Théodore Géricault was a French painter, sculptor, draftsman and lithographer of the early 19th century and is...
Art
Self-portrait with grey felt hat
Vincent van Gogh was one of those geniuses to whom talent was not layn in the cradle. On the contrary, it was a long...
Bathing spot near Asnières
The art critic Félix Fénéon coined the term "Neo-Impressionism" for a style of painting that, according to its most...
Olivier Messiaen – a blackbird for the flutist
I probably don't think of any other composer as often as I think of Messiaen in my daily life - at least not with this...
Two Stubborn Men – Michelangelo and Pope Julius II.
Michelangelo Buonarroti, the star of the Renaissance, had a real problem with Pope Julius II. The Rovere Pope...
The painter Raoul Dufy and his Normandy
"I know the sea as a bather, as a sailor and as a painter. It is as a painter that it is dearest to me." (Raoul Dufy)...
The bedroom in Arles
"The Bedroom in Arles" (or "Vincent's Bedroom") is the title of three oil paintings and two drawings by the Dutch...
Fête champêtre by Jean-Antoine Watteau
Jean-Antoine Watteau, who died far too early, was one of the most important artists of his time. He went down in...
Ballet at the Paris Opera
At a time when the great days of romantic ballet were already over, the painter Edgar Degas began his studies at the...
Two Sisters, On the Terrace
Still indulging in the memories of his last trip to Italy and under the influence of the works he had seen there, A....
Boy on a ram
It is said that the greatest artists have been given the gift of creating stories that last for centuries by the power...
The Happy Drinker
Frans Hals, along with Peter Paul Rubens and Anthonis van Dyck, is one of the most important portrait painters of his...
Italian landscape with shepherds
Born in 1625, Willem (or Guilliam) de Heusch was a Dutch landscape painter and engraver of the 17th century. ...
Arrival of the boats
This is a wonderful picture of J. Maris, who literally draws you into the daily life of the people of Scheveningen....
Italian landscape with shepherds
Born in 1625, Willem (or Guilliam) de Heusch was a Dutch landscape painter and engraver of the 17th century. Little is...