Apparently, artificial intelligence is now at the stage whereby it’s creating mesmerising art with such potency that it’s fooling historians, curators and even Bendor Grosvenor.
Author: Andy Shield
Invented in 1513 by the Swiss artist Urs Graf, etchings are prints that use acid to bite an incised image into a metal plate. Over the centuries, numerous artists have adopted t...
Author: Andy Shield
As I rest, idle, in this four-poster bed with its gilded scrolls and golden drapery, I look towards a leaded window, across early-Autumn hues and the sunlit chill of October.
Th...
Author: Andy Shield
Oh, Jane Loftus, how did you cope while cooped up under Queen Victoria’s control for 48 years? Widowed at 36, riddled with illness, yet stoic in the face of a sovereign who drew...
Every so often, we discover a painting that provides a few tantalising clues as to its deeper story. A few snippets of information that warrant further investigation - and sometimes immerse us in a...
Author: Polly Pyke
Eyes full of knowledge both amorous and worldly stare back with a twinkle. Bare flesh is suggestively revealed under layers of fine clothing and jewellery. This painting by Henri...
Frederik Vermehren (1823-1910) painted in a style that was rooted in the traditional beliefs of the 'Danish Golden Age'. With ultra-fine details, he carefully laid every mark to create a near-perfe...
During the early 19th-century, the Forest of Fontainebleau, near Paris, spanned over 42,000 acres and housed a wide range of flora and fauna. It had everything a landscape painter longed for and be...
On August 21, 1911, three gents dressed as workmen brazenly walked up to Leonardo’s Mona Lisa, lifted her from the wall of the Louvre’s Salon Carré, and headed for a staircase. Here, they unshackle...
