19th century – Page 3

The scandal of painting prostitutes had worn off by the time Manet made this painting. He had already painted two […]

Pissarro lived in Pontoise between 1866 and 1883. During this period he painted a number of paintings of the village […]

Millet herself gave the following reason why she made the painting: “The idea for The Angelus came to me because […]

Alfred Lord Tennyson’s poetry has inspired many artists. Among them, John William Waterhouse whose most famous painting in this one. […]

This is probably the only painting by Van Gogh that was sold during his lifetime. For 400 Francs (around $ […]

Degas has made numerous paintings of the ballerinas in the Paris Opera House. He was especially interested in the practice […]

St. Jerome was a popular subject for paintings and he has been painted in many ways and styles. This one […]

We have seen Shishkin’s work before, and this is another great example of his Russian landscapes.

It is interesting to see how painters portrait themselves in their paintings. It is like an early version of our […]

The Boston Museum of Fine Arts has the perfect description: “The Fog Warning is a painting with a narrative, though […]