Who Was Caravaggio and Why Was He So Important?
Caravaggio helped craft the dramatic Baroque style of the Counter-Reformation, but interest in him also stems from his reputation as a troublemaker.
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The Frida Kahlo Effect: Why the Mexican Artist Is Still a Pop-Cultural Icon Today
The version of herself that she shared with the public, a distinct persona of bohemian Mexicanidad and liberal politics, is part of what still fascinates us today.
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A Marie Laurencin Exhibition Offers a View into the Lesbian Circles of 1920s Paris
"Why should I paint dead fish, onions, and beer glasses?" Laurencin said of her subject matter of choice. "Girls are so much prettier."
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Who Was Giotto and Why Was He So Important?
Giotto helped revive naturalism in painting, bringing empathy and humanity, along with piercing observation, to his figures and illustrations of biblical stories.
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Long-Lost Arshile Gorky Portrait of Artist Anna Walinska Turns Up in Rhode Island
After being missing for four decades, the painting's owner has said she plans to donate it to the Rhode Island School of Design.
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Who Was Charmion von Wiegand and Why Is She Important?
What would she do if she could do anything, Charmion von Wiegand’s psychoanalyst asked her in 1927. “Why, paint, of course,” she answered. When he asked why she wasn’t doing that, she…
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Ellsworth Kelly Was Born 100 Years Ago and Museums Are Commemorating Him with Focused Exhibitions
The centenary is May 31.
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Who Was René Magritte and Why Is He Still So Important?
In his meticulously rendered paintings, nothing's really as it seems.
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Potter Thomas Commeraw, One of 19th-Century New York’s Few Free Black Entrepreneurs, Finally Gets His Due
His life and art are the subject of a new exhibition at the New–York Historical Society.
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Who Was Judith Leyster, and Why Was She So Important?
Leyster was one of just a few professional women artists during the Dutch Golden Age.
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