5 Facts You Need to Know About Gustav Klimt
Do you know Gustav Klimt? This Austrian symbolist painter and one of the most prominent members of the Vienna Secession combined highly refined...
Zuzanna Stańska 25 January 2022
Art Nouveau
Art Nouveau: 10 Most Beautiful Buildings in the World
With so many options to choose from, it is hard to narrow down a list of the most beautiful Art Nouveau buildings in the world. So here’s a...
Rachel Witte 25 January 2022
Art Nouveau’s Unsung Female Artists
Art Nouveau, the movement that flourished between 1890 and 1910, developed at the apex of Belle Époque, the period which encouraged modernity and...
Anastasia Tsaleza 25 January 2022
Aubrey Beardsley: Sharp Blacks and Whites of the Victorian Era
Aubrey Beardsley was an extremely talented draughtsman of the Victorian era. As a young boy he suffered from tuberculosis yet decided to live his...
Magda Michalska 25 January 2022
Explore the Unknown World of Klimt’s Landscapes
When you think of Gustav Klimt, what’s the first thing that comes to mind? If you’re like most people, you probably thought of his portraits and...
Alexandra Kiely 18 January 2022
How Did Paris Fall in Love with Ballets Russes?
Ballets Russes was a ballet company founded by the Russian impresario Sergei Diaghilev. No doubt, Ballets Russes made Russian ballet famous all...
Kateryna Martynova 2 January 2022
Best Party Posters of the 19th Century
Are you ready for a crazy party tonight? Although lithography was invented in 1798, at first it was too slow and expensive for poster production.
Zuzanna Stańska 31 December 2021
Alphonse Mucha: Art Nouveau Visionary at North Carolina Museum of Art
Czech-born Alphonse Mucha was one of the most celebrated artists in Paris at the turn of the 20th century. As an influential force behind the Art...
Nicole Ganbold 20 September 2021
Gustav Klimt in the Spotlight: Four Famous Masterpieces
Have you ever looked upon Gustav Klimt’s portrait of The Lady in Gold and wondered why she was so worshipped? What made the artist immortalize...
Guest Profile 28 June 2021
Aubrey Beardsley at Shapero Rare Books: An Interview with Expert, Roddy Newlands
The incredible exhibition, Aubrey Beardsley – Inking the 1890s, nearly 100 years old and in exceptional condition, is on display and for sale...
Isabella Hill 8 June 2021
The Divine Sarah: Sarah Bernhardt, The First Artist Superstar
While we are all familiar with celebrity culture and can recognize all of the Kardashians by their silhouettes, the idea of ‘celebrity’...
Wendy Gray 18 May 2021
Elena Luksch-Makowsky: From St. Petersburg, through Vienna to Hamburg
On the 24th of September, the Belvedere Museum in Vienna opened an in-sight exhibition dedicated to Elena Luksch-Makowsky, a Russian painter and...
Marija Canjuga 16 October 2020
