Daily Dose – Page 14

November 11th is the feast of St. Martin which is celebrated in parts of The Netherland, Belgium, France, and Germany. […]

The story of Samson and Delilah is an ideal one to paint; it has action, drama, moral and they all […]

Rembrandt’s only known seascape and its whereabouts are unknown. On March 18, 1990, two thieves dressed as police officers, stole […]

Early art critics and historians usually ranked still-lifes somewhere at the bottom of art hierarchy as their execution was believed […]

Millet was one of the French Realists who wanted to depict their subjects truthfully without any artificiality. This scene is […]

Vernet was born in Avignon, France and went to Rome to study landscape and maritime painting. His paintings were mainly […]

To be honest, I had never heard of the American painter Thomas Hart Benton. I came across his work by […]

The Great Wave is a woodblock print; the original drawing is carved in wood which in turn is used to […]

As most painters did, Jan Steen painted various kinds of paintings; portraits, biblical and nature scenes. What he is famous […]

November 2nd is All Souls days a Cristian commemoration of All Souls, the Holy Souls, or the Faithful Departed. In […]