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Contemplating Winter in Art: 10 Winter Paintings

The quiet beauty and haunting charm of snow-covered landscapes, bare trees, and soft, silvery light create a world of stillness and wonder.

Maya M. Tola 1 December 2025

Painting

Van Gogh’s Marvelous Flower Paintings

Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) was an incredibly prolific artist whose paintings are known all over the world. Besides self-portraits and landscapes,...

Camilla de Laurentis 8 July 2025

Art State of Mind

10 Starry Night Paintings That Are Not by Van Gogh

Vincent van Gogh is probably the first artist you think of when the Starry Night painting is mentioned. But he shouldn’t be the only one! Let...

Marta Wiktoria Bryll 15 May 2025

Artemisia Gentileschi, Self-Portrait as the Allegory of Painting, 1638-1639 Women Artists

Artemisia Gentileschi in 10 Paintings

Artemisia Gentileschi is the most celebrated female painter of the 17th century. Let's look at 10 of her paintings.

Candy Bedworth 20 November 2025

Love Story

10 Most Romantic Artworks About Love

Romantic artworks about love involve stolen kisses, intimate recollections, sleepy days, eternal devotion, and passionate embraces. They say love is...

Kristin Urban 5 July 2024

Art State of Mind

The Night Sky: 10 Nocturnal Paintings You Will Love

Few things in life are more moving than the night sky on a cloudless evening. Artists have been fascinated by it for so long! The night has inspired...

Ruxi Rusu 15 August 2025

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 31 July 2025

Art Nouveau jewelry. Alphonse Mucha and Georges Fouquet, Snake Bracelet with a Ring, 1899, Alphonse Mucha Museum, Sakai City, Japan. Art Nouveau

10 Art Nouveau Jewelry Pieces to Die For

A dragonfly woman, a golden serpent of opals and rubies, and a woman waiting for an octopus are three short descriptions of authentic Art Nouveau...

Jimena Escoto 8 December 2025

Rococo

7 Things You Need to Know About Jean-Honoré Fragonard

Before reading on, you should know that Jean-Honoré Fragonard was a Rococo master. One can say that Fragonard was Rococo. The works of this French...

Zuzanna Stańska, Matthew Vazquez 4 April 2025

Painting

Vermeer’s Love Letters: Vermeer Paintings on Display in New York

Johannes Vermeer (1632–1675) left us with a small collection of paintings. Only about 36 survive, scattered in 12 different collections around the...

Tom Anderson 24 June 2025

WTF Art History

Toxic Beauty: 3 Poisonous Painters’ Pigments

Did you know that some of the most admired painters’ pigments in art history are also among the most toxic? The pursuit of beauty has sometimes...

Celia Leiva Otto 8 December 2025

Erotica

The Victorians: An Unexpected World of Erotica and Pornography

The subject of erotica is vast. Even reduced to only the Victorian world of erotica, it’s a challenge to write about in the space of an article.

Sarah Mills 4 September 2025