Still life painter Willem van Aelst (1627—1683) was one of the earliest Dutch artists to paint an asymmetrically arranged still life paintings of fine glassware, silver...
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Frederic Leighton (1830—1896) was one of Victorian Britain’s most renowned painters. Born in Scarborough, Yorkshire he received academic training in various European...
A nymph, naked except for a thin strip of seaweed draped across her lower body, opens a large oyster shell, where the little baby lies asleep. Herbert James Draper, A...
Le Crépuscule, or Dusk, was one of William-Adolphe Bouguereau’s most acclaimed works. It is the first in a series of canvases representing the four Times of Day: the...
The Catalogue of the 1860 National Exhibition of Fine Arts describes this work in the following excerpt: ‘The goddess of Love can be seen standing on a shell held by a...
Aurora, or Dawn, was one of William-Adolphe Bouguereau’s most acclaimed works. It is the first in a series of canvases representing the four Times of Day: the others...
“Life is what happens to us while we are making other plans.” — Allen Saunders. Pieter Faes, Still life of roses, tulips, carnations and other flowers in an urn on a...
In Raimundo de Madrazo’s (1841—1920) prolific production, most of which was executed in Paris, where he settled when very young, his paintings featuring his favourite...
Mary Little was from a small village just outside Bath, a fashionable spa town in the southwest of England. With a confident gaze and small smile, she holds a nosegay of...
“Love me when I deserve it the least, because that’s when I need it the most.” — Catullus (c. 84 – c. 54 BC). Jan Frans van Dael, A Vase of Flowers on the Ledge, c....
Dutch painter Cornelis van Spaendonck (1756—1840) trained under his brother Gerard in Paris and worked at the Sèvres porcelain works for over twenty years. A member of...
A painter of portraits, history and genre scenes, Jan Van Beers was born in Lierre, Belgium in 1852. His father was a famous poet. Studying at the renowned Antwerp Fine...
Giovanni Battista Costa (1833—1893) was an Italian genre painter. Born in Livorno, he was a student at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze and worked afterwards in...
Tilly Kettle (1734—1786) was an English portrait painter. After working in the Midlands and London, he became one of the first British painters to risk a long visit to...
In this lively interior, the figures embody a romanticized notion of leisure and luxury, opulently rendered by this master painter Vittorio Reggianini (1858—1938)....
Authentique. Inspirational. Influential. The Treasure House Fair (26 June – 1 July 2025) @treasurehousefair is held at the Royal Hospital Chelsea at the height of...
This unusually large work combines the classic elements of Ambrosius Bosschaert’s (1573—1621) paintings: a luxuriant, harmoniously balanced bouquet, an exotic Chinese...
Huldah Bradley sits in the green fields of her family’s Connecticut farm, with a view of the Long Island Sound in the distance. She wears a dress of glossy pink silk and...
Maria Luisa, a Spanish Princess, was fifteen when this portrait was made. She wears a light-colored dress with green and white flowers and an open neck. The insignia of...
“You know you’re in love when you can’t fall asleep because reality is better than your dreams.” — Dr. Seuss. Pierre Carrier-Belleuse, Sleeping nude, 19th century,...
Arvid Frederick Nyholm (1866—1927) was born in Stockholm in 1866 and studied art at the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts. In 1891 he immigrated to the United States,...
Art Nouveau painter, printmaker and illustrator Maximilian Liebenwein (1869—1926) was born in Vienna and later became a member of the ‘Vienna Secession’ and furthermore...
“I find everything poetic, and it’s in the corners of my heart which are sometimes mysterious that I catch a glimpse of poetry… I feel a sensation that leads me into a...
‘Gauguin’s Chair’ was a pair to another painting, ‘Van Gogh’s Chair’, and they were to be hung together, turned to each other. Both chairs function as ‘portraits’,...
Joseph Roulin, a postal employee, depicted here in the uniform against an imaginative backdrop of swirling flowers. He was a friend of Van Gogh’s when the artist lived...
Autumn season fruits & veg painted in September-November 1887 🍇🧄🍂Vincent Van Gogh (1853—1890) could not have chosen a simpler subject: some grapes, apples, garlic and...
This work was made at a time of the life of Van Gogh when he first encountered influences from Impressionists and became aware of light and color, implementing it in his...
In this sunset landscape, Vincent Van Gogh uses intense colour contrasts to underscore the impressive richness of nature. Van Gogh paints ‘Pollard Willows at Sunset’ in...
With a fresh supply of materials from his brother, Theo, Van Gogh started at least five paintings featuring olive trees around June 1889, including the Nelson-Atkins...
During his Paris period, Van Gogh already painted a forest in an unusual and original way: not the tall trees and the foliage, but the ground, the base of the trunks and...
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