John Atkinson Grimshaw: Painter of Moonlight
Known for his city night-scenes and landscapes, John Atkinson Grimshaw was a Victorian artist described by British art …
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The Art of Autumn
Autumn is a time of contemplation. A time to reflect on the changing of the seasons from growth to decay. Each year is a …
Renoir: an Impression of Beauty
Famed for his paintings of bustling 19th-century Parisian life, pretty women and sensual nudes, Pierre-Auguste Renoir's …
Francois Flameng: Interpreter of Beauty
Beautiful places, beautiful people, beautiful clothes—Francois Flameng loved to paint them all. Born in an art studio in …
The Light that Inspired the Skagen Painters
Skagen is a village in the northernmost part of Denmark. From the late 1870s until the turn of the century, a group of …
The Language of Flowers - the secret Victorian love code
For Victorians, flowers were the language of love. Proclaiming feelings in public was considered socially taboo, so the …
A Slice of American Life in a Gilded Age by William Merritt Chase
William Merritt Chase was an American painter who thrived during America's Gilded Age. He is best known for his …
An Impression of Winter by Claude Monet
What impression do you have of winter? Perhaps you're a snowbird who escapes the cold for warmer climes. Perhaps you're …
In the Bleak Mid Winter
The story of shepherding begins some 5,000 years ago in Asia Minor. As the name implies, a shepherd is a sheep herder — …
20 Exquisite Paintings of 18th-Century Ladies by Joshua Reynolds
Sir Joshua Reynolds Sir Joshua Reynolds RA FRS FRSA (1723 – 1792) was an influential eighteenth-century English portrait …
The 17th-Century Hampton Court Beauties
Depicting the most glamorous ladies from the court of King William III and Queen Mary II, the Hampton Court Beauties are …
Mucha Do About Art Nouveau
The rags to riches story of Czech Art Nouveau artist Alphonse Mucha. Living alone in Paris in 1894, Alphonse Mucha …