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Jan 19, 2025 | 
dailyartmagazine.com | Ledys Chemin |Candy Bedworth |Caroline Galambosova
Long Read min Read Dorothea Lange ranks among America’s best-known photographers, but her contributions to the world of photography go beyond her own famous photographs. She also played an important but largely unheralded role in creating The Family of Man photography exhibition. Here, 70 years after the opening of the exhibition, is the story of how Lange helped make The Family of Man exhibition such a legendary success.
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Oct 5, 2024 | 
dailyartmagazine.com | JAMES SINGER |Catriona Miller |Ledys Chemin
Baroque Art History 101 Baroque Flower Still Life by Jan van Huysum is a still-life masterpiece that explores beautiful flowers and delicate butterflies. The painting is part of the collection of Mauritshuis—one of the most cherished art museums in the Netherlands. Historical BackgroundJan van Huysum (1682–1749) was one of the most popular still-life painters in the Netherlands during the early 18th century.
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Sep 30, 2024 | 
dailyartmagazine.com | Catriona Miller |JAMES SINGER |Ledys Chemin |Nicole Ganbold
Academic Art Ancient Rome Artist Stories As a Black and Indigenous woman, Edmonia Lewis overcame prejudice and defied societal expectations to become a successful sculptor. Her Death of Cleopatra exemplifies how she navigated her own path through subject matter and artistic tradition.
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Sep 24, 2024 | 
dailyartmagazine.com | Seoyoung C. Kim |JAMES SINGER |Ledys Chemin |Nicole Ganbold
We favor the simple expression of the complex thought. We are for the large shape because it has the impact of the unequivocal. We wish to reassert the picture plane. We are for flat forms because they destroy illusion and reveal truth. Adolph Gottlieb and Mark Rothko (with the assistance of Barnett Newman)Letter to Edward Alden Jewell, June 7, 1943, “The New York Times”.
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Sep 21, 2024 | 
dailyartmagazine.com | JAMES SINGER |Ledys Chemin |Nicole Ganbold |Proofreader Yifan Xia
European Art European Art The Harvesters is a masterpiece of the Northern Renaissance. It is a visual contemplation Pieter Bruegel the Elder presented on human’s place in the world. Historical BackgroundPieter Bruegel the Elder (ca. 1525-1569) is one of the most famous artists of the Northern Renaissance. His paintings explore the intertwined destiny of peasants and landscapes.
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Sep 21, 2024 | 
dailyartmagazine.com | Zuzanna Stanska |JAMES SINGER |Ledys Chemin |Nicole Ganbold
Claude Monet painted Autumn Effects at Argenteuil in late 1873, which was the moment when the Impressionist movement started to roar on the Paris art scene. The subject is a view of Argenteuil, an expanding industrial center in the suburbs of Paris. Argenteuil was a frequent subject for many Impressionists because this little town, just a few miles from the French capital, was a popular weekend resort for yachting, boating, and relaxation.
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Sep 14, 2024 | 
dailyartmagazine.com | Joanna Kaszubowska |JAMES SINGER |Ledys Chemin |Nicole Ganbold
It seems to be one of those pictures you may accidentally take on holiday when the weather is bad. Rhine II by Andreas Gursky is not a photo we instantly feel an affinity to. It feels bland, boring, and even depressing when you first see it. And you may ask yourself what the fuss is about. Why did someone decide to pay $4 million for it in 2011, making it the most expensive photograph sold at the time? Take another look at it with us and see if your perception changes.
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Sep 7, 2024 | 
dailyartmagazine.com | JAMES SINGER |Ledys Chemin |Nicole Ganbold |Proofreader Yifan Xia
Théodore Géricault (1791-1824) was one of the most influential artists of French Romanticism. In Monomaniac of Envy, the artist tries to paint the sitter’s madness as he contemplates its source. Historical BackgroundThéodore Géricault (1791-1824) was one of the cornerstone artists of early 19th-century France. His brief but intense life of 33 years influenced the more famous Eugène Delacroix.
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Aug 31, 2024 | 
dailyartmagazine.com | Ledys Chemin |Nicole Ganbold |JAMES SINGER |Catriona Miller
Hokusai and his Wave have practically become symbols of Japan. It was first published in 1831 as a part of a larger series focusing on Mount Fuji, or Fuji-san – a series that quickly became popular. What prompted another series? And, who was the artist brave enough to tackle the job? Explore the mesmerizing beauty of the Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji by Hiroshige, one of the most fascinating examples of ukiyo-e art.
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Aug 29, 2024 | 
dailyartmagazine.com | Nicole Ganbold |JAMES SINGER |Ledys Chemin |Lisa Scalone
Baroque Although Frans Hals’ Malle Babbe was always considered a tronie or a fictional character study, the portrait is based on a woman whom the Dutch Golden Age pioneer crossed paths with in real life. But who was this so-called Malle Babbe? The PaintingMalle Babbe was previously thought to be painted around 1633-1635; new research suggests it should be dated between 1640 and 1646.
