#Claude Monet

Theater & Cinema

The Best Star Wars and Classic Art Mashups

It is fascinating how people combine two products of culture that are so different – classic art and Star Wars. Here you will find the best (in our...

Zuzanna Stańska 23 January 2026

Vincent van Gogh, Wheat Field with Cypresses, 1889, the MET, New York, NY, USA. Painting

Clouds in Art—Stratus, Cumulus, Cirrus, and Many More!

Clouds in art are why the term “landscape painting” is a bit deceiving. It suggests that the subject of the artwork is the land, and yet it is...

Sandra Juszczyk 19 January 2026

Quiz

QUIZ: How Well Do You Know the Impressionists?

Candy Bedworth 10 January 2026

WTF Art History

5 Impressionist Gossips That Could Have Inspired a Soap Opera

I know, it is a bit rude to discuss private lives of people. But when it comes to the Impressionists, knowing their relationships, connections,...

Zuzanna Stańska 8 January 2026

10 Iconic Floral Still Lifes. Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller, Roses, 1843. Oil on panel. Liechtenstein. The Princely Collections, Vaduz-Vienna, Austria. Painting

10 Iconic Floral Still Lifes You Need to Know

Flowers have long been a central theme in still-life painting. Each flower carries its own symbolism. For example, they can represent innocence,...

Errika Gerakiti 30 December 2025

Museum Stories

6 Best Works in the Van Gogh Museum That Are Not by Van Gogh

The Van Gogh Museum is dedicated to the life and works of Vincent van Gogh. It holds the largest collection of Van Gogh paintings and drawings in the...

Anastasia Manioudaki 29 December 2025

Artist’s paint box with French coastal landscape, c 1930, Guéthary, France, oil on wood panel in wooden paint box, 6.0 x 21.2 x 25.1 cm (closed); Gift of Stella Reeves in memory of her godmother, the artist 2018, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide. History

Paint Tube Revolution: How a Single Invention Changed the Course of Western Art

The invention of the collapsible paint tube in the mid-19th century revolutionized the art world with a single squeeze. What had once required...

Natalia Iacobelli 29 December 2025

Quiz

Guess the Painter by the Detail—Great Albertina Art Quiz

Kate Wojtczak 27 December 2025

Painting

The Best Time of the Year: Christmas in Art

To many of us, the Christian religious and cultural celebration called Christmas is surely one of our favorite times of the year. Burl Ives famously...

Pola Otterstein 25 December 2025

Masterpiece Stories

Masterpiece Story: The Train in the Snow by Claude Monet

Claude Monet painted The Train in the Snow in 1875. The work was not shown in the Impressionist exhibition, but it reveals Monet’s attraction to...

Zuzanna Stańska 7 December 2025

Claude Monet, Magpie, 1868-69, Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France. Detail. Masterpiece Stories

Masterpiece Story: Magpie by Claude Monet

Magpie is a masterpiece by Claude Monet that captures the poetic play of light upon a winter landscape. It is a symphony of ivory and...

James W Singer 7 December 2025

Art State of Mind

Art in the Golden Hour

The golden hour is a brief and awe-inspiring moment filled with the most radiant light, intense colors, and deep shadows. For centuries, artists have...

Marga Patterson 5 December 2025