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 Profile 5 December 2024
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 Profile 5 December 2024
Snow. You either love it or hate it. Are you able to picture a fresh snowfall in your mind? Or is it falling outside your window as you read this...
Rachel Witte 5 December 2024
In 1926, filmmaker Hans Cürlis, a pioneer of art documentaries, took this rare footage of the abstract painter Wassily Kandinsky on video. The...
Zuzanna Stańska, Aniela Rybak-Vaganay 4 December 2024
As a visual genius, Wassily Kandinsky revolutionized abstract art and pioneered some of the most influential art movements of the 20th century. His...
Ruxi Rusu 4 December 2024
Wassily Kandinsky – a lawyer turned painter, a painter turned lecturer, a green-fingered man for whom a house with a garden was a curse (as he...
Magda Michalska 4 December 2024
Impressionism is an art movement that originated in France in the 19th century. Artists associated with this movement are known for their dream-like...
Ruxi Rusu 4 December 2024
Wassily Kandinsky painted some of the most beautiful pieces of art in a style that is instantly recognizable. The flurry of lines, colors, and...
Craig Wakerley 4 December 2024
Claude Monet’s Impression, Sunrise is a masterpiece of Impressionism that captures the elusiveness and the impermanence of an autumn...
James W Singer 3 December 2024
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, a leading member of Impressionism, was perhaps the most vibrant painter of color and light in the famous French movement.
Sam Malone 2 December 2024
The Venetian School refers to the painters of the Venetian Renaissance. It developed in Venice in the late 15th century and lasted until around 1580.
Charlotte Stace 2 December 2024
Composition with Red, Blue and Yellow is a golden example of Abstraction, De Stijl, and Constructivism. It purges the art of individual subjects by...
James W Singer 1 December 2024
The style of Alma Thomas has been compared to Byzantine mosaics and the Pointillism of Georges Seurat. However, it firmly belongs to the Washington...
James W Singer 1 December 2024