10 Best Portraits by Édouard Manet
Édouard Manet is known as one of the most controversial artists of his time. Highly criticized for his realism and for depicting modern life scenes...
Zuzanna Stańska 23 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
A 1920s Art Party with Tamara de Lempicka
Let’s imagine a glamorous party in the 1920s – and our host is the grand Tamara de Lempicka! We can hear jazz playing in the background and see...
Marija Canjuga 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
Niki de Saint Phalle – An Extraordinary Sculptress
Niki de Saint Phalle was a French-American artist and the only woman within the Nouveau Réalisme group that included Arman, Christo, Yves Klein,...
Magda Michalska 10 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: Two Sisters (On the Terrace) by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
This beautiful painting by Pierre-Auguste Renoir is known under two titles. The first one – Two Sisters (in French: Les Deux Sœurs) was given to...
Zuzanna Stańska 9 January 2023
Masterpiece Story: Water Lilies by Claude Monet
Water Lilies is a masterpiece of Impressionism. It blends the artist’s objective world and subjective...
James W Singer 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
