The Frieze of Life by Edvard Munch
By 1902, Edvard Munch’s life had seen a pattern of chaos within his professional life, his health, and his love life. While his life had become...
Wendy Gray 8 January 2022
European Art
Hanna Hirsch-Pauli: Friendship Goals and Feminism in the 19th Century Stockholm
Swedish artist Hanna Hirsch-Pauli (1864-1940) is the best known for her genre scenes and portraits. She studied at the painting school of August...
Europeana 8 January 2022
A Journey into the Cosy Danish Painting: Skagen Painters
Situated in the northernmost point of Denmark, the small town of Skagen is a quaint place with a lot of light and great views. As a result, the town...
Merve Parla 8 January 2022
Midsummer – An Old Pagan Tradition in Scandinavian Art
The summer solstice in June is celebrated throughout several cultures. The Scandinavian culture is no exception to that. Initially tied to pagan...
Merve Parla 8 January 2022
All You Need to Know about Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Gian Lorenzo Bernini was a multifaceted artist. He is mostly known as a sculptor and architect, but he was also a painter and a city planner. He...
Vithória Konzen Dill 6 January 2022
Epiphany Quizzed: What Do You Know?
Epiphany had been a popular subject in painting already in the Middle Ages, yet it became a topos during the Renaissance when each respected painter...
Magda Michalska 6 January 2022
Masterpiece Story: Breakfast of Birds by Gabriele Münter
Gabriele Münter (1877-1962) was a German Expressionist painter born in Berlin and most known for her landscapes and use of color. She developed a...
Heidi Werber 5 January 2022
Max Ernst and Birds: A Relationship Explained through Paintings
Max Ernst (1891–1976) was a prolific German avant-garde artist. He was a pioneer in the early 20th century movements of Dada and Surrealism and...
Anastasia Tsaleza 5 January 2022
The Portrait of Rome’s Decline: Bust of Decius
The turmoil of Rome’s decline in the 3rd century enclosed the 21-month reign of Decius. His tenure as emperor was not exceptionally short for the...
Guest Profile 4 January 2022
How to Identify a Roman Emperor by His Beard
How many times have you walked into a museum full of statues or busts and not been able to tell one ancient sculpture from another? It can be...
Lauren Dorsey 4 January 2022
Painting the Fall of the Roman Empire
After many centuries, we are still wondering why the Roman Empire disappeared. There are many theories that try to explain it: wars, ideological...
Celia Leiva Otto 4 January 2022
When Literature Meets Painting…
Have you ever been so in love with a scene from a book that it made you think (perhaps out loud): “Well that would make a perfect painting”?...
Yahya Bensouda 3 January 2022
