The Surrealistic World of Dora Maar
The name Dora Maar reminds most people of Pablo Picasso. But apart from being his muse and lover, she was first and foremost an ambitious and...
Michel Rutten 26 May 2025
#20th century
Immerse Yourself in the Magical World of Maria Anto
Maria Anto (Maria Czarnecka) was a late 20th-century Polish painter. She created a series of paintings in the magical realism genre, depicting...
Pola Otterstein 26 May 2025
Marion Adnams: A Teacher Who Turned Into a Surrealist
Would you ever suspect one of your teachers to be a painter? Marion Adnams, a modern languages teacher from Derby, England, turned out to be a hidden...
Magda Michalska 26 May 2025
Violet Oakley: The First American Woman with a Public Mural Commission
1906, Philadelphia, USA: a historic moment in art was unfolding in the Pennsylvania Capitol Building. A series of murals depicting The Founding of...
Wendy Gray 26 May 2025
Antoni Gaudí and Barcelona: The World Heritage Route
Antoni Gaudí is Catalonia’s most renowned architect and interior designer. For most of his life he was bound to the Catalan capital, Barcelona.
Kacper Grass 26 May 2025
Tarsila do Amaral: Joy is the Decisive Test
Tarsila do Amaral left behind 230 paintings, five sculptures, and hundreds of drawings, prints, and murals. She led Brazilian art into modernism. In...
Alicja Gluszek 23 May 2025
How Picasso Changed Art by Inspiring Others
At the beginning of the 20th century, Pablo Picasso created the famous Les Demoiselles d’Avignon. Georges Braque was immediately inspired and...
Wendy Gray 23 May 2025
Georges Braque – The Second Father of Cubism
Everyone knows Pablo Picasso and considers him the father of Cubism. Everyone also knows that success has many fathers. Today, let’s talk about...
Joanna Kaszubowska 23 May 2025
Pablo Picasso in 8 Periods: Everything You Need to Know
Pablo Picasso, a prolific producer of paintings, prints, ceramics, and sculpture, his work has perhaps become over-familiar. Equally, in recent years...
Catriona Miller 23 May 2025
Maria Pinińska-Bereś—The Artist Who Made Pink Feminist
When I think of Maria Pinińska-Bereś her name appears in my head in light-pink hand-written letters embroidered on a white duvet. It is of course...
Aniela Rybak-Vaganay 22 May 2025
Roberto Burle Marx: The Artist of Landscape Design
When you think about Modernist architecture, probably Le Corbusier, Mies van der Rohe, or Oscar Niemeyer come to mind. But have you paid attention to...
Natalia Tiberio 22 May 2025
Guide to Colombian History and Culture by Fernando Botero
Fernando Botero once called himself “the most Colombian of Colombian artists,” as the majority of his works explore traditional themes...
Kacper Grass 22 May 2025
