• Biography: William Orpen

    Biography: William Orpen

    Sir William Newenham Montague Orpen, a prolific Irish painter and portraitist, left an indelible mark on the art world during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Born on November 27, 1878,…

  • Inspiration: “Forest Girl,” by Eero Järnefelt

    Inspiration: “Forest Girl,” by Eero Järnefelt

    FOREST GIRLEero JärnefeltFinnish  |  1894Oil on canvasDiameter: 39 cm (15.3 ″)Järvenpää Art Museum *** In 1889, Järnefelt married the actress Saimi Swan . In 1892, he made his first trip to the area around…

  • The Art Bog’s Hall of Fame: Class of 2009

    The Art Bog’s Hall of Fame: Class of 2009

    Welcome back to the most anticipated event in our calendar, the grand unveiling of this year’s entrants into The Art Bog Hall of Fame! Every year since 2003, we’ve embarked on the…

  • Biography: Louis Comfort Tiffany

    Biography: Louis Comfort Tiffany

    Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848–1933) was an American artist and designer best known for his work in the Art Nouveau and Aesthetic movements. He was a prominent figure in the decorative arts during…

  • Mexico City Side Street

    Mexico City Side Street

    In the late 1970s many arterial roads were redesigned as ejes viales; high-volume one-way roads that cross, in theory, Mexico City proper from side to side. The eje vial network is based…

  • Biography: Alphonse Osbert

    Biography: Alphonse Osbert

    Alphonse Osbert, a distinguished French Symbolist painter, was born on May 5, 1857, in Bordeaux, France. Throughout his artistic career, Osbert played a significant role in the Symbolist movement, contributing works that…

  • Swan on the Vltava

    Swan on the Vltava

    The Vltava river is 430.3 kilometres (267.4 mi) long. It drains an area 28,090 square kilometres (10,850 sq mi) in size. This includes over half of Bohemia and a third of the Czech Republic’s territory. …

  • Biography: Tom Roberts

    Biography: Tom Roberts

    Tom Roberts, a seminal figure in Australian art history, was born on March 9, 1856, in Dorchester, Dorset, England. Recognized as one of the leading artists of the Heidelberg School, Roberts played…