Vanishing Pyramid: JR’s Art at the Louvre Museum
In 2016, the urban photographer “JR” decided to visually remove the famous pyramid known as the modern symbol of the Louvre. Three years...
Montaine Dumont 3 February 2022
#france
French Elegance – How Did Women Dress in the 18th Century?
While we can no longer personally experience the splendor of 18th-century fashion, thankfully many painters of the time left us the answer to the...
Pola Otterstein 27 January 2022
Commedia dell’Arte Characters in Art
Commedia dell’arte is a form of theater popular from the 16th to the 18th century. The name means comedy of art indicating that the performers...
Anastasia Manioudaki 24 January 2022
5 Portraits by Paul Cézanne You Have Probably Never Seen Before
Paul Cézanne is mostly associated with still-lifes. Characteristic square apples and oranges laid on the tables with kicked perspective are...
Zuzanna Stańska 19 January 2022
Masterpiece Story: Ruins of the Château de Pierrefonds by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
Soon after Château de Pierrefonds was displayed, Emperor Napoleon III restored the actual Château de Pierrefonds in the 1850s under the direction...
James W Singer 18 January 2022
Berthe Weill: The Unknown Gallerist of the Avant-Garde
Do you know the name of the first female modern art gallery owner? Berthe Weill was born in 1865 and died in 1951 in Paris but nowadays she seems to...
Maia Heguiaphal 10 January 2022
Best Party Posters of the 19th Century
Are you ready for a crazy party tonight? Although lithography was invented in 1798, at first it was too slow and expensive for poster production.
Zuzanna Stańska 31 December 2021
Did You Know That Henri Matisse Went to Morocco?
The first things that come to one’s mind when one thinks of Henri Matisse are France, Fauvism, raw shapes, and colors. But never Morocco! Why not?...
Yahya Bensouda 29 December 2021
Masterpiece Story: Henri Matisse, Harmony in Red
Sergei Shchukin once said “If a picture gives you a psychological shock, buy it. It’s a good one.” And the Matisse painting I would like to...
Zuzanna Stańska 29 December 2021
Henri Matisse’s Cut-Outs
Coping with the difficulties of old age and illness in the years following World War II, Matisse nonetheless produced some of the most vibrant and...
Zuzanna Stańska 29 December 2021
Why Was Matisse Obsessed with Goldfish?
Goldfish here, goldfish there, in a bowl, in a tank, on a table, by the window, goldfish everywhere. Having been looking at Henri Matisse’s...
Magda Michalska 29 December 2021
Suzanne Valadon: Model, Painter, Rebel at the Barnes Foundation
In Suzanne Valadon: Model, Painter, Rebel, the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia, PA, shows how Valadon transitioned from an in-demand model to a...
Lauren Kraut 27 December 2021
