#20th century

Queen of Art Deco Women Artists

Discover Slavic Art Deco—The Story of Zofia Stryjeńska

Zofia Stryjeńska was a prominent Polish artist active during the interwar period. Known as the “Lady of Polish Art,” she gained...

Katarzyna Waszak 28 April 2025

Artist Stories

Pablo Picasso and Women in His Life

Pablo Picasso, perhaps the most influential and recognizable painter of the 20th century, is well known for his tumultuous (or even abusive)...

Pola Otterstein 25 April 2025

Artist Stories

A Creative Lunatic: Adolf Wölfli in 5 Artworks

Adolf Wölfli is now known alongside the label “Outsider Art” or Art Brut, a term Jean Dubuffet coined in 1945 to bring attention to...

Katerina Papouliou 25 April 2025

Architecture

10 Most Famous Brutalist Buildings in the World

The 2024 film The Brutalist, a 3.5 hour epic for which Adrien Brody won an Oscar, has renewed public interest in Brutalist architecture. Whether...

Julia Bourbois 24 April 2025

john singer sargent madame x studies Artist Stories

Exploring John Singer Sargent’s Unknown Drawings

John Singer Sargent (1856–1925) is primarily known and celebrated for his massive virtuoso portraits of late 19th and early 20th-century American,...

Alexandra Kiely 24 April 2025

Artist Stories

More Than Fifty Shades of Grey in the Life of Romaine Brooks

The story of Romaine Brooks could have been a story of success, luxury, and the easy life since she was born into a very wealthy American family (her...

Magda Michalska 21 April 2025

Artist Stories

John Singer Sargent’s Magnificent Watercolors

European-American painter John Singer Sargent (1856–1925) is remembered for his impressive, large-scale portraits of British, French, and American...

Alexandra Kiely 14 April 2025

Love Story

A Capri Romance: John Singer Sargent and Rosina Ferarra

We are all dreaming of summer holidays, long walks along beaches, toes in the sand, and the sound of the waves crashing against the shore. Perhaps...

Charlotte Stace 14 April 2025

Realism

5 Famous Painters of American Realism

At the end of the 19th century in the United States, the romance of the Hudson River School gave way to artists determined to show the ordinary...

Theodore Carter 10 April 2025

Contemporary Art

5 Japanese Contemporary Artists You Have to Know

Japanese artistic tradition spans centuries and has a far-reaching influence. Today, the artistic scene in Japan is more dynamic than ever, and these...

Carlotta Mazzoli 3 April 2025

Design

Luxury and Mystery—The Row About Fabergé Imperial Easter Eggs

There is something magical about the Fabergé Imperial Easter Eggs. They are a symbol of the ultimate luxury, but also of an era long gone and...

Joanna Kaszubowska 3 April 2025

Expressionism

The Dreaming Youths: A Children’s Book That Parents Would Hide From Their Kids

Like many other Oskar Kokoschka’s works, The Dreaming Youths met with mixed feelings from the public. In the end, it was meant to be a...

Magda Michalska 2 April 2025