A black woman is sleeping in a moonlit desert landscape while a ferocious lion sniffs at her shoulder. This is not a very common subject in the world of art. This is indeed a peculiar painting in many ways. It could only have been painted by an artist who had never received a formal art …
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Although this master of the Northern Renaissance is best known for his paintings depicting peasants, he was also one of the most renowned landscape artists of his generation. Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1525-1569) was nicknamed “Peasant Bruegel” because his most famous paintings depict people from the lower classes in the Low Countries. He also produced …
This renowned and influential French artist was born on the island of Saint Thomas, a US Virgin Island that was part of the Danish West Indies in the early 1830s. Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) was one of the leading Impressionist artists of the 19th century who also briefly dabbled in Neo-Impressionism during the 1880s. He’s certainly …
One of the ultimate treasures of Gothic art has a history that goes back to the late 13th century. It depicts a traditional Christian scene during the Middle Ages and was completed by one of the most renowned Gothic artists in history. In this article, you’ll discover some of the most interesting facts about the …
Three distinguished guests from abroad visited Baby Jesus Christ shortly after his birth. They brought lavish gifts for the Son of God, including gold, frankincense, and myrrh. That’s the story according to the Gospel of Matthew, the only of the gospels to mention them. It has been widely adopted in Christianity and is a famous …
Not too many artists in history have been able to capture female beauty than this renowned French artist did in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) was one of the driving forces of the Impressionist art movement and produced some of the most remarkable Impressionist paintings in the process. He learned …
There haven’t been too many artists in history who picked up their brushes in their early 40s to become one of the greatest painters of their generation. Henri Rousseau (1844-1910) is one of the few French artists who could claim to be a self-taught genius, and this is reflected in his enthralling paintings. He adopted …
The people in Belgium didn’t like to see one of the greatest works of a famous Belgian artist leave the country in the late 1980s. James Ensor (1860-1949) is one of the icons of Belgian art, a notion emphasized by the fact that his picture even decorated the 100 franc note before the euro was …
Dancers, bathers, jockeys, and portraits. These are the subjects that define the oeuvre of paintings of this renowned French artist. Edgar Degas (1834-1917) was an Impressionist artist who didn’t really fit into the group. He often belittled and ridiculed the Impressionists for painting outdoors, something he absolutely detested. Then again, this is how many of …
Most of the paintings by Vermeer depict a scene featuring one or several people in one of the rooms of his own house. Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675) painted extremely slowly as this allowed him to fully focus on the details. He mastered the technique of making light reflect on common objects. In this article, we’ll take …