"I am a Mediterranean painter" - Cy Twombly Welcome to Episode #125: In 1952 Robert Rauschenberg photographed his friend and fellow artist Cy Twombly standing with a thin notebook next to Constantine’s colossal hand while on holiday in Rome. They were together on a traveling arts scholarship. They traveled extensively for months in Italy and North Africa. Five years later Cy Twombly moved from America to live in Rome, Italy. Cy Twombly (1928-2011) made a life in Rome as an artist. He ke...
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"I am a Mediterranean painter" - Cy Twombly Welcome to Episode #125: In 1952 Robert Rauschenberg photographed his friend and fellow artist Cy Twombly standing with a thin notebook next to Constantine’s colossal hand while on holiday in Rome. They were together on a traveling arts scholarship. They traveled extensively for months in Italy and North Africa. Five years later Cy Twombly moved from America to live in Rome, Italy. Cy Twombly (1928-2011) made a life in Rome as an artist. He ke...
"The brittle crust off the present fractures; my feet sink into the quicksand of antiquity" - Anthony Doerr, Four Seasons in Rome Welcome to Episode #114, A spontaneous moment sipping an Aperol Spritz sitting at a caffe/wine bar on the corner of a busy side street close to Via Nazionale has me musing over some beautiful moments in Rome, purely sunny days full of grand adventures, being lost but absolutely happy in Italy… Find all Shownotes at michellejohnston.life My book: In the ...
A Writer In Italy - travel, books, art and life
"I am a Mediterranean painter" - Cy Twombly Welcome to Episode #125: In 1952 Robert Rauschenberg photographed his friend and fellow artist Cy Twombly standing with a thin notebook next to Constantine’s colossal hand while on holiday in Rome. They were together on a traveling arts scholarship. They traveled extensively for months in Italy and North Africa. Five years later Cy Twombly moved from America to live in Rome, Italy. Cy Twombly (1928-2011) made a life in Rome as an artist. He ke...