Artist Stories

Artist Stories

The Actor Who Is About To Play Leonardo da Vinci Revealed

We have two news for you. One – it’s going to be a new book about Leonardo da Vinci. Written by Walter Isaacson (who is a master of...

Zuzanna Stańska 27 August 2017

Artist Stories

The Tragic Tale Of The Gierymski Brothers

It is rare to see two siblings as talented and successful – and on the same artistic level – as the Gierymski brothers were, and their...

Pola Otterstein 19 August 2017

Artist Stories

Salvador Dali’s Body To Be Exhumed For Paternity Test

A Spanish court has ordered the remains of Salvador Dalí to be exhumed in an attempt to extract DNA for a paternity claim from a woman born in...

Zuzanna Stańska 4 July 2017

Artist Stories

“It was all so ugly”: The Tragedy of John Currie and Dolly Henry

The lives of artists are a constant source of fascination and the life of Staffordshire born artist of John Currie must rank amongst the highest.

Wendy Gray 18 June 2017

Artist Stories

We Are Looking For Writers!

If you love art history… Love writing… Read DailyArtDaily.com and like what we do… We are looking for contributors! It...

Zuzanna Stańska 13 June 2017

Artist Stories

Happy Mother’s Day! Famous Mothers in Art

Mummy, Mama, Mom, Mum, Mami… So many names for these wonderful women who care for us and love us more than anything else in the world. To...

Magda Michalska 14 May 2017

Art Travels

Ogunquit Artist Colony: The Painter’s Paradise

The Abenaki people native to southern Maine knew of their homeland’s allure long before their European successors. The word “ogunquit” –...

Anthony de Feo 18 April 2017

Artist Stories

The (Not So) Simple Style of Emil Carlsen

Emil Carlsen was, for roughly the first forty years of his life, poor and relatively unknown. After all, he rejected the growing appeal of florid...

Anthony de Feo 8 April 2017

Artist Stories

David Bomberg – A New Machinery For Picture Making

Go into any art gallery the length and breadth of the UK and you are bound to find a Bomberg. David Bomberg, born in Birmingham in 1890 to...

Wendy Gray 25 January 2017

Abstract Expressionism

Abstraction In Creation – Watch Gerhard Richter At Work

If you ever doubted in abstract paintings you must see this video. Gerhard Richter is a German visual artist who was born in 1932. He produces...

Zuzanna Stańska 29 December 2016

Artist Stories

The Private Collection of Edgar Degas

Edgar Degas was one of the greatest Impressionists. He was also an art collector. His collection, revealed after his death, was remarkable not only...

Zuzanna Stańska 28 December 2016

Artist Stories

The Best of Lucian Freud – Hotheaded Narcissus and Brilliant Painter

Lucian Freud was born on this day in 1922. It’s a perfect occasion to take look at some of his greatest paintings. He was conventional in a...

Piotr Policht 8 December 2016