Find out fun facts about the painting Watson and the Shark for instance:

• That funky looking shark?
• General Watson’s lasting real life trauma.
• The Reason behind the painting Watson and the Shark.

This piece unearths features and insights for the painting Rooster, Hen, and Hydrangeas such as:

• What’s special about silk painting.
• Buddhism symbols in Rooster, Hen, and Hydrangeas.
• Flirting fowl and Edo Period values.

In this art blog post about American Gothic by Grant Wood, I discuss:

• The surprising history behind America’s most recognizable painting.
• The character of, and characters in, American Gothic.
• Burning Frequently Asked Questions, like “How much is American Gothic worth?”

This piece about The Drifter by Andrew Wyeth includes the following topics:

• Who’s The Drifter?
• Behind Wyeth’s portrait picks.
• Overwhelming emotion and isolation
• Frequently Asked Questions such as, “What’s the painter Andrew Wyeth most known for?”

Check out the mad skills of painter Rosalba Carriera in Self Portrait Holding a Portrait of Her Sister:

• Carriera’s fame and success in 18th century Italy.
• Sisters with intimate, interdependent lives.
• A pastel spotlight in the secret Medici Tunnel.
• Answers to Frequently Asked Questions like, “What’s the story behind the women in Self Portrait Holding a Portrait of Her Sister?”

Find out more about the painting A Princess of Saxony such as:

• Why’s she so cranky?
• Costume or casual wear?
• The truth about children…
• Plus Frequently Asked Questions including, “What makes A Princess of Saxony by Lucas Cranach an important painting?”

In this analysis of The Golden Fish (AKA The Goldfish) I point to the following:

• The music in Klee’s painting.
• Mystery and symbolism in The Golden Fish.
• Klee’s idiosyncratic, distinctive style.

This evaluation of Susan Rothenberg’s Vaulting covers these points:

• How many vaulters?
• The story of Vaulting.
• Moving movement portrait.
• Includes Frequently Asked Questions like, “How much is a Susan Rothenberg painting worth?”

Learn about Giorgione’s The Tempest with topics including:

• Lightning’s inherent mystery.
• Renaissance nudity in The Tempest.
• The popularity of pairs.
• Answers to Frequently Asked Questions such as, “What is the Giorgione painting The Tempest most known for?”

Every time I look at The Blind Girl I forget the two girls are beggars. That may be due to the blind girl’s blissful expression. Also, John Everett Millais sets them in a picturesque field of lush, joyful color.

This Portrait of Countess Golovina shows why Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun was a beloved artist. She captured the friendly essence of even the haughtiest aristocrat.

Guido Reni’s famous for 17th century Italian frescos of 17th century. But here’s his masterpiece – Salome with the Head of St. John the Baptist. It captures a Bible story with a singular image.

Acid colors and electricity quiver through objects in Van Gogh’s Bedroom in Arles. But with our comfortable distance, it’s a pleasure to bask in Van Gogh’s sickly greens and odd figures. After all, we aren’t stuck in his mind.

A powerful woman awaits on 10th Avenue Highline bridge – Brick House. She’s Simone Leigh’s glorious sculpture at 30th Street.

It’s easy to pick out a Balthus piece among modern artworks. His muted palette, clean lines, and surreal resonance are unmistakable. Here Balthus uses all three to give The Mountain a sense of mystery.

Concerning Bartolomé Esteban Murillo’s painting Two Women at a Window:

How a painting from the 1600s still feels fresh and fun.
Symbolic shutters and borders in Two Women at a Window.
A charming bond between knowing servant and naive girl.

Mary Cassatt’s painting Mother About to Wash Her Sleepy Child dwells in motherhood. Its careful composition combines with a smudgy Impressionist technique. This painting captures a moment of messy mothering.

Marcel Duchamp’s “The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even” has two frames. They create a symbolic opposition that permeates the work.

This painting, Young Woman Drawing by Marie-Denise Villers meditates on love versus art. Art wins the contest here. This piece works as a rumination on the self and identity too.

When we think of Georgia O’Keeffe paintings like White Rose with Larkspur No 2 pop to mind. They rouse realistic flora with a fantasy feel. O’Keeffe zooms in tight. So, it’s like the flower took a selfie.

Obsessed with nostalgia, Cézanne painted The Bathers from memory. It’s one of his many works that dance between reality and invention. Cézanne creates a tension here that reveres the very past it can’t quite enumerate.