Inspirations Behind George Antheil’s McKonkey’s Ferry The American Revolution (1765–1783) started as an ideological and political movement until it became a full-blown war against the British. The war started on 19 April 1775 in the Province of Massachusetts Bay, with

Inspirations Behind Aaron Jay Kernis’s Invisible Mosaic Series A mosaic uses small pieces of glass, coloured stone, or ceramic to create a larger pattern or image. First found in Mesopotamia in 3000BC, they spread through the world and can be

Inspirations Behind Simon Holt’s Tauromaquia The Spanish artist Francisco Goya created a series of 33 prints on the theme of bullfighting, La Tauromaquia, and published them in 1816. He was in the middle of working on his series The Disasters

Inspirations Behind John Luther Adams’ The Immeasurable Space of Tones Latvian-American artist Mark Rothko (1903–1970) is best known for his colour field paintings. Colour field was a purely abstract form of expressionism where, unlike abstract expressionism, all references (emotional, mythic,

Inspirations Behind Morton Gould’s Burchfield Gallery The American artist, Charles E. Burchfield (1893–1967), was a watercolour painter with a unique vision, described as both romantic and fantastic. After graduating from the Cleveland Institute of Art in 1916, he found his

Stuart Greenbaum’s Piano Music Inspired by M.C. Escher’s Art Maurits Cornelis Escher (1898–1972), better known by his initials as M.C. Escher, was a Dutch graphic artist who used mathematics and logic to create unforgettable images that puzzle the viewer. His

Inspirations Behind Gerard Schurmann’s 6 Studies of Francis Bacon The Irish-born British artist Francis Bacon (1909–1992) painted the human figure, but often in disquieting images. Many of his subjects, including crucifixions, portraits of popes, self-portraits, and portraits of friends, were

Inspirations Behind Cheryl Frances-Hoad’s Melancholia After the death of his father, Edvard Munch (1863–1944) made a vow in his diary: “There should be no more pictures of interiors, of people reading and women knitting. / There would be pictures of