Painting

Quiz

QUIZ: Guess the Art Technique

Ania Kaczynska 18 April 2026

Quiz

QUIZ: Guess the Catholic Saint

Camilla de Laurentis 18 April 2026

Quiz

QUIZ Hats in Art—Whose Hat Is That?

Sandra Juszczyk 18 April 2026

Rococo

Jean-Étienne Liotard Breakfast Scenes

The 18th-century painter, miniaturist, and pastelist Jean-Étienne Liotard is perhaps one of the most eccentric artists of his time. Known for his...

Anna Ingram 17 April 2026

Artist Stories

Edgar Degas in 10 Paintings

Edgar Degas (1834-1917) is one of the most famous painters of his generation. His ballerinas are held in many of the world’s most prestigious...

Jimena Escoto 17 April 2026

Rosalba Carriera, The Allegory of Music, 1712 Bavarian National Museum, Munich, Germany. Wikimedia Commons (public domain). Rococo

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 17 April 2026

Masterpiece Stories

Masterpiece Story: Miss La La at the Cirque Fernando by Edgar Degas

Feats of strength, super flexibility, the ability to hold one’s breath for long periods of time, combine all that with lions, clowns, and a...

Rachel Witte 17 April 2026

Francisco Goya, The Duke of Wellington, 1812-1814, National Gallery, London, UK. (Detail) History

Goya, James Bond, and a Retired Bus Driver—How They Stole The Duke of Wellington

When British agent James Bond, played at the time by a young Sean Connery, enters Dr. No’s secret base, he stops in front of a painting resting...

Javier Abel Miguel 16 April 2026

History

Rotten Royals: 5 Very Bad Kings from History

Portraits of five regal bad boys. We scratch at the paint on the canvas to find the tyranny, treachery and devilish debauchery behind paintings of rotten royals.

Candy Bedworth 16 April 2026

Women Artists

Ginevra Cantofoli—A Baroque Painter from Bologna in 7 Paintings

Ginevra Cantofoli was a Bolognese painter of the Baroque period. Her story speaks to the remarkable power of women supporting one another in the...

Nikolina Konjevod 16 April 2026

European Art

El Greco: The Grandfather of Expressionism

The guide to the Prado Museum describes El Greco as a “philosopher, as an intellectual and as a sensitive and idiosyncratic artist.” It is these...

Wendy Gray 16 April 2026

Painting

The Anti-Painting of Joan Miró

Joan Miró is an artist who is very difficult to categorize. In general, he is considered to be a Surrealist. However, his works show a great...

Errika Gerakiti 16 April 2026