Dose of Art #104: Winslow Homer – The Fog Warning (1875)
The Boston Museum of Fine Arts has the perfect description: “The Fog Warning is a painting with a narrative, though […]
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Dose of Art #103: Cornelius Norbertus Gijsbrechts – A Cabinet in the Artist’s Studio (c. 1670-1671)
We don’t know much about Gijsbrechts, except that he was Flemish and was born in the 17th century. We do […]
Dose of Art #102: Claude Monet – Woman with a Parasol / Madame Monet and Her Son (1875)
What better way to start the week after this cold and snowy weekend than with this sunny painting by Monet? […]
Dose of Art #101: Pere Borrell del Caso – Escaping Criticism (1874)
Trompe-l’œil is French for ‘deceiving the eye’, and that is exactly what Pere Borrell del Caso tries to do. […]
Dose of Art #100: Pieter Bruegel – The Hunters in the Snow (1565)
Somehow the number 100 feels special, so what painting to choose for this occasion? I love the work of Pieter […]
Dose of Art #99: Rene Magritte – The Empire of Lights (1954)
Between 1949 and 1964 Magritte made 16 versions of this painting and it is one of his most popular works. […]
Dose of Art #98: Herbert Draper – The Lament of Icarus (c. 1898)
Mythology has always been a popular subject for painters (and their buyers), but for some reason, there are only a […]
Dose of Art #97: Edgar Degas – Edmondo and Thérèse Morbilli (c. 1865)
Thérèse was the sister of Edward Degas and was married to her first cousin Edmondo. The portrait was probably painted […]
Dose of Art #96: Jan Steen – The Feast of Saint Nicholas (1622)
Today is the feast of Saint Nicholas which is celebrated in the Netherlands since the 13th century. Although his name […]
Dose of Art #95: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo – Neptune Offering Gifts to Venice (c. 1750’s)
The Venetian Republic commissioned this painting to replace a lost painting by Tintoretto. It was one of the last public […]