QUIZ: How Well Do You Know Romantic Art?
Edoardo Cesarino 18 April 2026
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Sandra Juszczyk 18 April 2026
Jean-Étienne Liotard Breakfast Scenes
The 18th-century painter, miniaturist, and pastelist Jean-Étienne Liotard is perhaps one of the most eccentric artists of his time. Known for his...
Anna Ingram 17 April 2026
Edgar Degas in 10 Paintings
Edgar Degas (1834-1917) is one of the most famous painters of his generation. His ballerinas are held in many of the world’s most prestigious...
Jimena Escoto 17 April 2026
Rosalba Carriera: The Accomplished Pastellist
Do you know the great Rococo portraitist Rosalba Carriera? She was one of the most famous painters of the early 18th century. Carriera became known...
Maia Heguiaphal 17 April 2026
Masterpiece Story: Miss La La at the Cirque Fernando by Edgar Degas
Feats of strength, super flexibility, the ability to hold one’s breath for long periods of time, combine all that with lions, clowns, and a...
Rachel Witte 17 April 2026
4 Most Famous Venetian Rococo Painters
Venetian Rococo played an important role in 18th-century European art. Rococo covers the period from 1700 to 1799, also called settecento. Many great...
Kateryna Martynova 17 April 2026
Goya, James Bond, and a Retired Bus Driver—How They Stole The Duke of Wellington
When British agent James Bond, played at the time by a young Sean Connery, enters Dr. No’s secret base, he stops in front of a painting resting...
Javier Abel Miguel 16 April 2026
Rotten Royals: 5 Very Bad Kings from History
Portraits of five regal bad boys. We scratch at the paint on the canvas to find the tyranny, treachery and devilish debauchery behind paintings of rotten royals.
Candy Bedworth 16 April 2026
Ginevra Cantofoli—A Baroque Painter from Bologna in 7 Paintings
Ginevra Cantofoli was a Bolognese painter of the Baroque period. Her story speaks to the remarkable power of women supporting one another in the...
Nikolina Konjevod 16 April 2026
El Greco: The Grandfather of Expressionism
The guide to the Prado Museum describes El Greco as a “philosopher, as an intellectual and as a sensitive and idiosyncratic artist.” It is these...
Wendy Gray 16 April 2026
A Journey to Andalusia: The Moorish Stronghold of Granada
The fall of Moorish Granada to the Catholic Monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella in 1492 marked the end of the Reconquista and the ultimate collapse of...
Kacper Grass 16 April 2026
