Flashback: Founding of the French Academy
Jealous of Rome's longstanding fame as the capital of Western art, in the 1660s the French monarchy established their own art school in the midst of the fray, on the grounds of a palazzo owned [...]
3 Surefire Creativity Hacks
Easy creative exercises that actually work
A City Side Walk
A Brief History of the Cityscape in Painting, Part 2
A City Side Walk
A Brief History of the Cityscape in Painting, Part 1
The Architecture of Amazement
How Sargent mastered the mysteries of white on white
The Landscape as a Vision in Paint
Great paintings raise questions for which there is no final answer.
Chauncey F. Ryder
The 'Poetic' American Post-Impressionist
True Colors!
You Can't Make This Stuff Up
Story Time
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September Light
Catching the spirit of early autumn