In Search of Gods and Mastery: Why One Artist Left Home for the ‘Big Apple’
'I wanted to understand the language of traditional European painting, especially the tradition from the Renaissance,' said Australian artist Andrew Bonneau.
TL;DR
- Andrew Bonneau's art exhibition is on display at Lennox Street Gallery in Melbourne.
- The exhibition features canvasses inspired by Greek mythology, ancient astronomy, and alchemy.
- Bonneau's work aims to replicate the historical pinnacle of Western art with lifelike detail.
- He moved from North Queensland to Melbourne and then to New York to study traditional European painting techniques, especially from the Renaissance.
- One painting is inspired by Renaissance era astronomy and features Marsilio Ficino and Lorenzo Di Medici.