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Masterpiece Story: The Blue Boy by Thomas Gainsborough

Originally titled A Portrait of a Young Gentleman, this iconic painting by Thomas Gainsborough was first presented at the Royal Academy exhibition of...

Maya M. Tola 6 July 2026

Rococo

6 Greatest Rococo Artists You Should Know

Rococo was the major art movement of the 18th century. Its main characteristics are lightness, decorativeness, and subjects from everyday life of the...

Anastasia Manioudaki 6 July 2026

Animals

Thomas Gainsborough and His Dog Portraits

Thomas Gainsborough (1727–1788) was a portrait and landscape painter. During his career, he often painted dogs accompanying his sitters. He always...

Joanna Kaszubowska 6 July 2026

Masterpiece Stories

Masterpiece Story: Grace Dalrymple Elliott by Thomas Gainsborough

The Frick Collection has an amazing ensemble of European masters. For example, works by Vermeer, Fragonard, and Goya grace its walls. Every room has...

James W Singer 6 July 2026

Painting

Our Dad Is an Artist: Thomas Gainsborough’s Daughters

British portrait and landscape painter Thomas Gainsborough had a close and affectionate relationship with his daughters, Mary and Margaret. They were...

Alexandra Kiely 6 July 2026

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Masterpiece Story: Pilgrims Going to Church by George Henry Boughton

Today’s Masterpiece Story is about Pilgrims Going to Church by George Henry Boughton (1833-1905). Even though Boughton grew up in America, he was...

Alexandra Kiely 5 July 2026

The Statue of Liberty, Masterpiece Stories

Masterpiece Story: Statue of Liberty

On a small island just out of New York City’s harbor, Lady Liberty greets anyone arriving in the United States from the Atlantic Ocean. Over the...

Anastasia Manioudaki 5 July 2026

Alma Thomas, Tiptoe Through the Tulips, 1969, acrylic on canvas, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, USA. Detail. Masterpiece Stories

Masterpiece Story: Tiptoe Through the Tulips by Alma Thomas

The style of Alma Thomas has been compared to Byzantine mosaics and the Pointillism of Georges Seurat. However, it firmly belongs to the Washington...

James W Singer 5 July 2026

Masterpiece Stories

Masterpiece Story: American Gothic by Grant Wood

Under the blue sky of Iowa, a man and a woman stand solemnly in front of their house. They are farmers, as suggested by their clothing and the...

Anastasia Manioudaki 5 July 2026

Masterpiece Stories

Masterpiece Story: Washington Crossing the Delaware by Emanuel Leutze

Throughout history, artists have documented grand historical events motivated by national pride, political propaganda, or as a lesson for...

Rachel Witte 5 July 2026

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QUIZ: Can You Guess This Ancient God?

Ania Kaczynska 4 July 2026

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QUIZ: Do You Know These Renaissance Facts?

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QUIZ: How Well Do You Know Gustav Klimt?

Errika Gerakiti 4 July 2026

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QUIZ: When Was This Made? Guess the Century

Ania Kaczynska 4 July 2026

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Feathered Masterpieces: The Ultimate Bird Art Quiz

Candy Bedworth 4 July 2026

Artist Stories

Who Is a Muse? Famous Muses in Art History

In terms of Ancient Greek mythology, the term muse refers to nine daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne, with each daughter having her own attribute, which...

Rachel Witte 3 July 2026

Artist Stories

Joanna Hiffernan: Artist, Model and Whistler’s Muse

Joanna Hiffernan and James Abbott McNeill Whistler met in London in 1861. He instantly fell in love with her striking red hair and outspoken...

Louisa Mahoney 3 July 2026

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European Art

The Most Painted Woman in the World Was Lesbian: Suzy Solidor

Born in 1900, Suzanne Louise Marie Marion, known as Suzy Solidor, was a French artist who sang and acted in movies, but over time she became most...

Pola Otterstein 3 July 2026

Love Story

Flaming June or Dorothy Dene? A Muse of Frederic Leighton

In 1879, Frederic Leighton’s biographer and neighbor (that’s handy, isn’t it?), Mrs. Barrington, noticed “a young girl with a lovely white...

Magda Michalska 3 July 2026

Love Story

Lise Tréhot—The Mysterious Beauty from Renoir’s Paintings

Born into a humble French family, Lise Tréhot (1848–1922) was an artist’s model who posed exclusively for Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841–1919).

Anuradha Sroha 3 July 2026

Sculpture

The Enduring Mystery of the Mesoamerican Chac Mool

The Chac Mool (also spelled chacmool) is a well-known icon of Mexico’s ancient past, yet its meaning and role remains a disputed subject.

Maya M. Tola 2 July 2026

Art Nouveau

Gustav Klimt in 10 Paintings

Gustav Klimt’s lavish gold motifs, intricate patterns, and sensuous nudes were as innovative as they were controversial. Breaking from his...

Theodore Carter, 2 July 2026

European Art

Did Pieter Bruegel Play Dice? The Story of Seemingly Insignificant Detail

Pieter Bruegel The Elder was a prominent Flemish painter of the 16th century, famed for his vivid, often humorous depictions of peasant life and...

Guest Author 2 July 2026

WTF Art History

When Rome Put a Dead Pope on Trial—The Cadaver Synod

In a career that spanned over two decades, Jean-Paul Laurens painted some of French art’s most plaintive historical moments: two young princes...

Guest Author 2 July 2026

Aleksandra Waliszewska, Untitled, 1997-2022, Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw, Poland. Contemporary Art

The Dark Arts of Aleksandra Waliszewska

Rather unsettling, quite macabre, and more than slightly erotic, the paintings and illustrations by Polish artist Aleksandra Waliszewska are...

Marta Wiktoria Bryll 2 July 2026

Painting

The Dog Days Are Coming—10 Beaches in Art for Summer Time

In the Northern Hemisphere, we will soon reach the height of summer. The time between 3 July and 11 August is also known as “the dog days.” And...

Joanna Kaszubowska 2 July 2026

Bizarre

10 Most Scary Paintings

Paintings can represent both real and unreal themes and scary paintings are a mixture of both. Among all the emotions that make up the human psyche,...

Gabriela Hurtado 2 July 2026

Mannerism

The Fantasy World of Giuseppe Arcimboldo’s Portraits

Giuseppe Arcimboldo was the king of Mannerism. If you see a portrait made of plants, vegetables, books, animals and generally speaking, stuff—you...

Zuzanna Stańska 2 July 2026

Artist Stories

Modernist Landscapes of David Milne—Canadian Master of Absence

From early roots in rural Ontario, Canada, to New York City and back again, David Milne was an artist who rarely settled for long. His works span a...

Bec Brownstone 1 July 2026