March 2012
Inspiration: “Girl With Cats in a Summer Landscape,” by Elin Danielson-Gambogi
Elin Kleopatra Danielson-Gambogi (3 September 1861 – 31 December 1919) was a Finnish painter, best known for her realist works and…
Victorian College of the Arts: Melbourne’s Creative Legacy
The Victorian College of the Arts (VCA) was founded in 1972 in Melbourne as a bold effort to centralize and elevate…
Biography: Hugues Merle
Hugues Merle, a French Academic painter of the 19th century, was born on June 28, 1823, in Saint Martin, near Cherbourg.…
Foundations of the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts
The Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts, known in Swedish as Kungliga Akademien för de fria konsterna, traces its roots back…
