1909, Mondrian abandons the Protestant… Read more “Mondrian”