Let’s Talk about Courbet’s Origin of the World
In the 19th century, the display of the nude body underwent a revolution – and a massive critique. Gustave Courbet, one of the main scandalous...
Zuzanna Stańska 17 July 2024
In the 19th century, the display of the nude body underwent a revolution – and a massive critique. Gustave Courbet, one of the main scandalous...
Zuzanna Stańska 17 July 2024
The painter Gustave Courbet, a central figure of Realism, is known for his paintings in which he reveals the true lives of peasants and ordinary...
Rute Ferreira 17 July 2024
Who nowadays doesn’t appreciate Gustave Courbet‘s striking realism? We all do, but as happens with many geniuses, Courbet was not appreciated by...
Magda Michalska 17 July 2024
In the 19th century, French painter and rebel Gustave Courbet generated outrage with his scandalous nudes. What exactly was so scandalous about his...
Kelly Hill 17 July 2024
Gustave Courbet, the enfant terrible of French 19th-century art, did everything he could to save himself in the memory of the contemporary art...
Zuzanna Stańska 14 July 2024
Rosa Bonheur’s paintings are some of the most acclaimed depictions of animals in Western art history, making her one of the most important...
Jimena Escoto 26 June 2024
Rosa Bonheur was one of the most famous European artists of the 19th century, and she was definitely the most celebrated female artist of her time.
James W Singer 26 June 2024
Edward Hopper (1892–1967) was one of the greatest painters to ever come out of the United States. A leading painter of American Realism and modern...
Sam Malone 24 June 2024
The National Museum in Warsaw is one of the largest museums in Poland and boasts an extensive art collection. Among its body of works is The Death of...
James W Singer 17 June 2024
Edward Hopper was one of America’s most celebrated artists, renowned for delving into themes of loneliness and isolation in both urban and...
Nikolina Konjevod 13 June 2024
In the late 1920s and early 1930s, the Great Depression wreaked havoc on the world, especially in the United States. In 1933, Franklin D. Roosevelt...
Sam Malone 1 May 2024
The Industrial Revolution brought fundamental and irreversible social changes. But what was its influence on art and artists? Discover works by...
Europeana 1 May 2024