Stories By Alexandra Kiely
-
Museums And Exhibitions
John Singer Sargent’s Charcoal Portraits at The Morgan Library
October 10, 2019John Singer Sargent: Portraits in Charcoal opened at The Morgan Library & Museum in New York on October 4th. It is the first-ever museum exhibition to focus exclusively on Sargent’s charcoal portrait drawings. It’s a terrific...
-
Seasons
Welcome Autumn with Jasper Cropsey’s Colorful Landscape Paintings
September 23, 2019Jasper Francis Cropsey (1823-1900) was an American artist of the Hudson River School movement. He is often called “The Painter of Autumn” because of his colorful autumnal landscape paintings. Since today is the first day of...
-
Impressionism
Matilda Browne, a Forgotten Female Impressionist
September 14, 2019Matilda Browne (1869-1947) was a successful artist in the early 20th century, but unfortunately, few people know her name or her art today. Matilda Browne showed promising artistic talent early in her life. Growing up in...
-
Impressionism
Painting of the Week: Edward Henry Potthast, Ocean Breezes
September 8, 2019This week’s Painting of the Week is Ocean Breezes by Edward Henry Potthast. It’s a wonderfully vivid work, showing two girls and their mother caught up in the breeze at the beach. Standing in front of...
-
Impressionism
Florence Griswold – “Patron Saint” of American Impressionism
August 28, 2019Florence Griswold wasn’t an artist or even an art collector, but she was a key figure in American Impressionism. The New York Times even called her the movement’s “Patron Saint”. Florence Griswold (1850-1937) came from an...
-
Middle Ages
“Angel with Attitude”. Grumpy Angel from The Hyde Collection
August 17, 2019Angel is a painting by Niccolò di Ser Sozzo, c. 1350, owned by The Hyde Collection in Glens Falls, NY. This is an unusual depiction of an angel with her* arms crossed. She’s not the serene...
-
Animals
The Medieval Bestiary – Cute, Quirky, and Weird Animals
August 7, 2019Of all the medieval manuscripts, bestiaries are definitely the most fun. A medieval bestiary is a book about animals. It’s full of unusual information and charming illustrations about a variety of creatures. Bestiaries were based on...
-
Baroque
A Secret Revealed in a Dresden Vermeer
July 31, 2019A major German art museum recently revealed an exciting new discovery – a hidden image of a Cupid in Johannes Vermeer’s Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window, 1657-1659. Conservators at the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister...
-
Painting of the Week
Painting of the Week: Nicolas Maes, Young Woman Peeling Apples
July 21, 2019Today’s Painting of the Week is Young Woman Peeling Apples by Nicolas Maes (1634-1693). Maes was a Dutch Golden Age painter who specialized in small-scale domestic scenes and portraits. Like many Dutch genre scenes, this painting...
-
Museums And Exhibitions
A Special Appearance of Leonardo’s Saint Jerome
July 13, 2019A very special painting has just arrived in New York! To honor the five hundredth anniversary of the artist’s death, Leonardo da Vinci’s Saint Jerome Praying in the Wilderness is on loan from the Vatican to...
Trending
-
When The Days Get Too Sunny…
-
Chagall And The Coloured Glass
-
Famous Autumn Paintings Created by Famous Artists
-
Painting of the Week: Giotto, Ognissanti Madonna
-
When Romanticism Meets Eruptions: Volcanoes in Paintings
-
The Black And White World Of Felix Vallotton’s Prints
-
Explore The World Of Medieval Glassmakers At Musee du Cluny
-
10 Most Scandalous Nudes in Art (NSFW)
-
Six Ancient Greek Sculptures Everyone Should Know
-
The Artistic Inspiration of Balenciaga
Female Artists
