MONDAY MUSE

Norman Percevel Rockwell was an American painter (1894-1978) and illustrator. His works have a broad popular appeal in the United States for their reflection of American culture. Rockwell is most…

Many famous paintings were hung during an install at the New York Museum of Modern Art, opening an exhibit that featured the last works of Henri Matisse. During the period of…

Norman Rockwell (1894-1978) was an American painter and illustrator. His works have a broad appeal in the United States for their reflection of American culture. He is most famous for the…

LESS IS MORE/ABSTRACT ART Around 1910, artists began to paint pictures that were not meant to be pictures of things, but things in their own right. Instead of showing recognizable scenes,…

British artist Damien Hirst is known for his ability to shock – not least with his controversial pieces using dead animals preserved in formaldehyde.  His piece from 1991, titled The…

Baroque and Breaking Out The Baroque art period is the name given to the dramatic, emotional style of art which emerged across Europe in the 17th Century. The term probably…

Making it Real In the 15th Century, paintings in the Netherlands became much more realistic. For the first time, it was common for artists to use settings and people drawn from…

This week’s Monday Muse is a story about one of the most famous paintings in the history of the United States; the iconic Washington Crossing the Delaware. One of the…

The marble used to create the famous statue of David, by Italian artist Michelangelo, was actually set to be used not once, but twice for sculptures by two other artists.…

The Peacock Room was once the dining room in the London home of Frederick Leyland, a wealthy shipowner. Originally designed by architect Thomas Jekyll, who asked James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) for…