Valentine Schlegel: Sculptor of Organic Abstraction
Sculptor, ceramist, artist, and teacher. Valentine Schlegel (1925–2021) was a headstrong individual with fervent, creative independence who carved...
Marga Patterson 23 May 2023
Sculptor, ceramist, artist, and teacher. Valentine Schlegel (1925–2021) was a headstrong individual with fervent, creative independence who carved...
Marga Patterson 23 May 2023
Mary Cassatt was the only American painter who exhibited with the Impressionists. Although she never married or had children of her own, she is best...
Ruxi Rusu 22 May 2023
Mary Cassatt was an American painter and printmaker who developed her skills by studying, working, and living in France. She was one of only three...
Marija Canjuga 22 May 2023
Welcome to the bizarre world of Henri Rousseau (1844–1910), the quintessential naïve artist, and meet his masterpiece depicting oneiric, striped...
Anastasia Manioudaki 21 May 2023
Although in her day she was most famous for portraying the members of the Parisian Boheme, Mela Muter was deeply fascinated with capturing the...
Magda Michalska 14 May 2023
Review of a new monograph by Jean Jullien, published by Phaidon Press. This gorgeous new book is a joyful summer read!
Candy Bedworth 5 May 2023
Eugène Delacroix was a French artist who was seen as the leader of the French Romantic school of art from the beginning of his career. 19th-century...
Zuzanna Stańska 26 April 2023
Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun and women in her portraits should be a reference for every art-lover. The French painter – also known as Madame Le Brun...
Pola Otterstein 16 April 2023
Read the story of Anna Bilińska, a Polish painter who spent her life in Paris. Discover her moving portraits and the fascinating story of her...
Magda Michalska 12 April 2023
Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732–1806) was the most prolific French painter of the 18th century. He created over 550 paintings embodying the spirit of...
James W Singer 5 April 2023
Entertainments such as cabarets, theatres, and the circus were popular themes among the Impressionist painters whose mission was portraying modern...
Zuzanna Stańska 27 March 2023
Henri Toulouse-Lautrec is famous for his portrayals of Parisian nightlife: cabarets, theaters, and brothels. He showed us a world of decadence and...
Alicja Gluszek 27 March 2023