Jean antoine watteau

Who was Watteau? Not much is documented about his life. Are you ready for the story of the mysterious master of Rococo?

Oil on canvas; 92 x 127 cm. Painter, one of the greatest Hungarian representatives of 19th century naturalism and realism. Hollósy, who came from an Armenian family in Máramarossziget, learnt to paint in Budapest and Munich where he painted "Corn Husking" in 1885, which brought him success in Hungary and abroad. He criticized training at the Academy and founded a private school in 1886 where he gathered young talents around him who were interested in realistic protrayal. He opened the way to…

The Scale of Love, 1715-18, Jean-Antoine Watteau

`Retour de Chasse': Portrait of Marie-Louise Sirois (1698-1725), full-length, with two dogs, a musket, hunting bag and game in a landscape

Often attributed to its leader, Nat Turner, the Southampton Rebellion was a natural consequence of the brutal Southern slave system This 1863 engraving depicts Nat Turner and some of his fellow rebels © Alamy In 1831, a group of enslaved people in Virginia launched a 36-hour rampage that left almost 60 White people dead. Although the White establishment was desperate to paint the incident as an anomalous plot organised by a bloodthirsty barbarian, the reality spoke for itself. It was the…

In honour of Valentine’s Day, cast your adoring eyes over the sweetest representations of romance on canvas