The painting is actually more beautiful if you’re lucky enough to see it in real life as I’ve done, twice. The print is great and a good reproduction but it really doesn’t do the painting justice. The colours are stunning. Photo my own.

The painting disappeared after World War II, having been classified as “degenerate” by the Nazi regime. Last seen in Berlin in 1945, its whereabouts remain unknown, and it is considered one of the most significant lost works of 20th-century art. #FranzMarc

a radiant yellow background. A crescent moon and orange arc crown the scene, imbuing the animals with cosmic significance. Marc associated the colour blue with spirituality and the divine. Here, horses—his preferred symbol of natural purity—are elevated into totemic figures.

effect in marble. Another famous "Veiled Woman" by Corradini, sometimes called"The Faith", is housed in the Musée du Louvre, while his most famous work, “Veiled Christ (Cristo velato)" is located in the Sansevero Chapel in Naples.  #AntonioCorradini

The judicial proceedings disgraced Artemisia, as Tassi was convicted of the crime but released less than a year later. The figure of Judith, in fact, may be Artemisia's self portrait, providing a pictorial justice which tragically escaped her in real life. #ArtemisiaGentileschi

in which Judith saves her city of Bethula from the besieging army of Holofernes. It is said that Gentileschi's treatment of the subject matter may have an autobiographical component. In 1611, Artemisia suffered a sexual assault by Agostino Tassi, an apprentice in her father's workshop.

Vallotton shifted his focus away from printmaking to oil painting, creating many nudes, landscapes, still-life paintings, interiors, and portraits—all rendered in a simplified realist manner that has been likened to that of Courbet and Ingres. #FélixVallotton

over his pursuits. Vallotton took the opportunity to study graphic arts—lithography and other methods of printmaking. He exhibited publicly for the first time in 1885 at the Salon des Artistes Français. Though he had been painting throughout his career, at the beginning of the 20th century

O’Keeffe hoped that the strangely monumental subjects would inspire viewers to, as she said, “be surprised into taking time to look” at them in a new way. #GeorgiaOKeeffe

O’Keeffe was inspired by the foliage she found on her walks in the summer around Lake George in upstate New York. Although she represented the leaves with carefully realistic handling, the close focus underscores their abstract qualities.