Painter’s Biggest Fear: The Blindness of Claude Monet
The eyes of an artist put to the service of art can reveal to us an unspeakable world that is very present around us. But what does this world, this...
Christopher Michaut 11 August 2025
Artist Stories
Jackson Pollock: The Face of Abstract Expressionism
“Jackson Pollock. Is he the greatest living painter in the United States?” was the question posed in Life Magazine in 1949, marking the...
Ania Kaczynska 11 August 2025
Barnett Newman: A Pillar of Abstract Expressionism
When one thinks of Abstract Expressionism, the name Barnett Newman should pop up immediately. He was a pillar of the movement and his contribution to...
Errika Gerakiti 11 August 2025
Marsden Hartley: An Overlooked Modernist
Marsden Hartley was a ground-breaking modernist, ostracized from the art world at the height of his career. Today he remains sidelined as a...
Louisa Mahoney 7 August 2025
Vincent van Gogh in 10 Paintings: A Journey Through His Art
Vincent van Gogh remains one of the most influential figures in the history of Western art. His life, marked by intense emotions, personal struggles,...
Jimena Aullet 4 August 2025
Jan Matejko in 8 Paintings—The Painter of Polish History
Jan Matejko (1838–1893) is one of the most famous Polish painters. When he was in his 20s, he was twice awarded the gold medal at the World...
Judyta Dąbrowska 1 August 2025
Is This Van Gogh’s One True Love? Sketches of Sien
Vincent van Gogh produced dozens of sketches of his live-in lover Clasina Maria Hoornick, known as Sien. Let's take a look!
Candy Bedworth 31 July 2025
Gustav Klimt and Emilie Flöge—The Everlasting Friendship
Gustav Klimt and Emilie Flöge were inseparable for years. Although it was never proven that there was something romantic between the two of them,...
Zuzanna Stańska 30 July 2025
The Story of an Excessively Electric Friendship Between Van Gogh and Gauguin
People say that you shouldn’t live with your friends because your friendship may deteriorate. The story of the friendship between Vincent van...
Magda Michalska 30 July 2025
The Mystery of Vincent van Gogh’s Photos
Vincent van Gogh famously recorded himself in numerous self-portraits, but he hated photography and supposedly he never sat for a photo as an adult.
Zuzanna Stańska 29 July 2025
Vincent van Gogh’s Last Painting?
In July 1890, Vincent van Gogh painted one of his best-known artworks, Wheatfield with Crows. The painting is on display in The Van Gogh Museum in...
Heather Johnson 29 July 2025
Between Word and Image: The Creative Mind of David Jones
David Jones (1895–1974) was an artist, poet, writer and craftsman; a name synonymous with the Modernist era but one that still remains lesser known...
Guest Author 28 July 2025
