The place of Mikhail Vrubel (1856-1910) in Russian art is exclusive and isolated. Legends already began to form around Vrubel during his lifetime. He...
Elizaveta Ermakova 20 January 2022
Jivya Soma Mashe is an internationally acclaimed Warli painting artist. A tribal artist from India, Mashe was known for wonderful Warli paintings,...
Urvi Chheda 7 January 2022
Coping with the difficulties of old age and illness in the years following World War II, Matisse nonetheless produced some of the most vibrant and...
Zuzanna Stańska 29 December 2021
Frans Post has gone down in art history as the first trained landscape painter to work in the Americas. In 1636, as a young man of just 24, he...
Nicole Ganbold 27 December 2021
Can you name some female artists, and from Russia in particular? It’s difficult even for those who are really into art. This article tells the...
Guest Author 10 December 2021
Zinaida Serebriakova (1884–1967) is mostly known for her painting At the Dressing-Table (Self-Portrait). The artist, looking from the...
Elizaveta Ermakova 10 December 2021
You may think that experiences such as forced labor in Siberia, losing the nerves in his dominant arm, or ending up in a refugee camp would have...
Magda Michalska 3 December 2021
Initially known for society portraits, Sir William Orpen (the knighthood came after the end of the war) became an official artist of the First World...
Wendy Gray 11 November 2021
“I am human, and I think nothing human is alien to me”, said Terence, Roman playwright sometime in the 2nd century BCE. I think that art...
Magda Michalska 18 August 2021
For some people, realism is defined by painting what they see. For Luigi Lucioni, it meant painting what he thought was there. Luigi Lucioni’s...
Anthony de Feo 15 August 2021
Jacek Malczewski is one of the most important Polish symbolist painters. Malczewski is associated with the Young Poland movement (Młoda Polska), a...
Magda Michalska 15 July 2021
We spoke to artist Jock McFadyen as he prepares to celebrate his 70th birthday, and awaits the opening of, not one, but four major exhibitions of his...
Candy Bedworth 19 June 2021
