Pretty Women: Female Beauty and the Three Graces in Paintings
The paintings depicting three Graces are present throughout all art history. Although the characters are the same, the representations change a lot...
Rute Ferreira 5 March 2021
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The Surprising Career of Lavinia Fontana: Painter of Popes, Nudes, and Noblewomen
There weren’t very many women able to become successful artists in Renaissance Europe. However, there were probably more than most people think,...
Alexandra Kiely 5 March 2021
Violet Oakley: A Grand Vision by a Female Muralist
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Wendy Gray 4 March 2021
Frida Kahlo and the Symbolism in Her Art
Frida Kahlo, who lived during the first half of the 20th century changed art history. She put her own dreams into her work. She had many ups and...
Emre Kagitci 4 March 2021
Amrita Sher-Gil – India’s Frida Kahlo
Amrita Sher-Gil lived a short but interesting life. Her artistic heritage is rich and impressive. Sher-Gil is considered to be one of the...
Zuzanna Stańska 3 March 2021
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The life and work of Leonardo da Vinci have been dissected and analyzed in detail by the sharp eye of the art critics and historians. Yet, the...
Maria Frazzoni 3 March 2021
4 Highly Talented Female Expressionists of the 20th Century
It always feels amazing to learn about new artists, especially the ones that produced Expressionist works. Personally, as a fan of Abstract...
Merve Parla 2 March 2021
Käthe Kollwitz: Germany’s Greatest Female Artist
Käthe Kollwitz (1867 -1945) was one of Germany’s greatest artists and she holds the distinction of being the only woman artist to make it into...
Chris Dobson 2 March 2021
Writing Poetry and Inspiring Painters: Portraits of Anna Akhmatova
It is hard to say how many portraits of Russian poet Anna Akhmatova (1889-1966) exist – she was painted by many famous artists of the 20th...
Elizaveta Ermakova 1 March 2021
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. Rosalba Carriera became...
Maia Heguiaphal 1 March 2021
The Beautiful Parisian Scenes of Jean Béraud
In the first quarter of the 20th century, Paris was the center of artistic and intellectual activity. Artists, actors, dancers, poets, writers,...
Errika Gerakiti 28 February 2021
Painting of the Week: Jan Asselijn, Threatened Swan
Swans are normally characterized as graceful birds. They are magnificent and majestic. However, Jan Asselijn displays another side of these elegant...
James W Singer 28 February 2021
