Father of Modern Art: Paul Cézanne
January 19th marks the birthday of one of the prominent French artists of Post-Impressionism – Paul Cézanne. He is often regarded as the father of...
Valeria Kumekina 19 January 2024
Artist Stories
Jean Cocteau – Prince of Parisian Bohème
Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau (1889-1963) was a prince of bohème. A significant figure in the European art of the 20th century, Cocteau...
Valeria Kumekina 18 January 2024
William Blake’s Demonic Red Dragon
William Blake was a great artist, poet and engraver of the Romantic Age. But he died penniless, scorned by his contemporaries and the art establishment. Take a look at one of his most famous works: The Great Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed in Sun.
Candy Bedworth 16 January 2024
Norval Morrisseau, The Picasso of the North
The Picasso of the North, as he was known throughout Europe; Copper Thunderbird, as he was known in the Anishinaabe region of Canada. Whatever...
Adam Oestreich 15 January 2024
Lee Ufan – The Beauty of Emptiness
Lee Ufan is a Korean-born international artist, whose work is key to the Mono-ha movement. If you have ever been lucky enough to encounter a Lee...
Isla Phillips-Ewen 13 January 2024
Video Art Pioneer: Nam June Paik in 5 Artworks
It’s easy to notice the widespread presence of media arts in almost all aspects of our daily lives, but that wasn’t always the case: when new...
Ania Kaczynska 13 January 2024
John Singer Sargent’s Magnificent Watercolors
European-American painter John Singer Sargent (1856–1925) is remembered for his impressive, large-scale portraits of British, French, and American...
Alexandra Kiely 12 January 2024
Exploring John Singer Sargent’s Unknown Drawings
John Singer Sargent (1856–1925) is primarily known and celebrated for his massive virtuoso portraits of late 19th and early 20th-century American,...
Alexandra Kiely 12 January 2024
Six Things You Might Not Know About John Singer Sargent
There’s no question that John Singer Sargent (1856–1925) was an artistic superstar. Everyone knows his most famous painting Madame X, but do...
Alexandra Kiely 12 January 2024
Beyond Madame X: Portraits by John Singer Sargent
John Singer Sargent is one of art history’s most famous portrait painters. He was born in Italy to American parents and received his formal...
Alexandra Kiely 12 January 2024
6 Things You Must Know About Parmigianino
Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, known as Parmigianino (1503–1540) was a great Italian Mannerist painter and printmaker active in Florence, Rome,...
Zuzanna Stańska 11 January 2024
Sarah Lucas in 5 Works: British Humor and Sexual Innuendos
With her daring and thought-provoking works, Sarah Lucas challenges social norms and perceptions of gender, sexuality, and identity, earning a...
Carlotta Mazzoli 10 January 2024
