Piero della Francesca, Nativity
Among Piero della Francesca’s surviving paintings, the last one in chronological order is the Nativity in the National Gallery in London. The...
Zuzanna Stańska 24 December 2017
Masterpiece Stories
Robert Rauschenberg, Automobile Tire Print
Automobile Tire Print is one of Robert Rauschenberg’s most intriguing collaborative efforts. In 1953, the artist directed composer John Cage to...
Zuzanna Stańska 17 December 2017
Titian, Sacred and Profane Love
Sacred and Profane Love is mysterious an oil painting by Titian, probably painted in 1514, early in his career. The painting is presumed to have been...
Zuzanna Stańska 10 December 2017
Painting of the Week: Félix Vallotton, The Lie
Today’s painting, created by Felix Vallotton (one of my favorite artists), was painted in 1897 – but it could just as easily be a scene...
Zuzanna Stańska 25 November 2017
Time For… The Intervention of the Sabine Women
The Intervention of the Sabine Women is one of these paintings that is widely known, and considered to be a “classic” but rarely someone...
Zuzanna Stańska 5 November 2017
Learn More About Man Ray’s Cadeau
Man Ray’s Cadeau, 1921, editioned replica 1972, known also as a ‘Gift’, is one of the famous icons of the surrealist movement. It consists...
Zuzanna Stańska 29 October 2017
Frida Kahlo, The Broken Column
The Broken Column was painted shortly after Frida Kahlo had undergone another surgery on her spinal column. The operation left her bedridden and...
Zuzanna Stańska 22 October 2017
Painting Of The Week – Leonardo da Vinci, Salvator Mundi
Salvator Mundi by Leonardo da Vinci – was on everyone’s lips when it went on the market. Leonardo da Vinci (attributed), Salvator...
Zuzanna Stańska 15 October 2017
Auguste Renoir – Two Young Girls at the Piano
In late 1891 or early 1892 Renoir was invited by the French government to execute a painting for a new museum in Paris, the Musée du Luxembourg,...
Zuzanna Stańska 8 October 2017
Johannes Vermeer, Young Woman with a Water Pitcher
This is a typical Vermeer – an ideal woman in an ideal home. In fact, everything around is ideal. Balanced shapes and colors (mainly the...
Zuzanna Stańska 10 September 2017
Painting Of The Week: Caravaggio, Saint John the Baptist
It’s Sunday and it’s time for some classics. This masterpiece is one of only a few original works by Caravaggio in American collections.
Zuzanna Stańska 30 July 2017
Man Ray, Kiki With African Mask
His name was Emmanuel Radnitsky, her name was Alice Prin, but we know them as Man Ray and Kiki. They were the heroes of Montparnasse in the Twenties.
Zuzanna Stańska 23 July 2017
