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 28 July 2025
#19th Century
Art Saved My Life! An Alternative Look at Vincent van Gogh’s Mental Health
Post-Impressionist Vincent van Gogh is as famous for his mysterious death as for his iconic and expressive use of line and color. Did unbridled...
Candy Bedworth 28 July 2025
Masterpiece Story: Gallery of the Louvre by Samuel Morse
Samuel F. B. Morse was an American painter who graduated from Yale University and went on to the Royal Academy in England, where he studied painting.
Zuzanna Stańska 27 July 2025
Paris Bistros: Iconic Places and Space for Art
Is there something more iconic for Paris than its bistros (after the Eiffel Tower, of course)? Let’s have a closer look at the artistic...
Camilla de Laurentis 25 July 2025
What Did Belle Époque Artists from Midnight in Paris Look Like in Real Life?
In Woody Allen’s 2011 Midnight in Paris, the main character, a nostalgic screenwriter finds himself transported back in time to Paris from the...
Rachel Witte 25 July 2025
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 25 July 2025
Beyond Madame X: Portraits by John Singer Sargent
John Singer Sargent is one of art history’s most famous portrait painters. He was born in Italy to American parents and received his formal...
Alexandra Kiely 25 July 2025
Masterpiece Story: Alpine Mastiffs Reanimating a Distressed Traveler by Edwin Landseer
Painted when Edwin Landseer was just 18, Alpine Mastiffs Reanimating a Distressed Traveler is a powerful tribute to the selfless devotion of rescue...
Theodore Carter 24 July 2025
Fanny Brate: An Everyday Painter You Need to Know
Fanny Brate was born in Stockholm in 1861. Showing great potential from a young age, she started taking drawing and painting classes when she was...
Gokce Dyson 23 July 2025
A Journey into the Cozy Danish Painting: Skagen Painters
Situated in the northernmost point of Denmark, the small town of Skagen is a quaint place with a lot of light and great views. As a result, the town...
Merve Parla 23 July 2025
Everything You Have to Know About A Sunday on the Island of La Grande Jatte by Georges Seurat
When the summer is over, we all probably miss the sunny weather, long days, and warm nights. There is a famous painting that is the quintessence of...
Zuzanna Stańska 21 July 2025
Masterpiece Story: Sunlight and Shadow by Albert Bierstadt
Sunlight and Shadow is a beautiful painting made by Albert Bierstadt in 1862. It shows a chapel at the Castle of Lowenburg, in Wilhelmshöhe,...
Alexandra Kiely 20 July 2025
