If still-life painting is the art of arresting decay, then it makes a lot of sense that Rachel Ruysch grew up to become one of the greatest still-life painters in the history of art. In the 17th century, Frederik Ruysch, her father, was an internationally ...

Two-and-a-half centuries after William Shakespeare’s Hamlet came to the stage, the tragic-romantic figure of Ophelia reignited the Victorian imagination in paintings, poetry, and plays. Among the era’s many Ophelias, none proved so indelible as Pre ...

A dazzling inflorescence, composed of conspicuous scarlet floral bracts edged with yellow and green, clusters up a thick, green stem. It appears delicate, yet daring, as it bursts from its imposing leathery, dark green leaf and pierces the pillowy white ...

Gustav Klimt's last painting remains unfinished. The timeline of the painting was recorded between 1917 to 1918.

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