Brief Story of Claude Monet’s Garden in Giverny
Famous Impressionist artist Claude Monet‘s garden in Giverny has been one of the must-see sights for every art lover visiting France. It is a...
Bolor Jargalsaikhan 2 December 2017
#19th Century
Auguste Renoir – Two Young Girls at the Piano
In late 1891 or early 1892 Renoir was invited by the French government to execute a painting for a new museum in Paris, the Musée du Luxembourg,...
Zuzanna Stańska 8 October 2017
Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge
Claude Monet in 1924 wrote: “It took me a long time to understand my water lilies…. I grew them without thinking of painting them…. And...
Zuzanna Stańska 17 September 2017
Cézanne’s Postimpressionist Portraits At The Musée d’Orsay
Paul Cézanne was a French artist widely acknowledged for bridging the late years of Impressionism and the early years of Postimpressionism.
Pola Otterstein 12 September 2017
Few Comments on Courbet’s Origin of the World
In the 19th century, the display of the nude body underwent a revolution – and a massive critique. Gustave Courbet, one of the main...
Zuzanna Stańska 21 August 2017
The Tragic Tale Of The Gierymski Brothers
It is rare to see two siblings as talented and successful – and on the same artistic level – as the Gierymski brothers were, and their...
Pola Otterstein 19 August 2017
Camille Pissarro’s St. Thomas Paintings You Should Know
Camille Pissarro, one of the most famous impressionist painters, was born in St. Thomas island in 1830. The exotic island inspired much of his...
Zuzanna Stańska 2 August 2017
Reflecting the Invisible or Distorting the Visible: Mirrors in Art
People have always been fascinated with their reflections. In the visual art the mirror has been interpreted as an instrument to show admiration or...
Alina Manevskaya 19 July 2017
Jozef Mehoffer – Strange Garden
Usually on our Painting of the Week cycle we feature internationally acclaimed masterpieces. But today we wanted to feature a beautiful painting,...
Zuzanna Stańska 17 June 2017
Art Nouveau Explained in GIFs
The Art Nouveau Season on Europeana explores the depth and diversity of the influential art movement and features beautiful Art Nouveau jewellery,...
Europeana 7 June 2017
Claude Monet, Springtime
Claude Monet’s Springtime depicts his first wife, Camille Doncieux, seated serenely beneath a canopy of lilacs. The painting is presently held...
Zuzanna Stańska 9 April 2017
The (Not So) Simple Style of Emil Carlsen
Emil Carlsen was, for roughly the first forty years of his life, poor and relatively unknown. After all, he rejected the growing appeal of florid...
Anthony de Feo 8 April 2017
