Female vs. Male Gaze: Suzanne Valadon’s Reclining Nude
Female nudes are prevalent throughout art history. There are ancient mythological goddesses, the Biblical Eves and Susannas, and then there are the...
Lauren Kraut 20 March 2023
Female nudes are prevalent throughout art history. There are ancient mythological goddesses, the Biblical Eves and Susannas, and then there are the...
Lauren Kraut 20 March 2023
Jane Poupelet was a French sculptress and illustrator most known for her involvement in World War I. There were not many female artists at the time...
Maia Heguiaphal 13 March 2023
The Fortune Teller is one of Georges de La Tour’s early masterpieces. The Baroque oil painting, once questioned by the Louvre Museum for its...
Anna Ingram 12 March 2023
Berthe Morisot was an influential painter at the heart of the French Impressionist movement. Ahead of her time, her work was innovative, fresh, and...
Candy Bedworth 10 March 2023
While Eva Gonzalès’ privileged upbringing and supportive family gave her the opportunities to grow in her artistic abilities and broaden her...
Rachel Witte 10 March 2023
There is a common saying that behind every great man, there is a great woman. It was no exception for the legendary sculptor, generally considered...
Zuzanna Stańska 4 March 2023
This title might be a little controversial. In fact, critics find the term demimondaine to be more accurate when describing James Tissot’s series...
Magda Michalska 23 February 2023
Academicism was the dominant style in European art in the 18th and 19th centuries. It was called so because it was dictated by the French Academy of...
Magda Michalska 21 February 2023
Tonight the Moulin Rouge is bursting at the seams. Men in dark coats and distinguished women dance and converse on the buzzing floor. Each has a...
Ruxi Rusu 3 February 2023
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
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
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