Painting Forest in the Endless Horizon

"Here is portrayed three Moods of the Sky and the effects on the Fish and Animals. Sharks and Turtles come to the Surface when it is Raining. Wallabies and Kangaroos are out feedin...

“Have just returned from a tour in search of the picturesque, ” wrote Thomas Cole in his diary on 8 July 1837, “[...] To Mr Durand the scenery was entirely new and I am happy in ha...

In 1925, at the first exhibition of the OST, the painter I. Kudriashov presented two series of paintings: the Construction of Straight Line Movement and the Construction of Curvili...

The painting shows a naked man with his head held high standing on a gilded sleigh drawn by four strong men, two pulling and two pushing. A one-eyed priest is shown in the centre o...

“I also hold that painting is a quite concrete art, and can consist of nothing but the representation of real, tangible things, ” wrote Gustave Courbet in an open letter to his stu...

Pierrot content is one of a group of early works by Watteau in which the artist developed the theme of the fête galante that would be so highly appreciated during the 18th century....

New acquisition, September 2013: Competition entry by Nils Andersson Nils Andersson's painting Heimdal Returns Brisingamen to Freya is an evocative example of the images of ancient...

It is one of the oldest easel paintings in Lithuania, closely linked to Vytautas, the Grand Duke of Lithuania (reigning 1401-1430), and early Christianisation in Lithuania. Up unti...