Referred to as a “political chameleon,” he painted whatever the man in power at the time wanted. Whether it was in the frivolous Rococo style for Louis XVI, propaganda for the French Revolution, or commissioned portraits for the self-appointed Emperor of...
He was a painter during the Rococo period, and one of the most decadent eras in history – the reign of Louis XVI and his wife, Marie Antoinette. His paintings exuded the beauty, playfulness, frivolity and wealth of the French Aristocracy. But this era would...
In her lifetime, she painted 200 landscapes and 660 portraits. In fact, Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun was considered one of the most prominent French portrait painters of the late 18th century. She quickly found favor, friendship, and loyal support in one of...
Although today he is known as the “Master of Light,” Johannes Vermeer is also referred to as the “Sphinx of Delft” because there is so little we truly know about him. In fact, he and his paintings remained in relative obscurity for...
When you really love yourself and you think you’re incredibly beautiful, why not paint your self over and over and over and over? That’s exactly what Rembrandt did. In fact, he painted almost 100 self-portraits in his lifetime! In this episode,...
