This beautiful painting by Pierre-Auguste Renoir is known under two titles. The first one – Two Sisters (in French: Les Deux Sœurs) was given to...
Zuzanna Stańska 5 August 2024
The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, an all-male artistic fraction active during the second half of the 19th century, has become synonymous today with...
Anastasia Tsaleza 5 August 2024
It’s not surprising that many artists with sisters painted their portraits, especially early in their careers. They were probably easily available...
Europeana 5 August 2024
Augusta Savage was a sculptress whose name is often missing from the list of illustrious Harlem Renaissance artists. Throughout her life, she merged...
Anastasia Tsaleza 5 August 2024
The Mona Lisa is an icon and masterpiece featured in numerous movies, television shows, and music videos. It is famous for being Leonardo da...
Anna Ingram 4 August 2024
Artemisia Gentileschi (1593–1656) was the most accomplished female painter of the Italian Baroque. She specialized in Biblical scenes of strong...
James W Singer 4 August 2024
The Girl with a Pearl Earring is usually the first image that comes to mind when we think of Johannes Vermeer. It has inspired multiple references in...
Soledad Castillo Jara 4 August 2024
The Ambassadors by Hans Holbein the Younger is one of those paintings that we know so well we tend to forget to look closer. It’s like the Mona...
Joanna Kaszubowska 4 August 2024
American sculptor Claire Falkenstein (1908–1997) was highly successful in her days, but today her story rarely resurfaces on the pages of art...
Magda Michalska 2 August 2024
The practice of decorating pieces of glass with the aim of adorning a room seems to originate in the ancient Roman Empire. Later stained glass...
Camilla de Laurentis 2 August 2024
Depictions of the nude figurative form is a time-honored artistic tradition dating back to antiquity. Depending on the period in question, the...
Maya M. Tola 1 August 2024
Rather unsettling, quite macabre, and more than slightly erotic, the paintings and illustrations by Polish artist Aleksandra Waliszewska are...
Marta Wiktoria Bryll 1 August 2024
