12 Beautiful Paintings from Russian Artist Lev Lagorio
Lev Lagorio (1828–1905) loved the way light plays with the beauty and drama of sea and mountains. Known for his …
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20 Amazing Winter Paintings from the Little Ice Age
The Rhone Glacier, Switzerland, in 1870 The Little Ice Age was a period from about 1300 to 1870 when Europe and North …
A Lasting First Impression - how Monet started a revolution in art
It was April 15, 1874, on the boulevard des Capucines, Paris, France. Monet waited nervously for people to arrive at his …
22 Beautiful Paintings of 19th-Century American Life
At one time, especially between 1815 and 1915, the horse and buggy was the primary mode of short-distance transportation …
"The Master of Swish" - Boldini's Elegant Portraits of High Society Women
Self-portrait by Giovanni Boldini, 1892 In a dusty old Parisian apartment in 2010, a startling discovery was made. No …
How Susan Catherine Waters Thrived in a Male-Dominated Victorian Art World
Susan Catherine Moore Waters was a self-taught artist who had little formal training. She paid her way through seminary …
Garden of the Princess (Louvre) - Monet in Transition from Realism to Impressionism
Garden of the Princess (Louvre) by Claude Oscar Monet is one of his earlier works from 1867—before the term …
The Windmills of Monet
Claude Monet by the photographer Albert Greiner, Amsterdam, 1871. The year was 1871. Claude Monet had been exiled to …
Currier & Ives: the Essential Decoration for Victorian Homemaking
From humble beginnings in the Victorian era, Currier and Ives became a successful New York-based printmaking firm that …
The Art of Reading in the Victorian Era
Victorians were avid readers. Just as we bury our faces in our mobile devices on the morning commute, so too did …
A Journey Back in Time Down the Avenue des Champs Élysées
The Avenue des Champs Élysées is a boulevard in Paris 1.9 km (1.2 mi) long and 70 m (76 yds) wide, which runs between …
Tissot's Victorian Ladies
James Tissot (1836 - 1902), was a French painter and illustrator. He painted scenes of Paris and London society—and …