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J Roybal Paintings – By A Real Artist?
If you love music and children, you’ll surely appreciate these oil paintings by J Her paintings are selling everywhere In this selection, you’ll find portraits of children playing instruments and fifty paintings of a music J Roybal’s…

Where Did Van Gogh Paint The Starry Night?
If you are wondering where Van Gogh painted his masterpiece The Starry Night, then you’ve come to the right This famous painting is now on display at MoMA, the Museum of Modern Art in New York Although it…

Van Gogh Starry Night Meaning
The Starry Night has multiple Some people say it represents the stars and constellations that appeared in the sky in June of Others say the swirling lines are nothing to do with the Milky Way, Northern Lights, or…

Mr and Mrs Andrews by Thomas Gainsborough
Thomas Gainsborough’s portrait of Robert and Frances Mary Carter is a famous The painting is a portrait of a young married couple, and it has become a popular subject of art The painting features a phallic symbol, hidden…

The Night Watch Painting by Rembrandt
The Night Watch Painting is one of Rembrandt’s most famous examples of Dutch Rembrandt used multiple layers of varnish to create the illusion that the painting was at The scene depicted is a living one, but it is…

American Gothic Painting – The Symbolism of Pitchforks and Rakes
If you are unfamiliar with the work of Grant Wood, this article will give you an overview of the You will learn about the influence of Flemish Renaissance art and the meaning of pitchforks and rakes in this work…

The Astronomer by Johannes Vermeer
If you’re a fan of the seventeenth-century Dutch masters, then you have no doubt seen the famous painting “The Astronomer by Johannes It is a well-known painting, and it can be found at the Louvre in It is…

Breezing Up by Winslow Homer
Who painted breezing up Have you ever wondered who painted Breezing Up? He was an American painter, printmaker, and printmaker who was perhaps best known for his marine Homer was one of the most important figures of nineteenth-century American…

Paris Street Rainy Day by Gustave Caillebotte
In the painting Paris Street, Rainy Day by Gustave Caillebotti, the artist captures the mood of a dreary day in the city of This work demonstrates the artist’s skill and Caillebotte’s realism and attention to detail convey an…

The Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I by Gustav Klimt
The portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I was completed by Gustav Klimt in 1912, after painting her The artist owned several works by the model After Adele’s death in 1925, the works belonged to her son However, when…