Masterpiece Story: The Bathers by Paul Cézanne
When little Paul was born on 19th January 1839 nobody could expect that he will revolutionize painting with developing a unique style and influence a...
Kate Wojtczak 20 January 2019
Painting
The Crazy and Colorful World of Florine Stettheimer’s Paintings
For an art-viewing experience unlike any other, enjoy the paintings of Florine Stettheimer (1871-1944). The daughter of a wealthy German-Jewish...
Alexandra Kiely 21 December 2018
The Majestic Paintings of Eugène Delacroix at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
The rooms were dimly lit and majestic, and the paintings of Eugène Delacroix were larger than life. The Metropolitan Museum presented these...
Howard Schwartz 12 November 2018
Harvest Home. Five Most Beautiful Depictions of Harvest in Art
The leaves are falling here in Wales. The last of the fruit and veg is being taken in, and the nights are getting darker. In the pagan calendar, both...
Candy Bedworth 5 November 2018
Masterpiece Story: Autumn Effects at Argenteuil by Claude Monet
Claude Monet painted Autumn Effects at Argenteuil in late 1873, which was the moment when the Impressionist movement started to roar on the Paris art...
Zuzanna Stańska 21 October 2018
Chagall’s Artistic Battle with Malevich and the Forces of Suprematism
Marc Chagall and Kazimir Malevich have much in common. Both were artists. Both were deeply affected by the Russian Revolution. Almost everything is...
Howard Schwartz 19 October 2018
Wayne Thiebaud’s Sweet Paintings and Sharon Core’s Take on Them
For centuries we have seen artists copying others’ work in order to learn how to draw correctly or to find out what style they want to follow.
Helena Pereira 10 October 2018
Advancing Women Artists Foundation – Rediscovering Female Artists in Florence
The Advancing Women Artists foundation (AWA) is a group that aims to restore female artists to the world. Founded by Jane Fortune after a trip to...
Alexandra Kiely 27 September 2018
Everything You Must Know About Pont-Aven School
The year 1886 was a turning point for Paul Gauguin’s career as a painter. That was the year when the village of Pont-Aven in Brittany, France,...
Zuzanna Stańska 21 September 2018
Giacometti’s ‘Final Portrait’
The movie ‘Final Portrait’ is a faithful rendition of the book by James Lord, ‘A Giacometti Portrait.’ The book was published in 1965, a year...
Howard Schwartz 19 September 2018
Egon Schiele, Edith with Striped Dress, Sitting
Edith Harms, the future wife of Egon Schiele, lived with her sister, Adele and their parents across the street from Schiele’s studio at the...
Zuzanna Stańska 19 August 2018
Seven Errors Game with Lucas Cranach the Elder
Do you like games? Your mission in today’s game is to identify seven differences between the artworks of Lucas Cranach the Elder that I chose...
Rute Ferreira 22 June 2018
