7 Not Just Blue Masterpieces by Yves Klein
Although he only lived 34 years, it could seem that Yves Klein lived more than one life. This French artist initially devoted himself to the...
Camilla de Laurentis 26 January 2023
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Masterpiece Story: The Railway by Édouard Manet
In 1873 when this painting was created by the Realist master Édouard Manet, the Gare Saint–Lazare was the largest and busiest train station in...
Zuzanna Stańska 23 January 2023
Skiing in Art History
Artists have long captured the magic of snow. During the 19th century, when winter sports like skiing, skating, and sledding became more popular in...
Louisa Mahoney 21 January 2023
Dressed in a Masterpiece: Sonia Delaunay and Her Wearable Art
Sonia Delaunay was a Ukrainian-born French artist and fashion designer, who spent most of her working life in Paris. Along with her husband, Robert...
Zuzanna Stańska 18 January 2023
Masterpiece Story: Woman at Her Toilette by Berthe Morisot
Berthe Morisot was closely associated with French Impressionism and actively participated in seven out of eight group exhibitions. She maintained...
Zuzanna Stańska 14 January 2023
Julie Manet – The Eternal Beauty of Impressionism
Julie Manet – called the beauty of Impressionism – was the daughter of the wealthy, well-connected painter Berthe Morisot and Eugène Manet,...
Pola Otterstein 14 January 2023
Masterpiece Story: Meules by Claude Monet
Claude Monet, the master of Impressionism, loved to paint in series. The one with haystacks (in French called meules) is his most well-known, and was...
Zuzanna Stańska 9 January 2023
Masterpiece Story: Still Life with Mackerel by Anne Vallayer-Coster
Anne Vallayer-Coster was one of the foremost still-life painters in 18th-century France. She was enormously prolific and extremely popular. Her works...
James W Singer 7 January 2023
Masterpiece Story: Feast of Love by Jean-Antoine Watteau
Feast of Love is a beautiful painting by Jean-Antoine Watteau that explores the themes of love and impermanence. It holds a polished mixture of urban...
James W Singer 31 December 2022
The True Star of Early Photography: Virginia Oldoini
Virginia Elisabetta Luisa Antonietta Teresa Maria Oldoini – in short, Countess of Castiglione – was a real celebrity of her times. I imagine that...
Zuzanna Stańska 20 December 2022
Capturing Light: The Pioneers of Photography in France
It all officially began in 1839 in two countries at the same time: in the UK, the Royal Academy announced the discovery of a method of capturing...
Magda Michalska 20 December 2022
Odilon Redon’s World of Darkness
The Balloon-Eye, The Crying Spider, The Cactus Man, The Cyclops… This is not a list of creatures from some horror movie. These are paintings...
Zuzanna Stańska 17 December 2022
