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 22 December 2023
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 22 December 2023
You open your eyes to the early morning light filtering through your windows. You instantly feel the cold air of the bedroom as you see your warm...
James W Singer 17 December 2023
The ukiyo-e genre of art flourished in Japan between the 17th and 19th centuries. The term translates as “picture[s] of the floating world.” Its...
Zuzanna Stańska, Kate Wojtczak 14 August 2023
Harald Sohlberg was a Norwegian painter whose works can be described as Neo-Romantic. He is particularly known for his depictions of the mountains of...
Zuzanna Stańska 14 March 2023
As the postman brings you cheery season’s greetings from your nearest and dearest, let me guess what the images are on the front of your Christmas...
Candy Bedworth 25 December 2022
These are the shortest days of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. It’s dark and cold outside, but there are two things that brighten the night...
Kate Wojtczak 23 December 2022
Snow. You either love it or hate it. Are you able to picture a fresh snowfall in your mind? Or is it falling outside your window as you read this...
Rachel Witte 23 December 2022
In the Bruegel Room in Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, 12 paintings hang in the space. They cover the final ten year period of the life of Pieter...
Wendy Gray 21 December 2022
December is a month of snow (for those in the colder corners of the world…), hot chocolates with marshmallows, and mince pies. I’m slowly...
Magda Michalska 21 December 2022
If one thinks of winter in Siberia, one usually imagines loads of snow, fur hats, and hip flasks filled with some warming drink. What was winter like...
Magda Michalska 21 December 2022
The Hunters in the Snow by Pieter Bruegel the Elder belongs to the magnificent collection of Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. Discover its story...
Zuzanna Stańska 11 December 2022
Claude Monet painted The Train in the Snow in 1875. The work was not shown in the Impressionist exhibition, but it reveals Monet’s attraction to...
Zuzanna Stańska 11 December 2022