Florence Griswold: Patron Saint of American Impressionism
Florence Griswold wasn’t an artist or even an art collector, but she was a key figure in American Impressionism. The New York Times even called her...
Alexandra Kiely 15 September 2022
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Meet Mona Lisa’s Twin!
Mona Lisa is the most famous painting in the world. But did you know that she has a twin? Covered with multiple layers of dark and cracked varnish,...
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Everyone has heard about the Mona Lisa, Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece at the Louvre in Paris. But you have probably never heard about… her...
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Simonetta Vespucci: The Renaissance Top Model
If you would like to spot one woman from the Renaissance who could be called a Top Model – it would be Simonetta Vespucci. Nicknamed La Bella,...
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In 1879, Frederic Leighton’s biographer and neighbor (that’s handy, isn’t it?), Mrs. Barrington, noticed “a young girl with a lovely white...
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Absinthe – Art Nouveau’s Green Fairy
Since becoming popular in late 19th century France, in the era of Art Nouveau, absinthe has always had a certain mystique. Derived mostly from the...
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It seems that forming figurative shapes out of natural materials has always been with us. As humans developed, a bigger, more sophisticated brain...
Candy Bedworth 12 September 2022
Sonya Sklaroff’s Hidden New York
Sonya Sklaroff is a contemporary American painter and artist best known for her cityscapes of New York City. A professor at Parsons School of Design...
Caroline Galambosova 11 September 2022
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Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, was a French painter, printmaker, draughtsman, caricaturist, and illustrator. He produced a collection of provocative...
Zuzanna Stańska 9 September 2022
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec: Life Is Beautiful
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec was born on 24 November 1864 in Albi, France. He wanted to be a doctor or a surgeon but due to illness became a painter.
Petra Dragasevic 9 September 2022
Meet Jane Avril – The Great Muse of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Jane Avril was a dancer and star of the Moulin Rouge in the 1890s. Her legend is alive until this day – her semi-fictionalized character was...
Zuzanna Stańska 9 September 2022
In a Cabaret with Toulouse-Lautrec’s Posters
On the outskirts of Paris, a working-class district with cabarets and dance halls called Montmartre became the bohemian center of the city.
Magda Michalska 9 September 2022
