Klimt’s Unknown Portraits You Would Never Guess Were His
Some of Klimt’s portraits have already gained the status of “iconic”, for example, his soaked in gold portrait of Adele...
Magda Michalska 14 July 2022
#19th Century
13 Most Beautiful Posters by Alphonse Mucha You Must Know
Alphonse Mucha’s distinctive style was called le style Mucha, becoming synonymous with the Art Nouveau style. His posters have a very long and slim...
Zuzanna Stańska 14 July 2022
Masterpiece Story: Death and Life by Gustav Klimt
Death has been a fascinating theme for artists since the beginning of time. It was imagined as a personified force, also known as the Grim Reaper, a...
Zuzanna Stańska 11 July 2022
The Beautiful Gardens of Santiago Rusiñol
Santiago Rusiñol i Prats was a prolific painter, draftsman, playwright, novelist, poet, and cultural activist from the late 19th and early 20th...
Maya M. Tola 4 July 2022
Seven Luminist Seascapes to Make You Want a Beach Vacation
It’s finally summer, and that means it’s time to visit the beach! But if a trip to the lake or the ocean isn’t on your schedule,...
Alexandra Kiely 30 June 2022
Masterpiece Story: The Raft of the Medusa by Théodore Géricault
Théodore Géricault completed The Raft of the Medusa when he was 27, and the work has become an icon of French Romanticism. It is a direct precursor...
Clinton Pittman 27 June 2022
Anna Bilińska’s Parisian Career and Tragic Life
Read the story of Anna Bilińska, the Polish painter, who spent her life in Paris. Discover her moving portraits, and the fascinating story of her...
Magda Michalska 18 June 2022
Masterpiece Story: Flaming June by Sir Frederic Leighton
We have prepared a story about this truly warm painting that can leave you in flames… Ladies and Gentlemen, Flaming June by Sir Frederic...
Joanna Kaszubowska 16 June 2022
Why Are Cigarettes So Sexy? A Story of Art Nouveau Posters
Just to make it clear: smoking is bad. But… why do all those people look so sexy with cigarettes? Like Marlene Dietrich with her cigarette holder,...
Magda Michalska 16 June 2022
Masterpiece Story: Trouville, Jetties, High Tide by Eugène Boudin
Eugène Boudin could be considered one of the fathers of Impressionism. It was he who met and influenced a young Claude Monet in 1858 with his...
James W Singer 8 June 2022
Somewhere at Sea – Ivan Aivazovsky and His Marine Art
Many artists painted the sea, but only Ivan Aivazovsky was completely devoted to it. Over his long life (1817–1900), he dedicated thousands of...
Elizaveta Ermakova 8 June 2022
Fast and Yummy: All We Know About Cézanne’s Fruits
Paul Cézanne was widely misunderstood by his contemporaries. This shy man, who was a precursor of Cubism and Fauvism, loved to paint fruit (in art...
Zuzanna Stańska 7 June 2022
