Charles Keeping: An Extraordinary English Illustrator
Today I would like to talk about Charles Keeping, an illustrator whom I discovered in my childhood. You may already be familiar with his work,...
Sarah Mills 26 February 2023
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Beautiful and Scary: Illustrations for Poe’s Horror Stories by Harry Clarke
Harry Clarke was an Irish stained glass artist and book illustrator. He made notable works in both fields but somehow his stained glass works are a...
Marija Canjuga 26 February 2023
Dream-Like Artworks: Minnie Evans’ Divine Inspiration
Folk Art, Surrealist, Visionary, Americana, call it what you will. Minnie Evans’ (1892—1987) dream-like artworks speak of another world, a world...
Rachel Witte 25 February 2023
An Unusual Comparison: Amish Quilts and Modern Art
Many people would never expect to see an Amish quilt and a painting by an American abstract artist displayed together. However, since the 1970s,...
Heather Johnson 25 February 2023
How Art Saved His Life: Story of Horace Pippin
It took Horace Pippin 43 years to complete his first oil painting. Why so long? Because poverty, hard physical work, war, and disabilities got in his...
Magda Michalska 25 February 2023
Fedir Krychevsky – Ukrainian Modernist Painter
Fedir Krychevsky lovingly recorded the culture of his homeland and was one of the most influential Modernist Ukrainian painters.
Candy Bedworth 24 February 2023
5 Artists You Didn’t Know Were Born in Ukraine
From dancing colors to a kinetic steel monument, discover the lives and works of five influential and international modern artists – each of whom...
Emily Snow 24 February 2023
House with Chimaeras: An Art Nouveau Building in Kyiv That Became a Symbol of Ukrainian Resistance
House with Chimaeras (or Horodecki House) is one of the most known Art Nouveau buildings in Kyiv, a city decorated with many architectural treasures.
Nataliia Pecherska 24 February 2023
An Avant-Garde Love Story: Goncharova and Larionov’s Romance
Today I’ll show you an avant-garde love story, not because it’s very different from all other ones, but because it involves two avant-garde...
Magda Michalska 23 February 2023
10 Rabbits in Asian Art for the Year of the Rabbit
Happy Year of the Rabbit, everyone! January 22, 2023, in the Chinese lunisolar calendar, marked the beginning of the Year of the Water Rabbit. Lunar...
Ela Bobek 22 February 2023
Anni Albers: The Artist Who Transformed Textiles
Anni Albers once referred to textile-making as “rather sissy”. Fortunately she later had a change of heart. From the Bauhaus in Germany...
Emily Snow 20 February 2023
Power and Propaganda – The British Royal Portraits
Royal portraiture is a centuries-old tradition, but it might be called the forerunner of the posed selfie – an artfully curated image that is meant...
Candy Bedworth 20 February 2023
