
“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....

This ceiling painting “Apollo and the Arts” by Paul Jean Gervais, located in the Salle des Illustres (Hall of the Illustrious) within the Capitole de Toulouse, France....

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...
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The period 1914-18 saw Emile Claus (1849—1924) perforce working in London producing memorable views of Waterloo Bridge or The Thames. These latter works characterised by...

Particularly marked by the work of the Nabis and the Neo-Impressionist movement, Ferdinand du Puigaudeau (1864—1930) followed in the wake of impressionist painters....

Post-Impressionist French artist Ferdinand du Puigaudeau (1864—1930) was born in Nantes. In 1886, the date of his first known work, while he was boarding with Marie...

Jan Grubiński (1874—1945) was a Polish landscape painter. In the years 1896-1897 he was a student at Krakow Jacek Malczewski School of Fine Arts. He continued his...
Winter idyllic landscapes by Gustaf Fjæstad (1868—1948).

As an avid athlete, a Swedish painter and graphic artist Gustaf Fjæstad (1868—1948) competed in speed skating and cycling at national level, winning the “Mälaren Runt”...

"...I hear the sounds of melting snow outside my window every night and with the first faint scent of spring, I remember life exists..." — John Geddes, A Familiar Rain....

Gustaf Fjæstad (1868—1948) was a Swedish painter, famous for his idyllic winter landscapes. He studied at the Art Academy in Stockholm between 1889-92. Fjaestad was a...

Belgian painter Fernand Toussaint (1873—1956) made his study under the well-known Belgian portraitist Alfred Stevens in Paris. Fernand Toussaint specialised in painting...

Conrad Kiesel (1846—1921) was a German architect, painter and sculptor. Conrad Kiesel, Girl with Flowers, Private collection @dorotheum Source: Wikimedia Commons.

Elegantly depicted by British artist Edward Hughes (1832—1908), Juliette Gordon Low radiates the luxury of elite American birth and marriage to a wealthy Englishman. She...

Gustaf Fjæstad (1868—1948) was a Swedish painter, famous for his idyllic winter landscapes. He studied at the Art Academy in Stockholm between 1889-92, before he became...

William McGregor Paxton (1869—1941) and Elizabeth Vaughan Okie (1877—1971) met when they were students at the Cowles Art School in Boston. According to family lore, it...

American painter William McGregor Paxton (1869—1941) often depicted refined women —such as his patrons’ wives and daughters—at leisure in handsome Boston interiors of...

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