Historical painting

Auguste Toulmouche 1829-1890 Frankrijk

Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun made the rich look beautiful, before and after the French Revolution. Now she has a show of her own at the Met.

Download free image of Eugène Delacroix's Liberty Leading the People, painting commemorating the French Revolution of 1830 (July Revolution) on 28 July 1830 by about person, art, vintage, public domain, and woman 7666275

Art Gallery on Instagram: “The Lunatic of Étretat, 1871 by Hugues Merle (1822-1881) O Lunático de Étretat, 1871 de Hugues Merle…”

Lippert: The Young Apprentice. But if course it is the reflection of the older man which grabs the attention, not the apparent and superficial subject of the picture. re-blogged from blastedheath

Paintings can be far more complicated than they appear at first glance. The stories told by works of art are the stuff of novels. Here are a few of the stories behind famous masterpieces.

Transgender history can be tricky; to pin down, partly because so many trans people in history couldn't live openly. Even so, today we know of many awesome ...