19th century – Page 5

The title of this painting gave the name to the Impressionist art movement, and they have a critic, Louis Leroy, […]

This another of Goya’s murals he painted in his house Quinta del Sordo that was transferred to canvas. The painting […]

Millet was one of the French Realists who wanted to depict their subjects truthfully without any artificiality. This scene is […]

The Great Wave is a woodblock print; the original drawing is carved in wood which in turn is used to […]

November 2nd is All Souls days a Cristian commemoration of All Souls, the Holy Souls, or the Faithful Departed. In […]

This painting was originally a mural on the wall of Goya’s house Quinta del Sordo near Madrid. Around 1874 (almost […]

Caspar David Friedrich was part of the Romantic movement and is best known for his moody – mystic- landscapes. The […]

Ilya Repin was the leader of a group of Rusian painters called Peredvizhniki (the Wanderers). They aimed to portray the […]

Courbet once described himself as the “Proudest and most arrogant man in France”. In true artist style, he was tired […]

Poor Ophelia, her love for the Danish prince Hamlet is not returned; “Get thee to a nunnery. Why wouldst thou […]