Love Stories

Love Story: Rembrandt and Saskia Van Uylenburgh
When we think of Rembrandt, the grand master of Dutch Golden Age painting, it’s easy to conjure images of dramatic chiaroscuro…
Love Story: Yves Klein and Rotraut Uecker
Yves Klein, born on April 28, 1928, in Nice, France, is celebrated as one of the most innovative and provocative artists…
Love Story: Edward Hopper and Jo Hopper
Edward Hopper, born in 1882 in Nyack, New York, showed an early interest in drawing. He frequently sketched boats and other…
Love Story: Paul Signac and Berthe Roblès
Ah, love and art—a combination as timeless as the sea and the sky. When we delve into the life of Paul…
Love Story: Amedeo Modigliani and Jeanne Hébuterne
When you think of tragic love stories, what comes to mind? Romeo and Juliet? Or perhaps Bonnie and Clyde? In the…
Love Story: Artemisia Gentileschi and Francesco Maria Maringhi
Artemisia Gentileschi remains one of the most fascinating figures in art history. As a celebrated Baroque painter, she broke barriers in…
Love Story: Paul Cézanne and Hortense Fiquet
Paul Cézanne, the iconic French painter, and Hortense Fiquet, his future wife and frequent model, first met in 1869. At that…
Love Story: Giacomo Balla and Elisa Marcucci
Giacomo Balla, a pivotal figure in the Futurist movement, was not just a master of dynamic and kinetic art but also…
Love Story: Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner
When you think of abstract expressionism, two names likely come to mind: Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner. These two artists not…
Love Story: Camille Pissarro and Julie Vellay
Camille Pissarro, one of the most influential figures in Impressionist and Post-Impressionist art, shared his life with Julie Vellay, a woman…
Love Story: Diego Velázquez and Juana Pacheco
Diego Velázquez, one of Spain’s most celebrated painters, remains a symbol of artistic genius from the Golden Age of Spanish art.…
Love Story: Helen Frankenthaler and Robert Motherwell
In the annals of art history, few couples have captured the essence of artistic synergy as profoundly as Helen Frankenthaler and…