Jozef Mehoffer – Strange Garden
Usually on our Painting of the Week cycle we feature internationally acclaimed masterpieces. But today we wanted to feature a beautiful painting,...
Zuzanna Stańska 17 June 2017
Masterpiece Stories
Pieter Bruegel the Elder, The Harvesters
This panel is part of a series showing the seasons or times of the year, commissioned from Bruegel by the Antwerp merchant Niclaes Jongelinck. The...
Zuzanna Stańska 12 June 2017
Eugene Delacroix – The Death of Sardanapalus
The Death of Sardanapalus is one of the most spectacular paintings of Eugene Delacroix. It currently hangs in the Musée du Louvre in Paris but...
Zuzanna Stańska 4 June 2017
Vittore Carpaccio, Young Knight in a Landscape
Young Knight in a Landscape by Vittore Carpaccio from the collection of Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza in Madrid is one of the earliest examples of a...
Zuzanna Stańska 7 May 2017
Samuel F.B. Morse, Gallery of the Louvre
Samuel F. B. Morse was an American painter who graduated from Yale University and went on to the Royal Academy in England where he studied...
Zuzanna Stańska 23 April 2017
Masterpiece Story: Springtime by Claude Monet
Claude Monet’s Springtime depicts his first wife, Camille Doncieux, who is absorbed by reading in the shadow of lilacs. The painting is...
Zuzanna Stańska 9 April 2017
Rembrandt Self-Portrait With Curly Hair
Do you know which European museum has one of the most interesting collections of Rembrandt van Rijn’s etchings? It’s Rembrandt House...
Zuzanna Stańska 1 April 2017
Paul Gauguin, The Yellow Christ
Yellow Christ is a painting created by Paul Gauguin in 1889 in Pont-Aven. Now it is owned by Albright-Knox Art Gallery. Paul Gauguin, Self-Portrait...
Zuzanna Stańska 26 March 2017
7 Things You Didn’t Know About Primavera by Botticelli
Primavera by Sandro Botticelli is one of the most famous paintings of the Renaissance. Its fame rests not just on its visual appeal but on the...
Zuzanna Stańska 21 March 2017
Mars And Venus, Sandro Botticelli (Painting Of The Week)
Valentines Day is coming. What else could we feature in our weekly series “Painting of the Week” if not a scene of Mars and Venus...
Zuzanna Stańska 12 February 2017
Masterpiece Story: Portrait of Artist’s Mother by James McNeill Whistler
This is one of the most famous works by an American artist outside the United States. It has been variously described as an American icon and a...
Zuzanna Stańska 8 January 2017
Holy Night by Correggio
The Holy Night by Correggio also known as Nativity or the Adoration of the Shepherds, was commissioned by Alberto Pratoneri for his family chapel in...
Zuzanna Stańska 25 December 2016
