Welcome Autumn with Jasper Cropsey’s Colorful Landscape Paintings
Jasper Francis Cropsey (1823–1900) was an American artist of the Hudson River School movement. He is often called “The Painter of Autumn”...
Alexandra Kiely 22 September 2025
North American Art
Like a Flame—Jean-Michel Basquiat in 5 Paintings
He started out a couch-surfing throwaway. One day, a painting of his would sell for the highest price ever for an American artist at a public...
Helen Jeffery 18 September 2025
Vision of the Female Artist in the Film Adaptation of Little Women
A tale of sisterhood, friendship, and love, the film adaptation of Little Women from 2019 celebrates art in a number of ways. This is mainly through...
Nina Relf 18 September 2025
Lee Krasner and the Art of Starting Over
Lee Krasner’s name has become much more widely known in recent years, but unfortunately, she is often referred to as the wife of Jackson Pollock.
Candy Bedworth 11 September 2025
The Charming, Witty, Surprisingly Modern Art of Florine Stettheimer
American modernist Florine Stettheimer (1871–1944) created a joyful, Rococo-inspired aesthetic that was all her own. She depicted scenes of life...
Alexandra Kiely 11 September 2025
The Beautiful Portraiture of Cecilia Beaux
Cecilia Beaux (1855–1942) stands as one of the most remarkable American portraitists of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Often compared to...
Alexandra Kiely 11 September 2025
Alice Neel: The Story of Defying Convention
Today, Alice Neel is considered one of the greatest portrait painters of the 20th century. As she usually painted her friends, family, neighbors, and...
Gokce Dyson 11 September 2025
Vinnie Ream: Should a Teenage Girl Sculpt Abraham Lincoln?
Vinnie Ream became the first woman to win a US government commission for a statue in 1866—at the age of 18! She created a life-sized figure of...
Kathie Manthorne 4 September 2025
David Wojnarowicz: Love and Rage in the Time of Cholera
Sex, spirituality, love, and loss – for artist, writer, and activist David Wojnarowicz these were the main subjects of the art he created from the...
Zuzanna Stańska 4 September 2025
