Mela Muter – Accomplished Portraitist and Devoted Mother
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 27 January 2023
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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
The Tragic Story of Jeanne Hébuterne and Modigliani
Jeanne Hébuterne is best known for being a frequent sitter and common-law wife of the Italian painter Amedeo Modigliani. However, the story of her...
Zuzanna Stańska 24 January 2023
The History of Amedeo Modigliani’s Portraits
Amedeo Modigliani painted so many portraits of women – especially nude ones – that people began to see him as a reckless playboy, an image that...
Pola Otterstein 24 January 2023
10 Things You May Not Know About Édouard Manet
Who has not heard of Édouard Manet? The same Manet whose canvas, Le Déjeuner sur L’herbe (or The Luncheon on the Grass), ushered in a new age for...
Ledys Chemin 23 January 2023
Let’s Ride a Tiger! Escape into the Tropics with Henri Rousseau
Let’s ride a tiger! Definitely not! We should never try to ride a tiger, and Rousseau does not suggest it either! It would be horrible (especially...
Sarah Mills 19 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
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: A Bar at the Folies-Bergère by Édouard Manet
A Bar at the Folies-Bergère is considered Édouard Manet’s last major painting. Presented in the Paris Salon of 1882, just a year before the...
Anastasia Manioudaki 9 January 2023
10 Spectacular Hidden Gems at the Louvre Museum
The Louvre Museum in the heart of Paris is home to an incredible collection of artworks. Everyone knows it includes Mona Lisa, Nike of Samothrace,...
Camilla de Laurentis 9 January 2023
Masterpiece Story: Magpie by Claude Monet
Magpie is a masterpiece by Claude Monet that captures the poetic play of light upon a winter landscape. It is a symphony of ivory and...
James W Singer 5 January 2023
The Surrealistic World of Dora Maar
The name Dora Maar reminds most people of Pablo Picasso. But apart from being his muse and lover, she was first and foremost an ambitious and...
Michel Rutten 2 January 2023
