Story within a Story in Paula Rego’s World
Paula Rego was probably the most important figure in the narrative British painting. She drew her inspiration from fairytales, myths, animations and...
Magda Michalska 8 June 2022
Paula Rego was probably the most important figure in the narrative British painting. She drew her inspiration from fairytales, myths, animations and...
Magda Michalska 8 June 2022
Paula Rego died on this day, let’s treat this biographic article as a tribute to this accomplished Portuguese-British artist. Discover Paula...
Magda Michalska 8 June 2022
There are very few who dislike strawberries. I love everything about them, from texture, to smell, and taste. Painters also love the way they look,...
Magda Michalska 7 June 2022
The pear has been with us since prehistoric times – dried slices have even been unearthed in Swiss cave dwellings from the Ice Age. In so many...
Candy Bedworth 7 June 2022
Paul Cézanne was widely misunderstood by his contemporaries. This shy man, who was a precursor of Cubism and Fauvism, loved to paint fruit (in art...
Zuzanna Stańska 7 June 2022
View from Kitnæs on Roskilde Fjord by Johan Thomas Lundbye is a masterpiece of 19th century Danish landscape painting. It set a new standard for the...
James W Singer 6 June 2022
Peter Paul Rubens, Caravaggio, Diego Velázquez, Rembrandt van Rijn and Nicolas Poussin – they were the five greatest painters of the 17th century.
Pola Otterstein 2 June 2022
Born in 1900, Suzanne Louise Marie Marion, known as Suzy Solidor, was a French artist who sang and acted in movies, but over time she became most...
Pola Otterstein 2 June 2022
On June 1st, 1925, the World Conference for the Well-Being of Children held in Geneva, Switzerland, proclaimed June 1 to be International...
Magda Michalska 1 June 2022
Sir Joshua Reynolds, the first president of the British Royal Academy founded in 1768, was an exemplary painter. Having traveled to Italy on his...
Magda Michalska 1 June 2022
One of my favorite parts of the Halloween season are the scary and cult classic movies shown on repeat all month long. The fact is, we can actually...
Rachel Witte 31 May 2022
Hold on to your broomstick as we fly through time to check out the delicious and diabolical witch in art history.
Candy Bedworth 31 May 2022