
“Once upon a time there was a boy who loved a girl, and her laughter was a question he wanted to spend his whole life answering.” — Nicole Krauss, The History of Love....

“Once upon a time there was a boy who loved a girl, and her laughter was a question he wanted to spend his whole life answering.” — Nicole Krauss, The History of Love....

Austrian painter Lea Reinhart (1877—1970) was famous for miniatures and still life paintings. Born in Bruenn, she was a pupil of Tina Blau and after finishing her...

Marie Egner (1850—1940) was one of the most important female Austrian artists of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. Her lyrical landscapes and...

Jessica Hayllar (1858—1940) was the most prolific and exhibited female artist at the Royal Academy for twenty five years, from 1880 to 1915. However following an...

Julie Volpelière (1783/90—1842) was a female French painter born in Marseille, but mostly worked in Paris. She was a pupil of a popular academic neoclassical painter...

“Dusk, an hour that drifts into the next. A marriage of tone and color blurring boundaries with luminous light. With special meaning in a memorable world. I am humbled...

"Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom." — Marcel Proust. Beatrice Emma Parsons, Statuette and...

Beatrice Emma Parsons (1870—1955) was a British painter and is best known for her watercolours of garden subjects. She began painting, almost exclusively, garden subject...

American female painter Eleanor Abrams (1885—1967) was a member of the group of women artists known as, “The Philadelphia Ten”. Abrams is best known for her vibrant...

“There was cheer in every face and a spring in every step. The locust-trees were in bloom, and the fragrance of the blossoms filled the air.” — Mark Twain, The...

Beatrice Emma Parsons (1870—1955) was an exceptional English garden painter. She studied at the Royal Academy Schools and exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1889-99, but...

British female painter Beatrice Emma Parsons (1870—1955) chooses this pivotal moment of the Annunciation to portray the innocence and vulnerability of a young woman...

Like other Impressionists artists, Lilla Cabot Perry (1848—1933) had an interest in Japanese fabrics and prints. In 1897, Lilla Cabot Perry’s husband became an English...

Lilla Cabot Perry (1848—1933), an American artist and writer, is best known as an Impressionist painter, but she also published four volumes of original poetry and a...

Belgian painter Frans Verhas (1827—1897) lived in Paris for a long time and took part in several salons, he specialised in elegant women in luxurious interiors. Here...

The Belgian painter Frans Verhas (1827—1897) was known for his portraits and genre scenes of women and children set in luxurious bourgeois homes. His elaborate salon...

“The Blossom of Youth” is an apt title for this luscious subject: a girl in the full bloom of youth, surrounded by flowers and a lavish interior, delicately plucks a...

Louise Pauline Julie Volpelière (1783/90—1842) was a female French painter born in Marseille, but mostly working in Paris. She was a pupil of a popular academic...

Anne-Louis Girodet-Trioson (1767—1824), was a French Neoclassical painter and pupil of Jacques-Louis David. Girodet painted many portraits, including some of members of...

This refined and elegant portrait was executed by Rose-Adélaïde Ducreux (1761—1802), the daughter of the well-known portraitist Joseph Ducreux, and one of the rare,...