North American Art

Quiz

QUIZ: How Well Do You Know Georgia O’Keeffe?

Errika Gerakiti 20 June 2026

Women Artists

Clementine Hunter: Painting Black Life from Memory

Clementine Hunter taught herself to paint in her fifities and spent the rest of her life chronicling the Black Southern experience, not with slogans...

Wen Gu 19 June 2026

Contemporary Art

13 Black Folk Artists from the American South

The thirteen self-taught artists below, from Bill Traylor to Nellie Mae Rowe, Thornton Dial to Mary T. Smith, among others, created some of the most...

Adam Oestreich 19 June 2026

Harriet Powers Women Artists

Harriet Powers: A Black Female Folk Artist Who Regained Her Glory

For much of the 20th century, the work of Harriet Powers, an enslaved and later emancipated Black folk artist, was erased from the art historical...

Kristin Urban 19 June 2026

Impressionism

Childe Hassam in 10 Paintings: Discover the American Impressionist

Frederick Childe Hassam (1859–1935) was an American Impressionist known for his city scenes from Boston, New York, and Paris. He was extremely...

Jimena Escoto 18 June 2026

Masterpiece Stories

Masterpiece Story: Madame X by John Singer Sargent

Dear John Singer Sargent, the world has changed substantially since the year 1856 when you were born, however, your legacy has stood enduringly. You...

James W Singer 18 June 2026

Art Travels

Landscape Painters, National Parks, and the American West in Art

The US National Parks are natural and man-made monuments legally set aside for protection and public enjoyment. Yellowstone became the first National...

Alexandra Kiely 16 June 2026

California landscapes Art Travels

Divine Beauty of Landscapes: California on Canvas

The beautiful state of California is home to some of the most geographically diverse topography. This makes for the most breathtaking vistas. It has...

Maya M. Tola 16 June 2026

Women Artists

5 Frida Kahlo Self-Portraits You Need to See

Frida Kahlo’s modern persona evokes images of beautiful flowers, elaborate dresses, and the artist’s famous unibrow. However, her work is much...

Theodore Carter 15 June 2026

Music

Bob Dylan’s Self Portrait (Or Is It?)

“I paint landscapes, I paint nudes / I contain multitudes,” Dylan smokily croons on his contemplative 2020 pastiche, Rough and Rowdy Ways. The...

Guest Author 15 June 2026

Art Travels

10 Things You Must See When You Visit the Frida Kahlo House

Frida Kahlo is the most famous female Latin American artist in history, a politically active feminist, and a cultural icon. After her death, her...

Tom Anderson, Guest Author, 15 June 2026

Masterpiece Stories

Masterpiece Story: Wrestlers by Thomas Eakins

Thomas Eakins was one of the greatest Realist painters of 19th-century America. Wrestlers explores the interesting dynamic between sports and...

James W Singer 14 June 2026