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A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte by Georges Seurat
The painting was painted in two Georges Seurat spent countless hours in the park sketching the figures and concentrating on color, light, and During his talks, Gustave Kahn discussed the painting’s influence on the Parthenon He painted…

Flaming June by Frederic Leighton
Sir Frederic Leighton completed Flaming June in 1895 and it is considered one of his most famous This portrait retains the same pose throughout Leighton’s Greek art was an influence on the portrait, as were the Classical…

Les Demoiselles D’Avignon by Pablo Picasso
Les Demoiselles d’Avignon is a 1907 oil on canvas painting by Pablo It depicts five women in nude as they circle a Four of the women are looking directly at the The fifth one crouches on the…

Why is the Mona Lisa So Famous?
There are several reasons why the Mona Lisa is so It is one of the most popular works of art in the world, and is one of Leonardo Da Vinci’s best known The painting’s widespread reproduction in popular…

The Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh
The Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh is the most famous celestial scene in art It’s also one of the most famous paintings in the world, and there are now immersive experiences that let you step inside Van…

Washington Crosses the Delaware Painting
The painting named as Washington crosses Delaware by Emanuel Leutze is a masterstroke at the realist painting of the German-American Created in 1851 when the political scenario of the country was high and mighty, “Washington Crosses the Delaware” portrays…

Wanderer above the Sea of Fog by Caspar David Friedrich
You will be mistaken if you think that Romanticism is only limited to There are many prominent artists who amplified the Romantic Movement in Germany and Casper David Friedrich is one of His painting Der Wanderer über dem…

Van Gogh Night Café
Introduction Paintings enrich our house with their subtle It is essential to put up paintings in a manner that befits the décor of the If you can coordinate the rest of the contents of the room accordingly- the…

Two Sisters (on the terrace) by Renoir
The name of the painting can be broken into two parts and can be assigned two different origins; the first part of the denomination that is “Two sisters” was given by the artist, Pierre Auguste Renoir himself and the other…

Tree of Life by Klimt
The significance and the story behind the painting ‘Tree of Life’ by Klimt is as engrossing as its The existence of the tree of life dates long back to the period when the Bible was formulated and was being…