Lili Elbe – The First Known Transgender Female Artist
Lili Elbe – born Einar Wegener – was a Danish landscape painter of the early 20th century and the first known transgender woman in arts. She was...
Pola Otterstein 11 October 2023
Lili Elbe – born Einar Wegener – was a Danish landscape painter of the early 20th century and the first known transgender woman in arts. She was...
Pola Otterstein 11 October 2023
The image of Frida Kahlo has become very popular in our society: we can find her face or artworks on colorful and bright t-shirts, earrings, cups,...
Arianna Richetti 10 October 2023
Post-Impressionist Vincent van Gogh is as famous for his mysterious death as for his iconic and expressive use of line and color. Did unbridled...
Candy Bedworth 10 October 2023
It took Horace Pippin 43 years to complete his first oil painting. Why so long? Because poverty, hard physical work, war, and disabilities got in his...
Magda Michalska 10 October 2023
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 9 October 2023
We are all dreaming of summer holidays, long walks along beaches, toes in the sand, and the sound of the waves crashing against the shore. Perhaps...
Charlotte Stace 7 October 2023
Would you ever suspect one of your teachers to be a painter? Marion Adnams, a modern languages teacher from Derby, England turned out to be a hidden...
Magda Michalska 5 October 2023
Corita Kent was an artist, an educator, and a Roman Catholic nun. She created bold, colorful pop art posters to confront social injustice. Corita...
Candy Bedworth 5 October 2023
September and October are the months when students return to school or university. The experience of education and our memories of it are shaped by...
Magda Michalska 5 October 2023
Caravaggio was a great artist, no doubt about it, but he was also rowdy. An early published notice on him, dating from 1604 and describing his...
Zuzanna Stańska 28 September 2023
They fell in love while playing chess and stayed together for the rest of their lives. Read about the relationship between the famous German...
Magda Michalska 28 September 2023
There is no doubt that when we think of Mark Rothko (1903 – 1970), we picture his large, abstract canvases with representations of human...
Zuzanna Stańska 25 September 2023