Art from the turn of the 20th century is already quite present in Polish popular culture, most often represented by artists like Stanisław Wyspiański, Jacek Malczewski or Józef Chełmoński. Here, ...
Angelika Kauffmann was an Austrian painter best known for her Neoclassical portraits of 18th-century British high society and historical paintings. Born on October 30, 1741 in Graubünden, Switzerland, ...
William Adolphe Bouguereau was a French painter, best known for his realist depictions of the human figure set within Neoclassical and rustic settings ... Bouguereau’s life-sized oil paintings of ...
Stories of haunted paintings have circulated for centuries, and we love these tales because they suggest that the creative process can conjure something far darker than Vantablack. Do some ...
For our annual Museums Issue, The Washington Post’s critics highlight the country’s wealth of art museums, from its neoclassical temples to its modern jewels (and those that offer both). Below, we ...
An artist and designer, she transformed simple craft paper into elaborate trompe l’oeil confections, creating stunning life-size reproductions of period garments.
The Norton Museum of Art hosts Strike Fast, Dance Lightly: Artists on Boxing, the largest comprehensive survey of artistic representations of boxing in more than 20 years, featuring paintings, videos, ...
“She’s been perceived — mostly by art historians — as a phenomenon of the Art Deco period… of the world ... the Italian Renaissance and French Neoclassical painters.