In 1998, for the first time ever, Polina Raiko (1928-2004), a 69-year-old woman who had spent almost her entire life as a wife, mother, and farmer,...
Adam Oestreich 2 September 2024
Utagawa Hiroshige’s prints were exported to Europe and became very popular with Western artists. Post-Impressionist painter Vincent van Gogh owned...
James W Singer 1 September 2024
Paul Klee was a “musical” painter, not least because he chose the violin and bow before the brush and easel. Klee’s father was a music teacher...
Craig Wakerley 27 August 2024
There is an undeniable symbiosis between painting and music. The influence of one medium on the other is profoundly apparent in the works of many...
Maya M. Tola 27 August 2024
Roberto Capucci (b. 1930) is an Italian fashion designer. Or maybe he’s a sculptor. It’s difficult to be sure. Capucci’s sculpture dresses make...
Alexandra Kiely 20 August 2024
Cristóbal Balenciaga was “the master of us all,” as Christian Dior said, and “the only couturier in the truest sense of the word,”...
Errika Gerakiti 20 August 2024
Famous Impressionist artist Claude Monet‘s garden in Giverny has been one of the must-see sights for every art lover visiting France. It is a...
Bolor Jargalsaikhan 19 August 2024
Since everybody seemed to enjoy visiting Paris through paintings, why not take a look at London? Just like Paris, London is a popular destination for...
Alexandra Kiely 19 August 2024
Venice is hands down one of the most beautiful cities in the world. Every nook and cranny looks like a theater or a movie set. It is no wonder that...
Anastasia Manioudaki 19 August 2024
Undoubtedly you all have heard of Claude Monet, Auguste Renoir, Alfred Sisley or Edouard Manet. Yet, fewer of you will have heard of Frédéric...
Magda Michalska 19 August 2024
Hudson River School painter Frederic Edwin Church (1826-1900) was a true world traveler. In his lifetime, Church visited the Arctic, Mexico, South...
Alexandra Kiely 19 August 2024
Ford Madox Brown explores the psychological and emotional hardships faced by emigrants in The Last of England. Let us explore a Brown masterpiece.
James W Singer 18 August 2024
