Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg
5 min read
A Nude Woman Doing Her Hair Before a Mirror
Some paintings are understated in the exact right way. This is one of them.
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Francisco Goya
2 min read
The Dog
Simple paintings can be powerful. Especially when we consider the artist and his possible state of mind at the time of painting.
Constantin Hansen
3 min read
Portrait of a Little Girl, Elise Købke, with a Cup
The image of Elise is at first just interesting, but the longer I look at it, the more this little girl start to grow on me. Her gaze keeps me captive, and makes me wonder about who she was.
Édouard Manet
5 min read
Berthe Morisot with a Bouquet of Violets
The famous artist Édouard Manet and Berthe Morisot may have hidden a love story. And love stories are always interesting to dwell upon. Whatever the nature of their relationship, however, this portrait of Berthe Morisot bear witness of affection on part of the artist.
William Degouve de Nuncques
5 min read
The Canal
A canal can symbolise different kinds of borders. I think it is easy to see what the canal below divides, but you might have different views on the matter.
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
6 min read
Les Grandes Baigneuses
August-Pierre Renoir is one of those painters that stands like magnificent examples of that great art is all about. Still, Renoir had doubts about how to best express himself, suggesting to us—the ordinary people—that even the masters don’t see things as clearly as posterity seems to suggest.
William Blake
5 min read
The Great Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed with the Sun
William Blake is an enigmatic person to me. I have to confess, I initially thought he was foremost a poet, but it turns out he executed some rather mysterious pictures. It is hard to imagine how a life such as his must have been.
