Do you know which artist created the very first self-portrait depicting themselves at work? Let me introduce you to Catharina van Hemessen. She was...
Anna Ingram 28 September 2022
Sister Plautilla was a Florentine nun and artist who lived in the 16th-century Italy. After centuries of neglect, her work is finally being...
Vithória Konzen Dill 28 September 2022
This year, the Columbus Museum in Columbus, GA, USA, presented two major retrospectives. They shed light on Alma Thomas’ exceptional life and...
Carlotta Mazzoli 27 September 2022
Henry Ossawa Tanner (1859–1937), the first African-American artist who became internationally successful, was known for his beautiful religious...
Alexandra Kiely 27 September 2022
Claude Monet used his beautiful home and garden in Giverny, France, as the inspiration source for many of his paintings. We can all learn from the...
Nina Relf 24 September 2022
The Beng Mealea is a large and mysterious temple in the remote Cambodian countryside – about 25 miles from the main Angkor region near the stone...
Maya M. Tola 20 September 2022
A masterpiece is not solely an artist’s work, it can also be committed by our wonderful Mother Nature. Mountains, beaches, forests and meadows...
Anuradha Sroha 18 September 2022
Sometimes works of art are not objects, but places. Whether an expression of culture, tradition, or personal preference of the residents, there are...
Anuradha Sroha 18 September 2022
Florence Griswold wasn’t an artist or even an art collector, but she was a key figure in American Impressionism. The New York Times even called her...
Alexandra Kiely 15 September 2022
Mona Lisa is the most famous painting in the world. But did you know that she has a twin? Covered with multiple layers of dark and cracked varnish,...
Zuzanna Stańska 14 September 2022
In 1879, Frederic Leighton’s biographer and neighbor (that’s handy, isn’t it?), Mrs. Barrington, noticed “a young girl with a lovely white...
Magda Michalska 13 September 2022
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, was a French painter, printmaker, draughtsman, caricaturist, and illustrator. He produced a collection of provocative...
Zuzanna Stańska 9 September 2022
