Émile Zola defends Édouard Manet against Salon critics, praising his modern vision and securing a lasting friendship, later immortalized in Manet’s portrait of Zola surrounded by symbols of art, literature, and innovation.
Virtual Trip to meet the Pre-Raphaelites
The Pre-Raphaelites reimagined art through intense realism, nature, and emotion—Rossetti and his circle reshaping Victorian creativity into a vivid world of beauty, symbolism, and imaginative “conception.”
Singer with a Glove…
Degas, a reluctant Impressionist, fused classical training with modern vision, capturing Parisian life—especially women at work and in performance—through dynamic composition, light, and an unflinching sense of immediacy.
Theodoros Ralli
Born in Constantinople, Theodoros Ralli became Greece’s most celebrated Orientalist painter — a charming Parisian socialite nicknamed Don Juan, with an iron will and a passion for the East.
Spring Break Virtual Destination
During COVID-19, all you need is love and Art — join us virtually in Giverny, the charming French village where Monet created his legendary Waterlilies, from the comfort of your home.
Still Life à la cafetière
Van Gogh’s Still Life à la cafetière, a symphony of blues, yellows and oranges, showcases his extraordinary mastery of colour — transforming humble everyday objects into vibrant, moving art.
Celebrating the Greek War of Independence
Celebrating Greece’s War of Independence Bicentennial — honouring the revolutionary fighters of 1821 who sacrificed everything, so future generations could live in freedom and dignity.
A Tiffany Drawing and the final product!
Tiffany’s luminous enamel-on-copper bowl, crafted by Julia Munson’s all-women workshop, dazzles with three-dimensional plums among leaves — a rare, shimmering masterpiece of extraordinary craftsmanship and organic beauty.
Wondrous Birds
Hans Thoma’s distinctive Romantic Realism — deeply rooted in nature’s idyllic grandeur, inspired by Courbet and Renaissance masters — created a uniquely personal artistic vision, bridging German tradition and timeless natural beauty.
Watercolours of the Acropolis: Émile Gilliéron in Athens
The Met’s Gilliéron watercolours revive early Acropolis discoveries in vivid colour, blending archaeology and artistic reconstruction to reveal how Archaic Greek sculpture once appeared in its original, polychrome splendour.