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Fritz 19 presents Chess Art

12/8/2023 – In painting, each style has distinctly recognizable characteristics in form, color, light, and technique. The subjects of paintings are a reflection of their respective times. The series Chess Art on cards.chessbase.com, depicts all chess pieces in 14 different paintic styles. Take a look at the pictures, and become an art connoisseur in no time.

Chess and art in Hoogeveen

10/20/2015 – Last weekend the 19th Hoogeven Chess Festival began. Most visitors come to watch the strong players in action, but they also got to see an exhibition of the Dutch painter Tjerk Zijlstra. In his works he makes use of the Lewis chessmen, and is inspired by studies by Richard Réti. Tjerk describes the artistic, philosophical, and spiritual motifs of his paintings. A study of chess and art.

Chess Art Festival in Mayfair

7/5/2014 – A professional jazz singer who has made her name as a chess artist, Nette Robinson, was the centre of a special chess festival staged by Purling London, a company that sells unique hand-painted chess sets. There was a blitz tournament, a simultaneous exhibition and an unusual Chess Basque Championship, in which the opponents have to play two simultaneous games.

Chess Portraits: Breathtaking Art

10/31/2013 – The talented Italian portrait photographer Francesco Ridolfi has embarked in a new adventure. His new series, called Chess Portraits, attempts to humanize the different pieces of the chess board and the result is an absolutely spectacle photo-shoot. The artist himself brings us his impressions and we bring you the images he worked so hard for and a video of the entire process.

Schaakkunst – Chess Art Exhibition in Druten

10/19/2013 – Once again the town of Druten in The Netherlands is paying host to an exposition of chess paintings and artifacts – "Schaakkunst" in Dutch. They include new works and new artists, fourteen in all, who have produced a wide variety of realistic and surrealistic objects, most of which you can buy in the online chess shop. We bring you some sample paintings that make for a visual treat.
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