Spitzweg was born in Munich in 1808 and became a pharmacist because his father demanded it. When his father died he gave up pharmacy and devoted himself to painting. The…
"The man from Edo can get to know the sweet potato of Satsuma and the delicate woman of Kyoto. You go along as if on an outing, you sit down in the shade of a tree and open your bottle of sake. Real…
The artistic side of Peter Paul Rubens as a painter is well known, and his women of majestic proportions are famously the paradigm of beauty of other centuries. We're announcing nothing…
Paul Gauguin left his successful career as a stockbroker to devote himself to painting in those years when the Impressionists were revolutionising the art world, filling it with immediacy and…
"Like long echoes that mingle far away, in a dark and profound unity, vast as the night and as the light, perfumes and colours and sounds answer one another". These lines from the famous sonnet…
There's nothing like the sound of a gunshot to scare the crows out of the wheatfields. Startled, caught between the roar of the echo and the gunpowder, they scatter and abandon the scene, leaving the yellow behind to head off into the night…
Originality is one of the traits that define the artwork of the Swiss-born artist Félix Vallotton. His roughly 1,700 oils, 250 prints and countless illustrations make up a…
William- Adolphe Bouguereau (La Rochelle, 1825-1905) was the very stereotype of the perfect academic artist. His exquisite technique and his meticulous line are two of the features that define his…