#19th Century

Masterpiece Stories

Masterpiece Story: Work by Ford Madox Brown

Few artworks are as heavy in meaning and societal investigation as Ford Madox Brown’s Work. This is a unique masterpiece which manages to depict...

Edoardo Cesarino 14 August 2025

Painting

Famous Painters and Their Children

On June 1st, 1925, the World Conference for the Well-Being of Children held in Geneva, Switzerland, proclaimed June 1 to be International...

Magda Michalska 12 August 2025

Great Princess Mama Occollo, ca 1850-70, oil on canvas mounted on wood, Cuzco, Peru, Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO, USA. Detail. Masterpiece Stories

Masterpiece Story: Great Princess Mama Occollo

Great Princess Mama Occollo is an amazing masterpiece of South American art from the 19th century in the collection of the Denver Art Museum. It...

James W Singer 10 August 2025

Art History 101

Tonalism 101: Capturing Emotion Through Light and Tone

Have you ever heard of the phrase, “Let’s set the tone”? An art movement did exactly that. Tonalism is an American painting style...

Coleman Richards 7 August 2025

Museum Stories

10 Highlights of the National Museum in Warsaw You Need to See

The National Museum in Warsaw is one of the most important museums in Poland. It also has an amazing collection of art—which, obviously, includes a...

Zuzanna Stańska 1 August 2025

Artist Stories

Gustav Klimt and Emilie Flöge—The Everlasting Friendship

Gustav Klimt and Emilie Flöge were inseparable for years. Although it was never proven that there was something romantic between the two of them,...

Zuzanna Stańska 30 July 2025

Post-Impressionism

The Story of an Excessively Electric Friendship Between Van Gogh and Gauguin

People say that you shouldn’t live with your friends because your friendship may deteriorate. The story of the friendship between Vincent van...

Magda Michalska 30 July 2025

Hanna Hirsch-Pauli, Friends, 1900-1907, Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden. Detail.  Women Artists

Hanna Hirsch-Pauli: Friendship Goals and Feminism in the 19th-Century Stockholm

Swedish artist Hanna Hirsch-Pauli (1864-1940) is best known for her genre scenes and portraits. She studied at the painting school of August...

Europeana 30 July 2025

Photography

The Mystery of Vincent van Gogh’s Photos

Vincent van Gogh famously recorded himself in numerous self-portraits, but he hated photography and supposedly he never sat for a photo as an adult.

Zuzanna Stańska 29 July 2025

Post-Impressionism

7 Extraordinary Van Gogh Paintings You’ve Probably Never Seen

Today, we wanted to focus on something extraordinary and show you 7 of Van Gogh’s paintings you’ve probably never seen. Everyone knows The Starry...

Zuzanna Stańska 29 July 2025

Post-Impressionism

Vincent van Gogh’s Last Painting?

In July 1890, Vincent van Gogh painted one of his best-known artworks, Wheatfield with Crows. The painting is on display in The Van Gogh Museum in...

Heather Johnson 29 July 2025

Museum Stories

10 Highlights from the Van Gogh Museum

In a museum dedicated to a painter like Vincent van Gogh, you are bound to find more than ten highlights. But since ten is such a nice round number,...

Joanna Kaszubowska 29 July 2025