Masterpiece Story: A View of Salisbury from Harnham by John Constable
To celebrate the 250th anniversary of John Constable’s birth, Salisbury Museum is exhibiting a rarely seen A View of Salisbury from Harnham, on...
Catriona Miller 4 June 2026
Romanticism
The Great Vision of Nature: John Constable and William McTaggart
John Constable was captivated by the beauty of nature. However, during his lifetime, his landscapes received mixed reviews. He thought he would never...
Gokce Dyson 29 May 2026
Goya’s Visions of Fear: Witches and Saturn
Three figures hover in the air, their bodies angled downward as they descend upon a limp man below. His arms stretch outward, his body slack, as if...
Frank Schildiner 28 May 2026
The Very Surprising Drawings of Francesco Hayez
The Venetian painter Francesco Hayez is considered a genius of historical Romanticism. In addition to the quality and refinement of his artworks, he...
Rute Ferreira 14 May 2026
QUIZ: How Well Do You Know Romantic Art?
Edoardo Cesarino 18 April 2026
Did Goya Make a Career?
Goya’s paintings are often disturbing and very very dark. It’s because his activity coincided with the last period of the Enlightenment, the...
Magda Michalska 16 April 2026
John Constable in 10 Paintings: Quietly Radical
John Constable’s The Hay Wain has become the embodiment of rural nostalgia: England’s “green and pleasant land” fixed in the dappled...
Catriona Miller 9 April 2026
Somewhere at Sea—Ivan Aivazovsky and His Marine Art
Many artists painted the sea, but only Ivan Aivazovsky was completely devoted to it. Over his long life (1817–1900), he dedicated thousands of...
Elizaveta Ermakova 3 March 2026
J. M. W. Turner in 10 Paintings
If one wanted to impress their friends at dinner with facts about the highly unique painter Joseph Mallord William Turner, I would point them to...
Coleman Richards 16 February 2026
QUIZ: How Well Do You Know J. M. W. Turner?
Sandra Juszczyk 7 February 2026
Masterpiece Story: Whistlejacket by George Stubbs
If you visit London’s National Gallery, you can’t miss Whistlejacket. George Stubbs’ life-size, rearing stallion is visible down a...
Catriona Miller 5 February 2026
