Painting of the Week: Arthur Hughes, April Love
Today’s Painting of the Week is April Love, 1855-1856, Arthur Hughes’ most celebrated artwork that embodies Pre-Raphaelites’...
Arianna Richetti 5 January 2020
#19th Century
Now at the Frick – Manet: Three Paintings from the Norton Simon Museum
I love small exhibitions, because they allow me to savor each artwork and absorb all sorts of little details I wouldn’t otherwise. Manet: Three...
Alexandra Kiely 3 December 2019
Painting of the Week: John William Waterhouse, The Lady of Shallot
Elaine, the white lady of Shallot’s island, portrayed by John William Waterhouse is locked in a tower where she is only able to see the world...
Guest Profile 10 November 2019
Company School – Transition to Indian Modern Art
Painting in rich Mughal and Rajput styles, the court painters shifted their renderings to the demanded adjustments of British East India Company...
Urvi Chheda 7 November 2019
Masterpiece Story: The First Cloud by Sir William Orchardson
At first glance, Sir William Orchardson’s The First Cloud is a late Victorian domestic scene that appears to be tranquil, refined, and placid.
James W Singer 3 November 2019
Open to Influences – Arthur Hacker and his Mary with Many Qualities
Arthur Hacker was a painter of the late Victorian era. Painting a spectrum of subjects, everything from society portraiture, classical, religious and...
Hannah Demaine 12 October 2019
Masterpiece Story: The Metlac Ravine by José María Velasco
The Metlac Ravine is like a huge postcard sent in the past that captures the monumental nature of the southern, coastal state of Mexico-Veracruz and...
Alicja Gluszek 7 July 2019
The Beginning of a New World at Kröller-Müller Museum
The Beginning of a new World: The Development of Modern Sculpture is the newest exhibition at the Kröller-Müller Museum in Otterlo, Netherlands. It...
Nadine Waldmann 20 June 2019
How British was Van Gogh?
The exhibition Van Gogh and Britain at the Tate Britain brings together over 50 works by Vincent van Gogh to reveal how he was inspired by Britain...
Joanna Kaszubowska 1 June 2019
All Faces of František Kupka
First time I came across František Kupka’s work was in the Centre Pompidou and I thought: “Wow, he was such an interesting guy and I...
Magda Michalska 27 May 2019
Josef Šíma: from Czech Republic to Paris
Josef Šíma was born in Jaromer, in today’s Czech Republic in 1891, but he became a naturalized French citizen (he took the citizenship...
Magda Michalska 9 May 2019
6 Rooms from Famous Paintings Brought to Real Life
Paintings of historical interiors are fascinating hybrid images – midway between the work of a great artist’s imagination and a document of...
Kate Wojtczak 29 April 2019
