Classical paintings

Claude Monet is considered the father of Impressionism. He made roughly 2,000 paintings that are now the subject of fascination for people around the world.

Auguste Toulmouche 1829-1890 Frankrijk

When it comes to horror, we often refer to a genre of literature or film, but not so often to paintings. However, a big part of art history is actually built on morbid art and rather disturbing and scary paintings, many of which belong to the period of 'rebirth.' The Renaissance saw not only the making of some of the most famous paintings in art history but also numerous creepy paintings depicting the inherent darkness of the human condition.

Painting of an extremely surprised man, styled after Caravaggio's old master Baroque oil paintings.

Artist Angel Ramiro Sanchez Maracaibo, Venezuela, 1974 Angel Ramiro Sanchez Angel Ramiro Sanchez at age six Ramiro was accepted with full scholarship into the Ninos Cantores School for musically gifted children. At age fourteen he began five years of apprenticeship with the realist painter, Abdon Jose Romero, an eminent specialist in murals for churches and publics buildings. In 1993 a study grant from Msgr Gustavo Ocando Yamarte, Founder of the Ninos Cantores, enable him to travel to…

Today is International Cat Day! At DailyArt we are all cat lovers so today we present to you: CATS PLAYING A PIANO!! If you love cats in paintings, you must know the name of today's artist: Henri&eu

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Paintings can be far more complicated than they appear at first glance. The stories told by works of art are the stuff of novels. Here are a few of the stories behind famous masterpieces.