When this French artist came back to Paris after a year-long service in the French military, he was dedicated to revolutionizing the world of art. Georges Seurat (1859-1891) was from an upper-class family and received formal academic training at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris in the late 1870s. He didn’t embark on a journey …
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One of the final masterpieces of a renowned Spanish artist of the 17th century was misunderstood for hundreds of years. What appears to be a common scene of female workers is now generally accepted to depict a mythological story written by the Roman poet Ovid. In this article, you’ll discover some of the most interesting …
This renowned Engish artist was born in Paris and spent most of his career in France. He did, however, retain British citizenship his entire life. Alfred Sisley (1839-1899) was a landscape painter who thoroughly embraced the Impressionist art movement. He was one of the greatest exponents of painting “En Plein Air” or outdoors. As an …
There are a few examples of people who only fully focused on art later on in life, and this French artist is probably one of the most notable ones. Henri Rousseau (1844-1910) was a customs officer and tax collector for most of his adult life. He started collecting tolls in 1871 in his twenties and …
When this French artist started taking his art a bit too seriously, it resulted in a divorce from his Danish wife. Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) traveled the world and visited various places in France in an attempt to make a name for himself. This never really happened during his lifetime, although he is considered to be …
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 …
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 …
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 …