Returning to Nature through a Reclusive Life

During the 1870s, on returning from his lengthy tour of Europe and the Near East, Church supervised the construction of Olana, a grand neo-Persian-style mansion where he would spen...

In autumn 1911, Kirchner, like the rest of the members of Die Brücke, moved from Dresden to Berlin in pursuit of new stimuli. Since 1908 what was then the capital of the empire had...

Homer travelled to England in 1881 and, after spending a few weeks in London, settled in the village of Cullercoats near Tynemouth on the craggy North Sea coast, remaining there un...

From his earliest years as a painter, Monet’s art was rooted in the direct and prolonged analysis of nature. Throughout his career, he grappled with the task of developing techniqu...

“The whole landscape, which, seen by a favourable light, and in a genial temperature, had been found so lovely, appeared now like some pictured allegory of life, in which objects w...

Ironing' is an iconic work by painter and sculptor Rik Wouters. It is an image of sunlight, warmth and brightness in the artist's home. With an intense sense of joie de vivre, Wout...

In 1899, Gauguin's mistress, Pahura, gave birth to a son, who gave the artist a new lease on life. After months of inaction due to poverty and ill health, Gauguin began to paint ag...