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Rosa Bonheur, The Horse Fair, 1852–55. Oil on canvas. 96 1:4 x 199 1:2 in. (244.5 x 506.7 cm). The Met. Gift of Cornelius Vanderbilt, 1887. 87.25.
Why Rosa Bonheur's "Horse Fair" is a Masterpiece of Realism
Bonheur put a year and a half into location-based preparatory sketching for "The Horse Fair" and pulled from a number of unique masterworks to find inspiration for the final product. Unsurprisingly,…
Yayoi Kusama, I Spend Each Day Embracing Flowers, 2023 (detail) © YAYOI KUSAMA. Courtesy the artist, David Zwirner, Ota Fine Arts, and Victoria Miro
3 Shows by Female Artists to See in NYC This Spring

As the blooms of spring emerge, so does a fresh wave of artistic brilliance in the heart of …

Amir H Fallah painting, two shrouded figures in the center with bright colors and patterns
Artist Amir H. Fallah's Mesmerizing Portraits
Based in LA, Fallah makes detailed, collage-esque paintings with mirrored and patterned images.
Untitled, 2009. The Morgan Library & Museum, Gift of Blake and Courtney Johnson, Los Angeles, CA, 2021.111. Photography by Janny Chiu. © George Condo, Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth.
In George Condo’s Mind at the Morgan Library
With, “Entrance to the Mind: Drawings by George Condo,” The Morgan Library offers a modest, but impactful, survey of the artist’s works on paper dating as far back as the mid-1970s.
J.M.W Turner, Rain, Steam and Speed – The Great Western Railway (1844). Oil on canvas, 91 × 121.8 cm (36 × 48.0 in). National Gallery, London
J.M.W. Turner: Britain's Greatest Maritime Painter

J.M.W Turner is known for his unique form and prodigious talent; he is known as one of the greatest British painters of all time. …

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, At the Moulin Rouge, 1892:95, Oil on Canvas, The Art Institute of Chicago
Green in the 19th Century: A Cultural History
In many cultures, green is the color of rebirth and prosperity, a harbinger of life and spring. However, placed within the context of the nineteenth century, green begins to represent the dualities…
John William Waterhouse painting of a woman in a white gown with long flowing red head looking distraught in a small boat
Meet the Femme Fragile, the Femme Fatale's Counterpart
The femme fragile was the product of its time: in the Victorian era, feminine weakness conveyed Godliness and mental purity.
Georges Seurat, A Sunday on La Grande Jatte, 1884, oil on canvas
Who was Georges Seurat?

Pioneering pointillist and founding Neo-…