QUIZ: Contemporary Art Masterpieces
Carlotta Mazzoli 13 September 2025
Art Movements
QUIZ: How Well Do You Know Salvador Dalí?
Joanna Kaszubowska 13 September 2025
Atala: The Tragedy That Transcended Pages
In the 19th century, Europeans went crazy for one story: Atala, or the Story of Two Lovers in the Desert. It is a novel by René de Chateaubriand...
Jimena Escoto, Guest Author 12 September 2025
Cupid and Psyche: Love Story Through Sculpture
Cupid and Psyche, mythological characters immortalized in Metamorphoses by Apuleius, have been inspiring artists through the centuries. Sculptors...
Valeria Kumekina 12 September 2025
Medieval Love Story: King Pedro and Inês de Castro
Every country has its legends and fairytales, and Portugal is no exception. One of the most well-known Portuguese tales is a love story about King...
Helena Pereira 12 September 2025
5 Portraits by Paul Cézanne You Have Probably Never Seen Before
Paul Cézanne is mostly associated with still-lifes. Characteristic square apples and oranges laid on the tables with kicked perspective are...
Zuzanna Stańska 11 September 2025
Lee Krasner and the Art of Starting Over
Lee Krasner’s name has become much more widely known in recent years, but unfortunately, she is often referred to as the wife of Jackson Pollock.
Candy Bedworth 11 September 2025
Joan Mitchell: An American in France
Who hasn’t dreamt of moving to Paris at some point in their life? The city where the Impressionists started their careers in the picturesque...
Aniela Rybak-Vaganay 11 September 2025
The Beautiful Portraiture of Cecilia Beaux
Cecilia Beaux (1855–1942) stands as one of the most remarkable American portraitists of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Often compared to...
Alexandra Kiely 11 September 2025
Alexandre Cabanel in 10 Paintings—Master of French Academic Painting
Alexandre Cabanel rose to fame for his historical, classical, and religious subjects, all executed in the refined style of French academic painting.
Errika Gerakiti 10 September 2025
An Orientalist from the Orient: Theodoros Rallis
Not every Orientalist painter journeyed to the Orient or the Levant to observe and interact with the socio-cultural fabric they intended to portray...
Erol Degirmenci 10 September 2025
Masterpiece Story: Birth of Venus by William-Adolphe Bouguereau
The Birth of Venus is probably the most famous painting by William-Adolphe Bouguereau, and it is considered a masterpiece of French Academic...
James W Singer 10 September 2025
