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Inside the Art Studio

Yes, I’m still in the midst of a mess here in my art studio, and most likely I always will … More

Art Studio, Famous Artists' Studios

Art Quiz: The Answer is 1905

Here is a bit of information taken directly from Wikipedia: The Brücke (Bridge), also Künstlergruppe Brücke or KG Brücke was a group of German expressionist artists formed … More

Die Brucke, Dresden, Erich Heckel, Expressionists, Fritz Bleyl

The Russian Avant-Garde

Today’s post is short and to the point. I’m intrigued by avant-garde art, especially art created by artists such as … More

Avant-Garde art, Ekster, Goncharova, Kandinsky, Larionov, Lissitzky, Malevich, Popova, Puni, Rodchenko, Russian art, Tatlin

Art Quiz: The Answer is Mikhail Fyodorovich Larionov

I’d never heard of Rayonism before… which is hardly surprising. I don’t have much background in art history, and what … More

Avant-Garde art, Mikhail Larionov, Natalia Goncharova, Rayonism, Russian abstract art

Art Quiz: Question 55

I’m going to say this… it seems to me that the longer this “Art Quiz” goes on, the harder the … More

Art History, Art Quiz, Rayonism

The Zorn Palette

I first heard of the “Zorn” palette through one of our area art clubs. Our HFAA group recently put on … More

Anders Zorn, Limited palettes, Zorn Palette

Art Quiz: The Answer is Simultaneism

This turned out to be one of the most interesting questions in the quiz, in my opinion. I’d never heard … More

Guillame Apollinaire, Michel Chevreul, Orphism, Robert Delaunay, Simultaneism, Sonia Delaunay

A Classic in the Art of Insult

We’ve all figuratively met “Whistler’s Mother” — from a painting titled Arrangment in Gray and Black #1. But how many of … More

Art Libel, James Abbott McNeill Whistler, John Ruskin, The Falling Rocket

Art Quiz: The Answer is 12th Century

An earlier “art quiz” question and answer — Question 44 — focused on icons. The “Novgorod” school of art produced … More

Iconography, Novgorod, The Museum of Russian Art

Art Quiz: The Answer is Bohemian School

All the questions in the “Art Quiz” feature are taken from an online art quiz published by Encyclopedia Britannica. They … More

Art History, Art Quiz, Bohemian School of Painting, Master of the Trebon Altarpiece, Master of Wittingau

Art Quiz: The Answer is Poussinist

Of all the “Art Quiz” questions and answers I’ve posted in the blog — all coming from Encyclopedia Britannica, by … More

Charles Le Brun, Nicolas Poussin, Peter Paul Rubens, Poussinists VS Rubenists, Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture

Art Quiz: The Answer is Joseph Cornell

Joseph Cornell. Who? Nope. Never heard of him. I had to go searching for information, and here’s what I found: … More

Art Quiz, Assemblage art, Joseph Cornell

Art Quiz: The Answer is Gisant

I don’t know that I’d ever been introduced to the term gisant before taking this art quiz. For that matter, other … More

Acrolith, Figurehead, Gisant, Kouros, Sculpture, Tomb of Cardinal Richelieu

Remember My Hyacinths?

Recently I shared a book review — Girl in Hyacinth Blue — and along with the post, I shared a little … More

Brushstrokes, Georges Seurat, Hyacinth, Optical Color Blending

Art Quiz: The Answer is Futurism

Art in early 20th century Italy was centered around the past. The atmosphere must have felt stifling and oppressive to … More

Declaration of Futurism, Fillipo Tommaso Marinetti, Futurism, Futurism Manifesto, Giacomo Bella, Gino Severini, Umberto Boccioni

Mother and Child

Today’s topic is “emergent art”, a concept I’ve been thinking more about since my recent post on “boxes”. If, as … More

100-Day Creative Project, Emergent Art, Impostor Syndrome, Intuitive art, Mary Cassatt, Mermaid Markers, Neurographic Art, Sharpie

Could This Be the Face of Leonardo da Vinci?

We each, I think, have an image in our head about Leonardo da Vinci, and for most of us, I … More

Andrea del Verricchio, Apprenticeship, Art Training, Guilds, Leonardo da Vinci

Girl in Hyacinth Blue

Recently I wrote about periwinkle – a favorite color. Today, I’m sharing another blue. It’s hyacinth, and like periwinkle flowers, the … More

Alice Hoffman, Art Novels, Book Reviews, Drema Drudge, Girl with a Pearl Earring, Susan Vreeland, The Girl in Hyacinth Blue, The Marriage of Opposites, Tracey Chevalier, Vermeer, Victorine

Art Quiz: The Answer is Charles Willson Peale

You knew this one, didn’t you! And if you’re an American, you’re probably quite familiar with this famous portrait of … More

1776, American Revolution, Charles Willson Peale, French and Indian War, George Washington, Philadelphia, Portraiture, Rembrandt Peale

Art Quiz: Question 42

Because of my love of American history — specifically the French and Indian War and the American Revolutionary era — … More

American Revolution, Art Quiz, History

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