Masterpiece Story: Whistler’s Mother by James McNeill Whistler
Whistler’s 1871 painting Arrangement in Grey and Black No 1 might not sound familiar. As Whistler’s Mother, on the other hand, it has entered...
Catriona Miller 11 May 2025
Art Forms
Masterpiece Story: Reclining Mother and Child II by Paula Modersohn-Becker
Does any image say primal love more than this powerful painting by Paula Modersohn-Becker? It is an artwork that includes not just children but also...
Candy Bedworth 11 May 2025
Masterpiece Story: Cornelia, Mother of the Gracchi by Angelica Kauffman
Cornelia, Mother of the Gracchi by Angelica Kauffman shows a pretty Roman woman and her three children. But it’s much more than that. It has an...
Alexandra Kiely 11 May 2025
Famous Chairs That Changed the Way We Sit
Apparently sitting is the new smoking and it will slowly kill us all. But given our current reality, we don’t have that much choice about it. One...
Joanna Kaszubowska 11 May 2025
Masterpiece Story: Queen Mother Idia of Benin
Africa is a beautiful continent filled with sweeping landscapes and mighty rivers. Its history is filled with great kingdoms and large empires. Its...
James W Singer 11 May 2025
Mary Cassatt: Motherhood in 5 Paintings
Mary Cassatt was the only American painter who exhibited with the Impressionists. Although she never married or had children of her own, she is best...
Ruxi Rusu 9 May 2025
Mothers Who Became Muses: Portraits of Artists’ Mothers
Every great person has a prominent woman standing behind them, and that is true as every remarkable person was a child once. The woman standing...
Valeria Kumekina 9 May 2025
Painting Parenthood—7 Children Depicted by Their Famous Mothers
Is it possible to combine art and motherhood? This question never seems to go away. There is no denying that female artists do have a gendered...
Candy Bedworth 9 May 2025
Mothers in Art: Celebration of Mother’s Day
Mother’s Day has been celebrated in many cultures since antiquity with varying names and rituals. The modern celebration of Mother’s Day started...
Maya M. Tola 9 May 2025
Mela Muter—Accomplished Portraitist and Devoted Mother
Although in her day she was most famous for portraying the members of the Parisian Boheme, Mela Muter was deeply fascinated with capturing the...
Magda Michalska 9 May 2025
