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Camille Claudel is known for her narrative bronze and marble sculptures. She was...

Dames Done Wrong: Camille Claudel
In the predominantly European dudeified world of architecture, Maya Lin always knew...

Dames Done Wrong: Maya Lin
Mannerism is the -ism that followed the sophisticated High Renaissance and...

Sartle School of Art History: Mannerism
Gertrude Stein was an American author, known for her Paris salon of writers and...

Art Patrons: Gertrude Stein
The Fluxus Movement was founded in 1960 by Lithuanian American artist George...

Sartle School of Art History: Fluxus Movement
Leonor Fini was an artist of her own self-fashioned Surrealism, known for her bold...

Dames Done Wrong: Leonor Fini
Sofonisba Anguissola was one of the first female artists to gain international...

Dames Done Wrong: Sofonisba Anguissola
Eli and Edythe Broad are two of America’s top rock star philanthropists. You may...

Art Patrons: Eli and Edythe Broad
[Venice. Mrs. Peggy Guggenheim in her palace on the Grand Canal, 1950 by David...

Art Patrons: Peggy Guggenheim
At the turn of the 20th century, creating art movements in Europe had...

Sartle School of Art History: Der Blaue Reiter
If it weren’t for the Medici family, some of our favorite Renaissance artists...

Art Patrons: The Medicis
Picture this: the glittering heights of Second Empire France and...

James Tissot: Fashion & Faith at the Legion of Honor
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...

Mental Health Art History: Artists with Depression, Part 3
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...

Mental Health Art History: 5 Artworks Depicting Asylums
Misere is widespread depression caused specifically by the painful juxtaposition of...

Mental Health Art History: Misère (and the Ethics of Depicting the Poor in Art)
Okay, so maybe it’s not that kind of Rubens, but there are some similarities...

Rubens: The Early Years at the Legion of Honor
Depression is one of the most prevalent mental health issues in the world, so it...

Mental Health Art History: 5 More Artists with Depression
Mental health issues restrict an artist’s ability to create. But, art can also...

Mental Health Art History: 5 Artists with Depression
If you think modern artists were the only dames done wrong, then you’ve got...

Dames Done Wrong: Judith Leyster
By the end of the nineteenth century, artists were absorbing the lessons and...

Sartle School of Art History: Post-Impressionism