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I have visited the famous Prado museum twice. The first time was in 2016 on my visit to Madrid - I wasn’t very impressed with it at that time. I visited again in 2020 when due to Covid, the accessible parts of the museum had been reduced and they had on a special exhibition with limited number of paintings. All the paintings available to view were in one huge hall and its connected rooms, with no photography allowed. I mostly covered the renaissance period and the one before it. I am sharing here some of the paintings that made my head turn. I liked the Cavarozzis, especially the “Holy family with Saint Catherine” . The light on the faces of the people in the painting is just so captivating, you can’t not look at them and be enthralled. And the second one I liked was ‘Sisyphus’ by Titian. The way his body has been shown, showcases his struggle with the unending physical work day after day, in a manner like no other. In the ’The Virgin and the Child’ by Trevisani, the sleeping ...

This article is an incomplete list, of some artists I have encountered while visiting museums (mostly in NY Met and the Prado in Madrid), when I liked some of their paintings and noted it down 😊. I hope to keep updating and adding to this list as I explore more art. Older Artists Juan di Espinosa:  I liked his still life paintings at the Prado museum in Madrid. He painted fruits on a table, like grapes, figs, plums and apples, each one of the fruits appearing life like. As much as I generally don't get drawn to still life paintings, his were different. And I would love to have one in my dining room. You can see these paintings  here , and my favourite of these were Grapes and apple and Octagonal still life . Leonardo Da Vinci: To be honest, I have seen a lot of his paintings, in National Gallery in London, in Florence, Louvre and so on. But I was never drawn to them. When reading his biography though, I understand why he is known as a master. Some of the effec...