Art Forms

Rembrandt van Rijn, Saskia van Uylenburgh as Flora Masterpiece Stories

Masterpiece Story: Saskia as Flora by Rembrandt

Rembrandt van Rijn married Saskia van Uylenburgh in 1634. They were together for only eight years before she died after childbirth, probably from...

Catriona Miller 11 January 2026

Georges de La Tour, The Fortune Teller Masterpiece Stories

Masterpiece Story: Fortune Teller by Georges de La Tour

The Fortune Teller is one of Georges de La Tour’s early masterpieces. The Baroque oil painting, once questioned by the Louvre Museum for its...

Anna Ingram 11 January 2026

Masterpiece Stories

Masterpiece Story: Children Eating Grapes and a Melon by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo

Children Eating Grapes and a Melon, currently located in the Alte Pinakothek, is one of the most famous paintings by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo. This...

Vithória Konzen Dill 11 January 2026

Masterpiece Stories

Masterpiece Story: Young Bacchus by Mary Beale

Mary Beale is a rarity: a prolific, well-documented, successful, 17th-century woman artist. Her painting of Young Bacchus perfectly illustrates how...

Catriona Miller 11 January 2026

Quiz

QUIZ: How Well Do You Know the Impressionists?

Candy Bedworth 10 January 2026

Tatsuya Tanaka, Spoon Pool, 2024, MINIATURE CALENDAR Asian Art

10 Miniature Sculptures by Tatsuya Tanaka to Brighten Your Day

Japanese miniature craftsmanship has been evolving for the past couple of centuries. Their love for scaled-down everyday objects gained the interest...

Sandra Juszczyk 9 January 2026

Design

The Miniature Rooms of Narcissa Niblack Thorne

The Thorne miniature rooms are the brainchild of Narcissa Thorne, who crafted them between 1932 and 1940 on a 1:12 scale. Incredibly detailed and...

Maya M. Tola 9 January 2026

Surrealism

10 Most Famous Rayographs by Man Ray

Man Ray is one of the most famous artists of the 20th century! Here, I would like to pay tribute to his rayographs and the inspirations he drew from...

Errika Gerakiti 8 January 2026

Vassily Kandinsky, Bleu de ciel, 1940, Musée National d'Art Modern, Paris, France (Detail) Masterpiece Stories

Masterpiece Story: Sky Blue by Wassily Kandinsky

As Europe burned during WWII, Wassily Kandinsky, who had fled Nazi Germany in 1933, lived as a recluse in his Neuilly-sur-Seine apartment. In that...

Javier Abel Miguel 8 January 2026

Elizabeth Blackadder, Fred Black and White Cat, 1995 Cats

Elizabeth Blackadder’s Cozy Cats

The delicate cat paintings of Scottish artist Elizabeth Blackadder are an absolute delight. Take a closer look at her feline friends!

Candy Bedworth 8 January 2026

Women Artists

A House of Their Own: The Red Rose Girls

In an old house in Philadelphia at the turn of the 20th century, four women made their home and their art together. Three decades before Virginia...

Guest Author 8 January 2026

Painting

Fireplace Coziness in Art for Chilly Winter Nights

Have you ever heard of Hygge? It’s a Danish and Norwegian word used to describe a feeling of coziness. Inspired by this beautiful word, I...

Magda Michalska 8 January 2026