Alec Soth’s American Landscapes and Global Interiors
Alec Soth is a contemporary American photographer who specializes in capturing his native US. Based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, he traveled across all...
Magda Michalska 4 November 2025
Art Movements
Norval Morrisseau, The Picasso of the North
The Picasso of the North, as he was known throughout Europe; Copper Thunderbird, as he was known in the Anishinaabe region of Canada. Whatever...
Adam Oestreich 3 November 2025
Joan Hill’s Artistic Tribute to Her Native American Heritage
On December 19, 1930, in Muskogee, Oklahoma, Joan Hill was born into an influential family of Creek and Cherokee descent. After dabbling in art...
Abreeza Thomas 3 November 2025
Masterpiece Story: Funeral by Frants Henningsen
Funeral by Frants Henningsen is a Danish masterpiece of emotions. It examines the different psychological reactions to love, loss, and...
James W Singer 2 November 2025
Masterpiece Story: Abbey in the Oakwood by Caspar David Friedrich
Sadness and desolation fill this scene like an oppressive melancholy. The sun is dying behind the horizon as fog enshrouds the ground. Skeletal trees...
James W Singer 1 November 2025
Masterpiece Story: The Nightmare by Henry Fuseli
What a horror spectacle! Some dark, irrational forces must be at play here. Henry Fuseli painted The Nightmare in 1781. It is probably his most...
Ruxi Rusu 31 October 2025
6 Shades of Romantic Creepiness in Caspar David Friedrich’s Paintings
Caspar David Friedrich was a master of romantic atmosphere. Gothic ruins, contemplative figures silhouetted against skies and morning mists were his...
Zuzanna Stańska 31 October 2025
Masterpiece Story: Zeuxis Selecting Models for Helen of Troy by Angelica Kauffman
We’re all Angelicamad here! To celebrate the history painter extraordinaire Angelica Kauffman, let’s discuss her take on one of antiquity’s...
Gabrielle Stecher 30 October 2025
Masterpiece Story: Cornelia, Mother of the Gracchi by Angelica Kauffman
Cornelia, Mother of the Gracchi by Angelica Kauffman shows a pretty Roman woman and her three children. But it’s much more than that. It has an...
Alexandra Kiely 30 October 2025
Angelica Kauffman in 10 Paintings
Angelica Kauffman (1741–1807) was a Swiss Neoclassical painter. Despite the prevalent misogyny in the 18th-century art world, Kauffman gained fame,...
Jimena Escoto 30 October 2025
Masterpiece Story: Self-Portrait of the Artist Hesitating Between the Arts of Music and Painting by Angelica Kauffman
Angelica Kauffman was internationally acclaimed during her lifetime as a history and portrait painter. As one of the few women who managed to compete...
Catriona Miller 30 October 2025
Angelica Kauffman—Paintings by the Queen of Neoclassical Art
Swiss painter Angelica Kauffman (1741–1807) was one of the greats amongst the Neoclassical artists. Through her portraits and history paintings,...
Alexandra Kiely 30 October 2025
