The Potato in Fine Art
Do you prefer your potatoes in a landscape or in a still life or in a stew? Come with me on a tour of the humble potato in art.
Candy Bedworth 16 October 2024
Masterpiece Story: Meat Stall with the Holy Family Giving Alms by Pieter Aertsen
Pieter Aertsen’s Meat Stall with the Holy Family Giving Alms is an interesting painting as it provides a wonderful glimpse into the varied...
James W Singer 16 October 2024
This Article Is Only About Cheese in Painting
This article is best enjoyed with blue cheese fondue, a cheesecake, toast with butter and cheese, some nice onion soup with cheddar, a cheese muffin,...
Magda Michalska 16 October 2024
Meet Asparagus, The King of Vegetables! Not Just for Vegetarians
The season for asparagus is very short as it starts around the 23rd of April (St George’s Day) and lasts only until June. Its special qualities and...
Magda Michalska 16 October 2024
The Best Autumn Foods in Still Life Paintings
I love everything about autumn – the cool, crisp air, the warm sweaters, the sense that the holiday season will soon arrive. But most of all, I...
Alexandra Kiely 16 October 2024
Jean-François Millet: The Peasant Painter
French artist Jean Francois Millet painted some the world’s best known artworks of peasants toiling in rural landscapes. Explore his life and work!
Candy Bedworth 15 October 2024
Harvest Home: 5 Most Beautiful Depictions of Harvest in Art
The leaves are falling here in Wales. The last of the fruit and veg is being taken in, and the nights are getting darker. In the pagan calendar, both...
Candy Bedworth 15 October 2024
Masterpiece Story: The Harvesters by Pieter Bruegel the Elder
The Harvesters is a masterpiece of the Northern Renaissance. It is a visual contemplation Pieter Bruegel the Elder presented on human’s place...
James W Singer 15 October 2024
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 15 October 2024
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The Best Landscape Paintings to Greet Autumn
Now that summer is officially over, looking through the window in many places is all about rain and clouds. To inspire us with the more beautiful...
Pola Otterstein 15 October 2024
Edvard Munch’s Vampire: A Scary Femme Fatale or a Tender Lover?
Like The Scream or Madonna, Vampire is one of Edvard Munch’s most famous artworks. But what if we view it as something more than a folklore...
Guest Profile 14 October 2024
Norval Morrisseau, The Picasso of the North
The Picasso of the North, as he was known throughout Europe; Copper Thunderbird, as he was known in the Anishinaabe region of Canada. Whatever...
Adam Oestreich 14 October 2024
Edgar Degas in 10 Paintings
Edgar Degas (1834-1917) is one of the most famous painters of his generation. His ballerinas are held in many of the world’s most prestigious...
Jimena Escoto 10 October 2024
The Degenerate Art Exhibition: How the Nazis Tried to Destroy Modern Art
In 1937, the Nazi regime organized an exhibition in Munich that marked one of the darkest chapters in art history: the Entartete Kunst (Degenerate...
Javier Abel Miguel 10 October 2024
Edvard Munch’s Vampire: A Scary Femme Fatale or a Tender Lover?
Like The Scream or Madonna, Vampire is one of Edvard Munch’s most famous artworks. But what if we view it as something more than a folklore...
Guest Profile 14 October 2024
The Best Landscape Paintings to Greet Autumn
Now that summer is officially over, looking through the window in many places is all about rain and clouds. To inspire us with the more beautiful...
Pola Otterstein 15 October 2024
Six Wives Of Henry VIII in Portraits
Henry VIII was the King of England who is best known for having six wives and, in particular, killing some of them. He was also famous for doing...
Zuzanna Stańska 4 May 2021
Masterpiece Story: Allegorical Painting of Two Ladies
Allegorical Painting of Two Ladies is an enigmatic and highly unusual imaginative portrait made in 1650s England. It reveals a fascinating story...
Nicole Ganbold 14 October 2024
10 Blue Yves Klein Masterpieces You Must Know
Yves Klein was a French artist and a leading member of the French artistic movement of Nouveau Réalisme. Klein was a pioneer in the development of...
Zuzanna Stańska 28 April 2020
Harvest Home: 5 Most Beautiful Depictions of Harvest in Art
The leaves are falling here in Wales. The last of the fruit and veg is being taken in, and the nights are getting darker. In the pagan calendar, both...
Candy Bedworth 15 October 2024
Caspar David Friedrich in 10 Paintings
Caspar David Friedrich’s paintings changed the face of landscape painting with his intense and emotional focus on nature and he became a key member...
Zuzanna Stańska 17 October 2024
Leonora Carrington and Her Surrealist Life in Her Own Words
Leonora Carrington (1917-2011) is considered one of the greatest but most neglected British Surrealists. Her life story is a fascinating one: she...
Magda Michalska 11 October 2024
The Best Autumn Foods in Still Life Paintings
I love everything about autumn – the cool, crisp air, the warm sweaters, the sense that the holiday season will soon arrive. But most of all, I...
Alexandra Kiely 16 October 2024
Pablo Picasso’s Bulls: On The Road To Simplicity
Pablo Picasso’s bulls are something that once seen, cannot be forgotten. The Bull is a series of 11 lithographs created around Christmas in...
Zuzanna Stańska 19 April 2017
