Painting Of The Week: J. A. D. Ingres, Paolo and Francesca
Paolo and Francesca is painting by the French artist Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, produced in seven known versions between 1814 and 1819. The...
Zuzanna Stańska 13 May 2018
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Visit Eugène Delacroix Exhibition at the Louvre with Mr. Bacchus
The early 19th century is a period when France is going through historical changes on all fronts. The anger of the people roars, the streets of Paris...
Christopher Michaut 11 May 2018
Life And The Human Condition Through The Eyes Of Oswaldo Guayasamín
Early Life and Works Oswaldo Guayasamín was born into a humble family in Quito, Ecuador on July 6, 1919, as the oldest of 10 siblings. His father...
Kacper Grass 9 May 2018
An Auction for the Ages: The Art Collection of Peggy and David Rockefeller
Peggy and David Rockefeller were able to dine in their dining room and gaze at Edouard Manet’s ‘La plage à marée basse’ between mouthfuls of...
Howard Schwartz 7 May 2018
Painting Of The Week: Lemminkäinen’s Mother by Akseli Gallen-Kallela
The Finnish National Gallery recently applied an open licence (CC0) to its digital reproductions of out-of-copyright works, joining leading...
Europeana 6 May 2018
The Ups and Downs of the Museo de Arte Moderno in Cartagena, Colombia
The weather was hot, about 90 degrees. The sun was wet and blinding. Men on the street were selling water for a dollar a bottle. Other men were...
Howard Schwartz 30 April 2018
Painting Of The Week: Werner Holmberg’s Road in Häme
The Finnish National Gallery recently applied an open licence (CC0) to its digital reproductions of out-of-copyright works, joining leading...
Europeana 29 April 2018
In Life, In Art, Till Death Do Us Part: The Romance Of Georgina And Lucílio de Albuquerque
Do you like art history and love stories? You’ve come to the right place because here we have both! Today we present the story of love and art...
Rute Ferreira 27 April 2018
The Spirit of Ecstasy – A Story of Goddesses and Secret Affairs
The story of the Spirit of Ecstasy is one to be pulled from the gossip columns of London high society. It involves rich and aristocratic benefactors,...
Candy Bedworth 21 April 2018
Let’s Sing Praises to Song Dynasty Genius Artist Ma Yuan
There’s more to the paintings of Ma Yuan than meets the eye. Ma Yuan, (1160-1225) was a Southern Song Dynasty, Chinese painter from an illustrious...
Barry Russell 18 April 2018
Faceless Women and Fungi – The Art of Ewa Juszkiewicz
How many portraits of faceless women, with fungi in place of their heads have you ever seen? None? Well, until now, that is. Ewa Juszkiewicz,...
Wojtek Rozdzenski 17 April 2018
What Art Has To Do With Politics: Gustave Courbet And The Paris Commune
The painter Gustave Courbet who was the central figure of Realism, is known for his paintings in which he reveals the true lives of peasants and...
Rute Ferreira 16 April 2018
