Artists

The Generous Janet Fish by Leslie Parke You know when there is a painter you really love, where everything about their work excites you and you go in the studio...

Erté: Father of Art Deco by Judith Brown and Serena Kovalosky Fireflies BIG Art Deco Print Erte Romain de Tirtoff (1892-1990) was a Russian-born artist, who worked in France under the...

Maurice Denis: Symbolist and Mystic Painter by Cathy Locke “Self-Portrait with his Family in Front of Their House,” 1916, oil on canvas November 25, 2020 marks the 150th anniversary of the...

An American Treasure by Judith Brown and Serena Kovalosky    "Five O'Clock Tea" (1880) by Mary Cassat, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA   American painter, Mary Cassatt (1844-1926), became known as a leading...

Caravaggio's  Big Break by Cathy Locke   The Lute Player, 1595, oil on canvas, collection of the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia One of the finest paintings at...

Amélie Beaury-Saurel  The following has been taken from Magdalena Illán Martín’s papers titled “An excellent plea in favor of the rights of the woman by a painter. The representation of la...

The Genius of Jules Bastien-Lepage by Cathy Locke   “Self-Portrait of Jules Bastien-Lepage,” date unknown, Private Collection Born in a simple yellow farmhouse in Damvillers, France, Jules Bastien-Lepage (1848-1884) was forever...

The Life and Passions of Marie Bashkirtseff by Cathy Locke “Spring,” 1884, oil on canvas, Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia   I often feel that my artistic career is made...