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 5 November 2024
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Masterpiece Story: The Train in the Snow by Claude Monet
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 5 November 2024
Claude Monet and Saint Lazare Train Station
Between 1853 and 1870 Paris has been renovated and modernized by Georges-Eugène Haussmann, commonly known as Baron Haussmann. This prefect of the...
Zuzanna Stańska 5 November 2024
Fabulous Railway Station Paintings from the Golden Age of Train Travel
Once upon a time, train travel was the height of fashion. That’s why the second half of the 19th century and first few decades of the 20th century...
Alexandra Kiely 5 November 2024
Amy Sherald and the Quiet Revolution of Black Portraiture
Imagine a portrait of a woman, her skin rendered in shades of gray, her gaze direct yet serene, dressed in a strikingly modern, patterned dress. The...
Sabrina Phillips 4 November 2024
The Most Famous Bard in History: Orpheus in Paintings
According to Greek Mythology, Orpheus was a singer, musician, and poet. Therefore, he was often depicted in paintings and sculptures, singing in...
Anna Ingram 4 November 2024
Masterpiece Story: Heart of the Andes by Frederic Edwin Church
Heart of the Andes is one truly impressive landscape painting. Frederic Edwin Church’s crowning achievement depicts the scenery he saw during his...
Alexandra Kiely 4 November 2024
Masterpiece Story: Wanderer above the Sea of Fog by Caspar David Friedrich
Autumn is nipping at the leaves, and summer’s light is waning. Grab your favorite sweater and get ready to introspect like a Romantic because...
Coleman Richards 4 November 2024
Top 10 Most Famous Chinese Paintings
With thousands of years of continuous history, China is one of the world’s oldest civilizations. It is also one of the most culturally unique...
Marina Kochetkova 4 November 2024
Masterpiece Story: Self-Portrait by Faith Ringgold
Self-Portrait by Faith Ringgold is a masterpiece of 1960s portraiture, feminist art, and Black...
James W Singer, 3 November 2024
Masterpiece Story: Two African Men by Rembrandt van Rijn
In the discourse on the Black presence in Western history, it is taken for granted that Africans in art represented solely enslaved people, and their...
Nicole Ganbold 3 November 2024
Masterpiece Story: Officer of the Hussars by Kehinde Wiley
Let’s talk about the Officer of the Hussars by Kehinde Wiley. Wiley is a Nigerian artist, based in New York, with studios in China and Senegal. He...
Joanna Kaszubowska 3 November 2024
