Constance Marie Charpentier – The Great Forgotten
Who was she? Constance Marie Charpentier (1767 - 1849) was a French painter. You have never heard of her? That's nothing weird, she is one of plenty...
Zuzanna Stańska 5 June 2017
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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
Joan of Arc as Artistic Muse
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Edward Hopper Talking About His Creative Process
Watch this beautiful video created by Walker Art Center presenting Edward Hopper who discusses the slow development of his iconic images. The video...
Zuzanna Stańska 31 May 2017
Watch Nicole Kidman As John Singer Sargent’s Sitters
In June of 1999, Nicole Kidman was the cover of Vogue. In her cover story, she was photographed and posed in a number of John Singer Sargent...
Zuzanna Stańska 29 May 2017
Frederic Edwin Church, Rainy Season in the Tropics
Today in our Painting of the Week series we have something truly beautiful for you. I want to discuss “Rainy Season in the Tropics” by Frederic...
Zuzanna Stańska 28 May 2017
Ladies In Red – Famous Red Dresses In Art
Red in art history symbolizes many things. First of all, it was a color of power, status and wealth. Kings, princes and, beginning in 1295, Roman...
Zuzanna Stańska 26 May 2017
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I want to honour the victims of the Manchester attack by sharing with you a very little known series of murals hosted by the Manchester City...
Magda Michalska 25 May 2017
Watch Marcel Duchamp Talking About His Art
In a 1961 interview with Katherine Kuh, Marcel Duchamp, when asked about his readymades, let it be known that the concept behind those objects might...
Zuzanna Stańska 24 May 2017
Listen To Butt Music Written Down By Hieronymus Bosch On "The Garden of Earthly Delights"
Bosch’s Garden of Earthly Delights is a three-part altair showing the Garden of Eden on the left and a vision of hell on the right. The central...
Zuzanna Stańska 23 May 2017
Watch Georgia O’Keeffe Talking About Her Life
Georgia O'Keeffe was an American artist, best known for her paintings of enlarged flowers, New York skyscrapers, and New Mexico landscapes. O'Keeffe...
Zuzanna Stańska 22 May 2017
When The Inquisition Met Nude Maja
Which one do you prefer? The Nude Maja or The Clothed Maja? This question might have been asked by the painter Francisco Goya when he completed...
Magda Michalska 21 May 2017
