Inspiration: “In Repaus,” by Nicolae Grigorescu
He was born in Pitaru, Dâmboviţa County, Wallachia now called Romania. In 1843 the family moved to Bucharest. At a young age (between 1846 and 1850), he became an apprentice at the workshop of the…
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Biography: Isaac Levitan
Isaac Ilyich Levitan was born on August 30, 1860, in the small town of Kybartai, then within the Russian Empire’s western borders. His family was Jewish, and he came into the world…
Prater Amusement Park, Vienna
The area that makes up the modern Prater was first mentioned in 1162, when Emperor Friedrich I gave the land to a noble family called de Prato. The word “Prater” was first used in…
Biography: Frederick Childe Hassam
Childe Hassam was born on October 17, 1859, in Dorchester, Massachusetts, a neighborhood of Boston that was then still semi-rural. He came from an old New England family, descended from early colonial…
The Gloriette in Vienna’s Schönbrunn Palace
Walking towards the Gloriette, this is the right side of the structure. *** The largest and probably best-known gloriette is in the Schönbrunn Palace garden in Vienna. Built in 1775 as the last building constructed…
Inspiration: “Pikkusisloaan Ruokkiva Poika,” by Helena Schjerfbeck
In Paris, Schjerfbeck painted with Helena Westermarck, then left to study with Léon Bonnat at Mme Trélat de Vigny’s studio. In 1881 she moved to the Académie Colarossi, where she studied once again with Westermarck.…
Biography: George Romney
George Romney, born on December 15, 1734, in Beckside, Dalton-in-Furness, England, was a leading portrait painter of the 18th-century British art scene. His artistic career, marked by versatility and prolific output, positioned…
State of Georgia: The History of its Art
Long before the arrival of Europeans, the land that would become Georgia was home to a succession of thriving cultures whose art expressed both daily life and sacred meaning. From carved stones…
Barbados Sunset
Barbados is situated in the western area of the North Atlantic and 100 km (62 mi) east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea; therein, Barbados is east of the Windwards, part of…
Inspiration: “Sleeping Angel,” by John George Brown
John George Brown was born in Durham, England on November 11, 1831. His parents apprenticed him to the career of glass worker at the age of fourteen in an attempt to dissuade…
Alabama: The History of its Art
The story of Alabama’s art begins not with museums or galleries but with rivers, stone, and earth. Long before the region bore its present name, human beings etched, painted, and shaped their…
