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Edvard Munch, Self-Portrait with Cigarette, 1895, National Gallery of Norway, Oslo, Norway. Art State of Mind

4 Artists Who Suffered from Mental Illness (And How It Affected Their Art)

Vincent van Gogh is well-known for his iconic works, and for a particular event from his personal life: the artist spent some time in a psychiatric...

Rute Ferreira 10 September 2026

Expressionism

You Give Me Fever: Egon Schiele’s Orange Obsession

Egon Schiele is famous for his intense, often unsettling figures—but one striking feature in his work is his use of orange. This bold color appears...

Magda Michalska 27 January 2026

Animals

From Hummingbirds to Owls: Why Birds Keep Appearing in Art

Birds in art may bring to mind John James Audubon, the 19th-century ornithologist who wrote and illustrated the landmark series The Birds of America.

Alexandra Kiely 4 September 2026

Ancient Art

Have You Ever Seen Ancient Sculptures’ Colors?

We admire the beauty and plasticity of ancient sculptures, how harmoniously they fit into the surrounding landscape. But we rarely ask ourselves the...

Elizaveta Ermakova 18 July 2025

Bizarre

Art Only Exists Because Death Exists: Skulls in Art

Dia De Los Muertos is celebrated every year across Mexico. A far cry from the Western commercial horror-fest of Halloween, it is a glorious...

Candy Bedworth 31 October 2025

Renaissance

The Unfinished Works of Leonardo da Vinci

As one of the most influential artists of the High Renaissance, Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci left a prolific legacy in the realm of the arts.

Maya M. Tola 16 February 2026

Utagawa Hiroshige maple trees: Utagawa Hiroshige, Maple Trees at Mama, Tekona Shrine and Tsugi Bridge, One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, 1857, ink on paper, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Detail. Masterpiece Stories

Masterpiece Story: Maple Trees at Mama by Utagawa Hiroshige

Utagawa Hiroshige’s prints were exported to Europe and became very popular with Western artists. Post-Impressionist painter Vincent van Gogh owned...

James W Singer 24 May 2026

Egon Schiele paintings. Egon Schiele, Portrait of Wally Neuzil, 1912. Leopold Museum, Vienna, Austria. Expressionism

10 Egon Schiele Paintings That Defined a Life and a Movement

Egon Schiele lived for 28 years and painted as though he knew exactly how many years he had. Few bodies of work in modern art carry the biographical...

Errika Gerakiti 1 June 2026

Utagawa Hiroshige, Wind-tossed Waves at Seven-Mile Beach in Sagami Province, View No. 13 from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, 1852, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Masterpiece Stories

Masterpiece Story: Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji by Hiroshige

Hokusai and his Wave have practically become symbols of Japan. It was first published in 1831 as a part of a larger series focusing on Mount Fuji, or...

Ledys Chemin 24 May 2026

Love Story

Is This Van Gogh’s One True Love? Sketches of Sien

Vincent van Gogh produced dozens of sketches of his live-in lover Clasina Maria Hoornick, known as Sien. Let's take a look!

Candy Bedworth 15 June 2026

Leonardo da Vinci, Grotesque Heads, 1490, Royal Library, Windsor, UK Bizarre

Leonardo da Vinci—A Renaissance Comedian

Leonardo da Vinci, prototype of the Renaissance man, is renowned for masterpieces such as the Mona Lisa, The Last Supper, and the Vitruvian...

Javier Abel Miguel 16 February 2026

Women Artists

10 Nordic Women Artists You Should Know

Forget everything you know about Nordic culture just being about Vikings, IKEA, and excessive coffee consumption. The Nordic countries have produced...

Joanna Kaszubowska 24 August 2026

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