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Back To School: Art History Basics QUIZ

Alessia Caldana 30 August 2025

Realism

Gustave Courbet in 10 Paintings

Gustave Courbet was the bad boy of 19th-century French art. A political and artistic radical, he was imprisoned after the failed 1871 Commune and...

Catriona Miller 29 August 2025

Jean-François Millet, The Gleaners, 1857, Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France Artist Stories

Jean-François Millet: The Peasant Painter

French artist Jean Francois Millet painted some the world’s best known artworks of peasants toiling in rural landscapes. Explore his life and work!

Candy Bedworth 29 August 2025

Post-Impressionism

Paul Cézanne in 10 Paintings

Paul Cézanne (1839–1906) was one of the most influential and greatest of the Post-Impressionist painters. Here is a list of ten different...

Sam Malone 29 August 2025

Women Artists

Constance Marie Charpentier: French Master of Elegance

Constance Marie Charpentier (1767–1849) was a French painter celebrated for her refined portraits and genre scenes, often infused with sensitivity...

Zuzanna Stańska 29 August 2025

Contemporary Art

Jasmine Thomas-Girvan: On Making, Memory, and Marronage

What stories do materials hold? For Jamaican artist Jasmine Thomas-Girvan, each seed pod, feather, and shard of metal carries traces of memory,...

Guest Author 28 August 2025

Artist Stories

10 Things You Didn’t Know About Claude Monet

Born on November 14, 1840, Claude Monet stands as one of the principal trailblazers in the realm of French Impressionist art. His dedication to the...

Zuzanna Stańska 28 August 2025

Ancient Art

Indus Valley Civilization: Echoes of a Forgotten Past

Nestled in the plains of present-day Pakistan and northwest India lies one of the world’s most enigmatic ancient societies: the Indus Valley...

Maya M. Tola 28 August 2025

Art State of Mind

Last Days of Summer in Art

The end of summer is approaching and these last days of sunshine create a kind of melancholic feeling. You would probably like to reflect on the past...

Michel Rutten 28 August 2025

Impressionist summer. John Singer Sargent, Lady and Child Asleep in a Punt under the Willows, 1887, Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, Lisboa, Portugal. Impressionism

10 Impressionist Summer Paintings

Summer has arrived! It is time to enjoy some deserved vacations, rest, go to the beach, enjoy the sunshine, and have fun. Here are 10 Impressionist...

Jimena Escoto 28 August 2025

Painting

Paintings for Autumn Lovers: Rainy Scenes in Art

Are you tired of summer vibes and high temperatures? Is autumn one of your favorite seasons? If for any of these questions, your answer is...

Magda Michalska 28 August 2025

Painting

10 Sailing Paintings to Bring You the Summer Breeze

I’ve sailed only once or twice in my whole life but I can still remember the empowering feeling of liberation that I felt when on the water.

Magda Michalska 27 August 2025