The Orientalism of Eugène Delacroix – Beware of the Colors!
Eugène Delacroix was a French artist who was seen as the leader of the French Romantic school of art from the beginning of his career. 19th-century...
Zuzanna Stańska 26 April 2023
European Art
Arcimboldo’s Allegories of the Seasons
Giuseppe Arcimboldo’s paintings of the four seasons have been astonishing audiences from the 16th century up to this day. Even though allegorical...
Anastasia Manioudaki 25 April 2023
Everything You Must Know About Suprematism and Kazimir Malevich
This post will be tough because abstraction is tough. And so is often modern art. In this article, I will try to explain a radical Russian...
Zuzanna Stańska 24 April 2023
Suzanne de Court’s Enamel Masterpieces
Suzanne de Court was a French artist who was active at the turn of the 16th and 17th centuries. She focused on the production of enamel pieces with...
Jimena Escoto 24 April 2023
Masterpiece Story: Beat The Whites With The Red Wedge by El Lissitzky
Beat the Whites with the Red Wedge (Клином красным бей белых!) is a 1919 lithographic Soviet propaganda poster by artist Lazar...
Zuzanna Stańska 24 April 2023
Gustav Klimt in the Spotlight: Famous Masterpieces
Have you ever looked upon Gustav Klimt’s portrait of The Lady in Gold and wondered why she was so worshipped? What made the artist immortalize her...
Guest Profile 24 April 2023
From Literature to Canvas: Shakespeare’s Characters in Millais’ Paintings
“To be or not to be, that is the question.” That famous quote probably reminded you of a certain writer, did it not? William Shakespeare,...
Rute Ferreira 23 April 2023
The Art of Ekphrasis: Shakespeare’s Lucrece
It is most common to talk about paintings or sculptures inspired by a piece of literature. Yet, this relationship between arts is not unidirectional.
Jimena Escoto 23 April 2023
An Artistic Tour of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Regardless of the time of the year, Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream is one of the first things that come to mind when the word...
Ledys Chemin 23 April 2023
10 Things You May Not Know About Édouard Manet
Who has not heard of Édouard Manet? The same Manet whose canvas, Le Déjeuner sur L’herbe (or The Luncheon on the Grass), ushered in a new age for...
Ledys Chemin 21 April 2023
Édouard Manet’s Life in 5 Short Facts
Édouard Manet (1832–1883) was a French modernist painter. His paintings have been heavily critiqued and ridiculed by art juries and critics at the...
Ruxi Rusu 21 April 2023
Masterpiece Story: A Bar at the Folies-Bergère by Édouard Manet
A Bar at the Folies-Bergère is considered Édouard Manet’s last major painting. Presented in the Paris Salon of 1882, just a year before the...
Anastasia Manioudaki 21 April 2023
