Kyra Nijinsky: Portrait of a Dancer
Kyra Nijinsky was a Russian ballet dancer and the daughter of the famous Vaslav Nijinsky. She was painted by Oswald Birley in 1935 and we are pleased...
Klaudia Zelazowska 2 January 2022
Art Forms
How Did Paris Fall in Love with Ballets Russes?
Ballets Russes was a ballet company founded by the Russian impresario Sergei Diaghilev. No doubt, Ballets Russes made Russian ballet famous all...
Kateryna Martynova 2 January 2022
Ring Out the Old, Ring In the New—New Year Traditions Around the World
New Year’s is the last holiday of the old year, the first holiday of the new year and, as such, humans have been marking it for longer than we...
Ledys Chemin 1 January 2022
Best Party Posters of the 19th Century
Are you ready for a crazy party tonight? Although lithography was invented in 1798, at first it was too slow and expensive for poster production.
Zuzanna Stańska 31 December 2021
Did You Know That Henri Matisse Went to Morocco?
The first things that come to one’s mind when one thinks of Henri Matisse are France, Fauvism, raw shapes, and colors. But never Morocco! Why not?...
Yahya Bensouda 29 December 2021
Masterpiece Story: Henri Matisse, Harmony in Red
Sergei Shchukin once said “If a picture gives you a psychological shock, buy it. It’s a good one.” And the Matisse painting I would like to...
Zuzanna Stańska 29 December 2021
Why Was Matisse Obsessed with Goldfish?
Goldfish here, goldfish there, in a bowl, in a tank, on a table, by the window, goldfish everywhere. Having been looking at Henri Matisse’s...
Magda Michalska 29 December 2021
Suzanne Valadon: Model, Painter, Rebel at the Barnes Foundation
In Suzanne Valadon: Model, Painter, Rebel, the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia, PA, shows how Valadon transitioned from an in-demand model to a...
Lauren Kraut 27 December 2021
The Book Of Change: Images to Inspire Revelations and Revolutions
Stop shopping! I have the answer to all your seasonal present buying dilemmas right here. The Book Of Change. Images and Symbols to Inspire...
Candy Bedworth 27 December 2021
Frans Post, First Landscape Painter of the Americas
Frans Post has gone down in art history as the first trained landscape painter to work in the Americas. In 1636, as a young man of just 24, he...
Nicole Ganbold 27 December 2021
The 12 Days of Christmas
In the spirit of the festive season, our gift to you is the 12 days of Christmas retold in artworks. The Twelve Days of Christmas is a carol with...
Isla Phillips-Ewen 22 December 2021
Faith and Art: The Religious Art of William Hole
I invite you to take a closer look at a great Scottish etcher, muralist, and illustrator, William Hole (1846-1917) whom I discovered by chance when I...
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