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From painting 'The Starry Night' to cutting off his ear, van Gogh's life was fascinating and tragic.

Ellen Gutoskey

Find out about the life and art of Rembrandt van Rijn, the Dutch Golden Age’s most prolific painter.

Ellen Gutoskey


Find out more about Pablo Picasso, one of the 20th century's most acclaimed artists.

Jake Rossen






You know about Michelangelo's famous artwork, but what about his life? Find out more about the iconic artist.

Jason Serafino
















Jean-Louis André Théodore Géricault's The Raft of the Medusa

A wrenching scene of shipwrecked men helpless in the grips of the ocean, Théodore Géricault's 'The Raft of the Medusa' is heralded as one of the most influential works of French Romanticism. But the story behind this 1819 painting is far richer and more t

Kristy Puchko