Masterpiece Story: The Football Players by Henri Rousseau
Welcome to the bizarre world of Henri Rousseau (1844–1910), the quintessential naïve artist, and meet his masterpiece depicting oneiric, striped...
Anastasia Manioudaki 21 May 2023
Masterpiece Stories
Titian’s The Rape of Europa (Metamorphoses V)
In a series of articles, we are meeting each of the seven Poesies, which Titian delivered to Philip II of Spain in the 1550s and early 1560s. Each...
Isla Phillips-Ewen 9 May 2023
Masterpiece Story: Beat The Whites With The Red Wedge by El Lissitzky
Beat the Whites with the Red Wedge (Клином красным бей белых!) is a 1919 lithographic Soviet propaganda poster by artist Lazar...
Zuzanna Stańska 24 April 2023
Hieronymus Bosch and His Fascinating World: The Garden of Earthly Delights
Hieronymus Bosch’s triptych The Garden of Earthly Delights remains a mystery to this day. The most respected experts in late gothic iconography...
Marta Loza 20 April 2023
Masterpiece Story: Christina’s World by Andrew Wyeth
Sometime between 1948 and today, Christina’s World evolved from a painting into an icon. There are only a handful of American paintings that have...
Guest Profile 6 April 2023
Masterpiece Story: The Theatre Box by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Entertainments such as cabarets, theatres, and the circus were popular themes among the Impressionist painters whose mission was portraying modern...
Zuzanna Stańska 27 March 2023
Masterpiece Story: La Primavera by Sandro Botticelli
La Primavera, which means “Spring” in Italian, is without a doubt the most famous painting of Sandro Botticelli. Its mysterious allure continues...
Anastasia Manioudaki 18 March 2023
Masterpiece Story: Strolling along the Seashore by Joaquin Sorolla
This painting is the crowning work of Joaquin Sorolla’s late period. It shows his wife, Clothilde, and eldest daughter, Maria, walking elegantly on...
Zuzanna Stańska 27 February 2023
Masterpiece Story: Eruption of Mount Vesuvius by Pierre-Jacques Volaire
The ground shakes and rumbles as the nearby mountain awakens with smoke emerging from its peaks. The land trembles more and a fiery blast shoots...
James W Singer 12 February 2023
Masterpiece Story: At the Moulin Rouge, The Dance by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Tonight the Moulin Rouge is bursting at the seams. Men in dark coats and distinguished women dance and converse on the buzzing floor. Each has a...
Ruxi Rusu 3 February 2023
Masterpiece Story: The Railway by Édouard Manet
In 1873 when this painting was created by the Realist master Édouard Manet, the Gare Saint–Lazare was the largest and busiest train station in...
Zuzanna Stańska 23 January 2023
Masterpiece Story: Who Sues for a Cow by Cornelis Saftleven
Who Sues for a Cow is a masterpiece of social commentary by now-forgotten artist, Cornelis Saftleven. It is a strange painting from the Dutch Golden...
James W Singer 16 January 2023
