Zuzanna Stanska

Art Historian, founder and CEO of DailyArtMagazine.com and DailyArt mobile app. But to be honest, her greatest accomplishment is being the owner of Pimpek the Cat.

Stories By Zuzanna Stanska

20th century

10 Facts You Need to Know About Fernando Botero
By Zuzanna StanskaApril 19, 2020
Fernando Botero is a Colombian figurative artist and sculptor. Once you see his art, you will never forget it. He depicts people and figures in large, exaggerated volume. He is considered the most recognized and quoted...
Nature

Ten Classic Art Masterpieces to Welcome Spring
By Zuzanna StanskaApril 18, 2020
Persephone the goddess of vegetation was the beautiful daughter of Zeus and Demeter. Wherever she stepped, flowers would appear and all of the animals would follow her to marvel her beauty. Hades, the lord of the...
Women Artists

Yayoi Kusama and Her World of Polka Dots
By Zuzanna StanskaApril 15, 2020
Yayoi Kusama is a Japanese artist and writer, born in 1929. Well-known for her repeating dot patterns, her art encompasses an astonishing variety of media, including painting, drawing, sculpture, film, performance and immersive installation. It ranges...
Artists' Stories

7 Things You Need to Know About Jean-Honoré Fragonard
By Zuzanna StanskaApril 5, 2020
Before reading on, you should know that Jean-Honoré Fragonard was a Rococo master. One can say that Fragonard was Rococo. The works of this French painter and printmaker are pure exuberance and hedonism. Combined with loose brushstrokes and brilliant...
Love Story

René Magritte: Lovers in Separation
By Zuzanna StanskaMarch 30, 2020
Now, while we are all being asked to practice social distancing, you have probably been bombarded with the paintings of lovers by René Magritte. Magritte’s surreal style is unmistakable, his wit is well-known but his depictions...
Middle Ages

His Majesty Jan Van Eyck and the Optical Revolution – Review
By Zuzanna StanskaMarch 26, 2020
Art history has its superstars: Leonardo da Vinci, Vincent van Gogh, Gustav Klimt. But with the recent $2.4 million, multiyear restoration of panels of one of the world’s most desirable masterpieces, the Ghent Altarpiece and the...
Art State of Mind

The Best of the Best Museums to Visit Virtually on Lockdown (Constantly Updated)
By Zuzanna StanskaMarch 20, 2020
So, we have a pandemic. The world is locked down. The museums are closed. While we should all be staying home, we have prepared a list of the best of the best museums to visit virtually...
Art State of Mind

10 Art Masterpieces to Calm Your Anxiety
By Zuzanna StanskaMarch 19, 2020
Art can be many different things: a snobbery-builder; a boredom-killer. According to some studies, it may even extend your life. It can also simply make you feel better. Here are 10 art masterpieces to calm your...
dailyart

Plague in Art: 10 Paintings You Should Know in the Times of Coronavirus
By Zuzanna StanskaMarch 9, 2020
As the coronavirus is spreading around the globe we want to show you how artists depicted plague in art in times when plagues were really deadly. I know it’s not comforting under current circumstances but actually,...
Painting of the Week

Painting of the Week: Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Landscape with the Fall of Icarus
By Zuzanna StanskaMarch 1, 2020
A ploughman is plowing the lands, a shepherd is watching over his sheep, an angler is fishing. The ships are sailing to unknown lands, a partridge is sitting on the branch of a tree, the sun...