History painting

Auguste Toulmouche 1829-1890 Frankrijk

Gustave Dore (1832-1883) created the most popular illustrations and engravings in history. He reminds me of the top character actors of all time—you know their work, but you don't know their names. Gustave Dore was the most famous living artist in the world during his lifetime.

A curiosity for music - Henriette Ronner-Knip (1821-1909)

This is a guest post from David Field, a writer of historical fiction who is coming out with six Tudor-era novels this year (for you

On March 15th, 44 BC the history of Rome changed forever with the assassination of Julius Caesar. But what are the Ides of March, and what exactly happened on that fateful day?

The world possesses many art-works established as the masterpieces. And every masterpiece has its followers and admirers. Moreover, maybe the paintings could have greater or lower price tags on them, but their artistic value is priceless.

These are the most famous paintings ever created – can you name them all? Take the quiz to test your knowledge!

Ramon “Richie” Lerma, director of Salcedo Auctions, was told he was inspecting photographs of a boceto of the “Spoliarium”—Juan Luna’s most celebrated, larger-than-life painting currently on display at the National Museum. A boceto, he explained to reporters, is a “prelude or study,” like a first draft for writers, of what a painter plans to execute…

When famous Realism artists emerged in France after the French Revolution of 1848, they wanted to portray the common man as he was. They went against the idealized paintings of Neoclassical artists and the often overly dramatized paintings of Romantic artists. These two art movements had been dominant during the first half of the 19th century. It went hand in hand with the political situation at the time. #Artworks #paintings #Realism #Realismpaintings