Jo van Gogh-Bonger: The Woman Who Made Vincent van Gogh
Everyone knows Van Gogh’s Starry Night, or his Sunflowers or that he cut off his ear. The name Vincent van Gogh is now a household name,...
Ledys Chemin 17 March 2025
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Masterpiece Story: Portrait of Madeleine by Marie-Guillemine Benoist
What is the message behind Marie-Guillemine Benoist’s Portrait of Madeleine? The history and tradition behind this 1800 painting might explain...
Jimena Escoto 16 March 2025
Jane Morris: A Pre-Raphaelite Artist and Muse
Jane Morris (1839-1914) was an English embroiderer and artists’ model who embodied the Pre-Raphaelite ideal of beauty. She was a model and muse to...
Marija Canjuga 12 March 2025
Camille Claudel and Auguste Rodin: It’s Complicated
There is a common saying that behind every great man, there is a great woman. It was no exception for the legendary sculptor, generally considered...
Zuzanna Stańska 12 March 2025
Constructing Racism in Western Art – Hans Makart and the Case of Cleopatra
When Netflix cast Black actress Adele James as Cleopatra in a docu-series on the life of the famous Egyptian queen, the world went viral in a heated...
Kero Fichter 11 March 2025
Masterpiece Story: Cleopatra by Alexandre Cabanel
Queen Cleopatra is a popular subject today – as she was in the late 19th century. Alexandre Cabanel’s Cleopatra explores a single moment of her...
James W Singer 11 March 2025
The Ancient Queen and the Modern Sculptress: Zenobia by Harriet Hosmer
Harriet Hosmer, the 19th-century American sculptor from Watertown, Massachusetts was the exceptional talent behind the towering sculpture of Zenobia.
Maya M. Tola 11 March 2025
Female Artists of the Peale Family, America’s First Art Dynasty
The Peale family was America’s first artistic dynasty. Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827) was a prominent American artist and early museum...
Alexandra Kiely 10 March 2025
Masterpiece Story: A Gentleman’s Table by Claude Raguet Hirst
A Gentleman’s Table by Claude Raguet Hirst is a mysterious painting that echoes the realism of Winslow Homer, Thomas Eakins, and Henry Ossawa...
James W Singer 9 March 2025
Mary Cassatt’s Feminist Mural Which Has Gone Missing
Mary Cassatt was a well-known Impressionist who often illustrated motherhood and traditional female activities in the 19th century. When she was 50,...
Magda Michalska 4 March 2025
Vincent van Gogh’s Iconic Sunflowers
Vincent van Gogh’s Sunflowers are probably among the most famous paintings of all time. The artist loved these yellow flowers and painted them...
Anastasia Manioudaki 28 February 2025
8 Things Everyone Should Know About Joaquín Sorolla
Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida was a Spanish painter whose style was a variant of Impressionism. His best works, painted in the open air, vividly portray...
Zuzanna Stańska 26 February 2025
