Masterpiece Story: Sympathy by Remedios Varo
Sympathy is a fascinating painting by Catalan artist Remedios Varo. It presents a lady with a cat in a most unusual and Surrealist situation. You...
Alicja Gluszek 4 June 2022
European Art
The Surrealistic World of Dora Maar
The name Dora Maar (1907-1997) reminds most people of Pablo Picasso. But apart from being his muse and lover, she was first and foremost an ambitious...
Michel Rutten 4 June 2022
Leonora Carrington and Her Surrealist Life in Her Own Words
Leonora Carrington (1917-2011) is considered one of the greatest but most neglected British Surrealists. Her life story is a fascinating one: she...
Magda Michalska 4 June 2022
Marion Adnams: A Teacher Who Turned Into a Surrealist
Would you ever suspect one of your teachers to be a painter? Marion Adnams, a modern languages teacher from Derby, England turned out to be a hidden...
Magda Michalska 4 June 2022
5 Greatest Baroque Painters and Their Works
Peter Paul Rubens, Caravaggio, Diego Velázquez, Rembrandt van Rijn and Nicolas Poussin – they were the five greatest painters of the 17th century.
Pola Otterstein 2 June 2022
Gilbert & George – Art and Love at First Sight
In 1967, two young students, Gilbert Prousch and George Passmore, met at Central Saint Martins College of Art in London. It was love at first sight...
Magda Michalska 2 June 2022
The Most Painted Woman in the World Was Lesbian: Suzy Solidor
Born in 1900, Suzanne Louise Marie Marion, known as Suzy Solidor, was a French artist who sang and acted in movies, but over time she became most...
Pola Otterstein 2 June 2022
Famous Painters and Their Children
On June 1st, 1925, the World Conference for the Well-Being of Children held in Geneva, Switzerland, proclaimed June 1 to be International...
Magda Michalska 1 June 2022
These 4 Cute Children by Joshua Reynolds Will Make You Miss Childhood
Sir Joshua Reynolds, the first president of the British Royal Academy founded in 1768, was an exemplary painter. Having traveled to Italy on his...
Magda Michalska 1 June 2022
Double, Double Toil and Trouble: Witches in Art and Modern Media
One of my favorite parts of the Halloween season are the scary and cult classic movies shown on repeat all month long. The fact is, we can actually...
Rachel Witte 31 May 2022
A Dutch Mystery: Jacobus Vrel
Jacobus Vrel is a ghostly figure in art history because, up to this moment, there is almost no official data about him. No record of his existence...
Irina Diana Calu 30 May 2022
Paris Bistro: Iconic Place, Cool Lifestyle, Home for Art
Is there something more iconic for Paris than the bistro (after the Eiffel Tower, of course)? Let’s have a closer look at the artistic...
Camilla de Laurentis 30 May 2022
