Painting of the Week
Edward Hopper, Soir Bleu
Loneliness in the crowd. We’re at a café somewhere in France. Seven people...
Animals
‘I’m sick of Portraits’ – Gainsborough and his dogs’ portraits
Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788) was a portrait and landscape painter. During his career,...
Food
Time For Tea in Paintings
October 12, 2018One of the highlights of autumn is that drinking hot drinks is no longer looked down on and ordering a big cup of steaming hot cocoa instead of an ice cold frappe is totally legit. While I was...
NYC Art Critic
The Charles White Retrospective — Only the Beginning
October 11, 2018Charles White was a prolific artist. The retrospective exhibition in the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, which opened on October 7 and will be on display until January 2019, not only demonstrates this; it also...
20th century
Wayne Thiebaud’s Sweet Paintings and Sharon Core’s Take on Them
October 10, 2018For centuries we have seen artists copying others’ work in order to learn how to draw correctly or to find out what style they want to follow. But what if in the 21st-century copying was used for another...
Secession
Gustav Klimt And His Love For Trees In Paintings
October 9, 2018Gustav Klimt, the greatest master of Vienna Secession is known for his golden paintings full of fantastic creatures, rich ornaments and beautiful women (who are often naked). But Klimt had also another, less known side called the Waldschrat–someone...
Mr. Bacchus’ Tours
The Colours of Pablo Picasso
October 8, 2018What’s your favourite colour? Why? Have you ever tried to get to know someone better by asking this question? It can fill an awkward silence in a conversation, and to some, it can reveal a personality trait that allows...
Painting of the Week
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, The Theatre Box
October 7, 2018Entertainments such as cabarets, theatres and the circus were popular themes among the Impressionist painters whose mission was portraying the modern city life. Theatre in Paris was a rapidly expanding industry during the 19th century where it was important to...
Women Artists
First glances and second chances – how I learned to love Elizabeth Frink
October 6, 2018Statues by Elizabeth Frink litter the British landscape. Born in 1930, she was a Dame, a CBE, a Royal Academician and a Companion of Honour. She was lauded throughout her lifetime with hundreds of public commissions. Frink’s work...
20th century
Two Billion Dollars and the Stunning Art Collection of Heidi Horten
October 5, 2018She met her husband in a hotel bar. She was 19, he was 32 years her senior and a founder of the fourth-largest German department store business, Horten AG. They got married, moved to Switzerland and lived together a...
Animals
Every Dog Has Its Day…
October 4, 2018No one will ever be as happy to see you coming back home as your dog. As they are always with us they do deserve their place in art. And they certainly have it, not only as companions...
Ancient Greece
Some Things to Know about the Ancient Greek Stylistic Periods
October 3, 2018There are four general Ancient Greek stylistic periods. Different, note-worthy styles, influences from invading cultures and their lasting effects on the art of Ancient Greece characterize each period. *Below is a generalization of the major Ancient Greek stylistic periods.*...
Cinema
ALL Art In BoJack Horseman We Could Find Gathered In One Place (5th Season Update)
September 13, 2018We love it when pop culture is adopting, using, and remixing art history, and especially when...
20th century
Pablo Picasso And His Women
November 28, 2017Pablo Picasso perhaps the most influential and recognizable painter of the 20th century, is well known...
Ancient Greece
Six Ancient Greek Sculptures Everyone Should Know
October 25, 2016Greek art and sculpture has had a profound effect for art throughout the ages. Many of...
Bodies & Erotic Art
All You Must Know About Japanese Erotic Art, Shunga (18+)
February 16, 2017“Ukiyo-e” pictures, pictures of the “floating world.” are famous among everyone interested in art history. Everyone knows Hokusai’s...
Mr. Bacchus’ Tours
Through the eyes of Claude Monet
September 7, 2018The eyes of an artist put at the service of art can reveal to us an...
Painting of the Week
The Story of Vincent van Gogh’s Bedroom And Its Three Versions
February 24, 2018The Bedroom are among the most famous paintings of Vincent van Gogh. Why “are”? There are three...
Artists' Stories
4 Artists Who Suffered Mental Illness (And How It Affected Their Art)
April 4, 2018The painter Vincent Van Gogh is well-known for his artworks and for a particular aspect of...
20th century
Frida Kahlo And The Symbolism In Her Art
August 8, 2017Frida Kahlo who lived during the first half of the 20th century changed the art history...
Nature
Explore the Unknown World of Klimt’s Landscapes
March 23, 2018When you think of Gustav Klimt, what’s the first thing that comes to mind? If you’re...
Ancient Greece
Greek Mythological Creatures That Combine Female Beauty And Beastly Ugliness
December 8, 2017Gods, goddesses, demigods, horrible monsters and beasts of hybrid forms roam the world of Ancient Greek...
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