June is the month for weddings. Celebrating this month, we have created a post that is dedicated to the different aspects of the wedding. Starting off with a look at William Johnson’s The Wedding Couple.
During the Dutch Golden Age, flower painting was a niche industry. These still life scenes were sought after by the newly wealthy merchant class. In addition to being status symbols, the paintings could be read
Once he was a lonely, moody young man trying to figure out his place in the world. This is the Picasso that lost himself in his Blue, and Rose periods. Combined these two periods only
In 1887, Vincent van Gogh purchased a large number of Japanese prints. His goal was to sell them. This did not pan out. Instead, these ukiyo-e prints opened Van Gogh’s mind up to new ideas
Cartoonist, soldier, social worker, philosopher, these are just a few of the titles Romare Beardon held during his lifetime. We remember him best as an artist. His art was shaped by his breadth of experiences,
Just before the turn of the Twentieth Century there was one name in American portraiture. It was John Singer Sargent. When Theodore Roosevelt hated his presidential portrait, he persuaded the artist to paint a new
Wayne Thiebaud Wayne Thiebaud painted unabashedly American moments. Because his early works focused on food, he was placed into the Pop Art category. Thiebaud didn’t share the art world’s assessment of his work. He viewed
It’s Christmastime, and a great time to look at the sacred art of the season. Modern Nativity scenes encompass everything: The Holy Family, a host of animals, shepherds, angels, and the wise men. You could
We know Arcimboldo for his wry, and clever anthropomorphic paintings like “Four Seasons in One Head.” Unfortunately, art historians have struggled to place Arcimboldo, and the small group of artists who created similar works, in
Jean-Baptiste Siméon Chardin (1699 – 1799) was a bit of an outlier in the French art world during his day. He came into his own during the height of the French Rococo period, yet his
