The Best of Dutch Still Life: 6 Famous Painters
In the art world, it is commonly agreed upon that still life painting as a genre rose in the Northern and Spanish Netherlands in the last quarter of...
Irina Diana Calu 14 August 2021
European Art
The Dutch Master of Selfies: Rembrandt’s 6 Magnificent Self-Portraits
Rembrandt van Rijn, one of the greatest painters and printmakers in European art, was born 415 years ago in Leiden, Netherlands. Today, people take...
Zuzanna Stańska 15 July 2021
Masterpiece Story: Flaming June by Sir Frederic Leighton
Most of us probably see gray skies and rainy weather in the windows. We have prepared a story about this truly warm painting that can leave you in...
Joanna Kaszubowska 27 June 2021
Most Beautiful Royal Weddings in History — Commissions by Queen Victoria
Alexandrina Victoria ascended to the throne at the young age of 18 and reigned as Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, of Great Britain and Ireland,...
Maya Tola 25 June 2021
Beautiful Chinese Porcelain in Dutch Still Lifes
Chinese culture has always been an object of European fascination – in art history, we see it in paintings, ornaments, architecture, fashion, and...
Nicole Ganbold 17 June 2021
Tombs of Leonardo Bruni and Carlo Marsupini: Strikingly Similar or Substantially Different?
In the 15th century, Florence underwent a cultural and artistic peak without parallel, architecture, painting, and sculpture were at their height.
Guest Profile 14 June 2021
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 5 June 2021
Lili Elbe – The First Transgender Female Artist
Lili Elbe – born Einar Wegener – was a Danish landscape painter of the early 20th century who later in life became a transgender woman. She was...
Pola Otterstein 4 June 2021
Power, Victory, Glory, and Death: Titian’s Art in Venice
Titian was the most famous painter of the Renaissance in Venice. Even during his lifetime the artist had been acclaimed as the greatest painter of...
Alina Manevskaya 30 May 2021
The Elephant in the Church and Other Curious Stories of Venice
With its maze of narrow streets, bridges, and canals linking its splendid architecture and art, Venice is beautiful. It is worth exploring and a...
Marina Kochetkova 27 May 2021
Venice in the Eyes of Claude Monet
Claude Monet fell in love with Venice the first time he saw it. He was 68 years old, and he went on a trip with his wife, Alice Hoschedé. The light...
Zuzanna Stańska 27 May 2021
Thomas Becket: The Imagery of an Unexpected Saint
A controversial figure, no one among his contemporaries would ever have assumed that Thomas Becket, adviser to King Henry II, and later Archbishop of...
Stephanie Skenyon 14 May 2021
