Rosalba Carriera: The Accomplished Pastellist
Do you know the great Rococo portraitist Rosalba Carriera? She was one of the most famous painters of the early 18th century. Carriera became known...
Maia Heguiaphal 26 March 2025
Art Forms
Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun and Amazing Women in Her Portraits
Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun and women in her portraits should be a reference for every art-lover. The French painter – also known as Madame Le Brun...
Pola Otterstein 26 March 2025
Slava Raškaj: The Story of a Deaf Impressionist
In the final years of the 19th century, the art scene in Zagreb, Croatia, was pretty vibrant. The various ideas that circulated among artists...
Lana Pajdas 25 March 2025
Olga Boznańska: The Uneasy Story of a Polish Painter
Olga Boznańska was one of the most famous Polish female painters. Her multiple portraits of fragile women and children are permeated with notes of...
Magda Michalska, Aniela Rybak-Vaganay 25 March 2025
Masterpiece Story: Portrait of Elizabeth I
The portrait of Elizabeth I is attributed to the workshop of Nicholas Hilliard and showcases the queen in her sixties. Similar to other images of...
Anna Ingram 24 March 2025
The Cabbage Chronicles: From Still Life to Surreal Dreams
Cabbage—it’s not just for coleslaw and questionable soups. This leafy legend has been making waves in art history for centuries, captured in...
Joanna Kaszubowska 24 March 2025
10 Amazing Annunciation Paintings
Painting the Christian Annunciation through time. How artists represented the announcement of a virgin birth to Mary.
Candy Bedworth 24 March 2025
Dressed in Power: Portrait of Eleanor of Toledo by Agnolo Bronzino
The best-known image of Eleanor of Toledo features also one of the most beautiful dresses in art history. Don’t be too distracted by the beauty of...
Vithória Konzen Dill 24 March 2025
Masterpiece Story: The Phoenix Portrait of Elizabeth I
One of the most famous depictions of Elizabeth I is Nicholas Hilliard’s Phoenix Portrait, depicting the Queen with a pendant shaped like a mythical...
Guest Author 24 March 2025
Vibrant Colors and Eccentric Designs of the 1980s—The Iconic Memphis Group
Heard of the Memphis Group? This international group of designers and architects met in Milan, Italy, one day to develop a new design style. It...
Magda Michalska 24 March 2025
Queen Elizabeth I – Portraits of the Last Tudor
Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603) was the only surviving child of King Henry VIII of England and his second wife Anne Boleyn. Being a girl was hard...
Sarah Mills 24 March 2025
Royaltastic Queens: Women Who Fought the Patriarchy and Won!
Follow us on a short historical tour of thriving royal women across Europe who enjoyed power and success on their own terms. How we measure royal...
Candy Bedworth 24 March 2025
