Latest

Masterpiece Stories

Masterpiece Story: Monet’s Garden at Giverny

Claude Monet loved gardening almost as much as he loved painting. When he finally settled in Giverny, he created a natural masterpiece which acted as...

Catriona Miller 3 May 2026

Masterpiece Stories

Masterpiece Story: Meules by Claude Monet

Claude Monet, the master of Impressionism, loved to paint in series. The one with haystacks (in French called meules) is his most well-known, and was...

Zuzanna Stańska 3 May 2026

Impressionists, Claude Monet, Water Lilies, 1906 Masterpiece Stories

Masterpiece Story: Water Lilies by Claude Monet

Water Lilies is a masterpiece of Impressionism. It blends the artist’s objective world and subjective...

James W Singer 3 May 2026

Claude Monet, Impression Sunrise, 1872, Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris, France. Detail. Masterpiece Stories

Masterpiece Story: Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet

Claude Monet’s Impression, Sunrise is a masterpiece of Impressionism that captures the elusiveness and the impermanence of an autumn...

James W Singer 3 May 2026

Masterpiece Story: Sunset on the Seine at Lavacourt, Winter Effect by Claude Monet. Detail. Masterpiece Stories

Masterpiece Story: Sunset on the Seine at Lavacourt, Winter Effect by Claude Monet

Sunset on the Seine at Lavacourt, Winter Effect by Claude Monet is an Impressionist masterpiece filled with the cold of winter and the sadness of...

James W Singer, 3 May 2026

Quiz

QUIZ: Guess the Artists Painted by Other Artists!

Edoardo Cesarino 2 May 2026

Quiz

QUIZ: How Much Do You Know About Degenerate Art?

Javier Abel Miguel 2 May 2026

Architecture

QUIZ: How Well Do You Know Modern Architecture?

Szymon Jocek 2 May 2026

Quiz

QUIZ: Who’s That Girl? Test Your Knowledge on Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl

Guest Author 2 May 2026

Quiz

QUIZ: How Well Do You Know Art in Athens?

Errika Gerakiti 2 May 2026

Impressionists, Gustave Caillebotte, The Floor Planers, 1875 Painting

Jobs in Art Which Don’t Exist Anymore (or Seem Not To)

I think the following motto perfectly fits today as we celebrate all the workers of the world (students count too!). On this occasion I would like to...

Magda Michalska 1 May 2026

History

The Great Depression: An Unprecedented Time in Art History

In the late 1920s and early 1930s, the Great Depression wreaked havoc on the world, especially in the United States. In 1933,  Franklin D. Roosevelt...

Sam Malone 1 May 2026