If we asked readers to name female painters, not many names would likely come up. Most would mention Frida Kahlo and Berthe Morisot, and some might also recall Dora Maar, Yayoi Kusama, or Paula Rego; Spaniards might remember Maruja Mallo, and those who have seen the respective films might think of Leonora Carrington and Margaret […]
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Joseph Ducreux, the Painter Who Created the Most Extravagant Self-Portraits in History
In another article, we talked about the tronie, a type of caricature portrait practiced by Dutch Golden Age painters. In the following century, it was a French artist who revived this interest in breaking away from academicism, creating some highly expressive portraits through gestures. Thus, the subjects appear laughing, asking for silence, pointing with a […]
Johannes Gumpp, the 17th-century Painter whose only Work is a Mysterious Triple Self-portrait
Since the existence of the art of painting, artists have created self-portraits or included themselves in representations of mythological, religious, or invented themes. Until the invention of photography, the easiest, though not the only, way to create a self-portrait was to look in a mirror. Depending on the era, this could be more or less […]
Simonetta Vespucci, the muse who was a model both for Botticelli and many others, died at the age of 23
If we had to choose the most famous paintings in history, there would certainly be one from Botticelli and, most likely, the one chosen would be The birth of Venus, which is one of the greatest paintings ever produced in Quattrocento. The curious thing is we can also admire the face of this goddess in […]