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Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
Owed money all over town
In the bestseller The Goldfinch the New York Metropolitan Museum is bombed and 13-...
Throughout art history, artists have paid homage to the compelling power of...
Happy International Selfie Day! Thanks to DJ Rick McNeely - of Fishbowl...
The other Rembrandt
By the way, for every picture posted on various social media platforms and tagged...
The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp by Rembrandt van Rijn and Woman at her...
President Obama must still be getting flak from angry art historians over that...
Death to rapist scum!
Sorry to say that Christopher Lee died this week at 93. Modern Audiences and Comic...
Artist Biopics - Part One: March 7
Obama has his reasons for making fun of art history and it’s all this posts fault....
All right, all right no need to be crabby Cancers, it’s finally your month! Heh,...
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Is that a sword in your pocket?
Every culture has a golden age of artmaking. It’s a time when the stars align:...
It is the (second) most wonderful time of the year: Halloween. Whether you’re...
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"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
Self-portraits go way back and for good reason. As the author of 55 of them, Frida...
Price channels his inner Salome, a la Hans Cranach the Younger in this publicity...
With that in mind, I went out and found a grand collection of “sort of adult”...
Spot the odd one out! There’s something unusual going on at Legion of Honor...
All Vinny, all the time
Baroque art started because the Catholics got all jealous that people were...
Not quite an immaculate conception
Nothing beats having a brother. Knowing you have a partner in crime is essential in...
Jan Miense Molenaer, the Kylie Jenner of his generation. So if you’re all about ...
Child prodigy, charming, sophisticated. Like Renoir, impregnated two girls, married one
Look Ma, no ear
Went to great lengths to avoid milking cows
He sort of invented being an artist
Paid the bills by selling satirical cartoons before becoming (in)famous off nudes.
“We thought the best way to help people understand Van Gogh’s life was to...
Strange combination of old masters, modern art, and an in-house art video production department
Not at night and not very watchful
The lighting isn't doing him any favors
You’ll never trust a cow again
Dinner party gone sour
Demoted then promoted
It’s dark in here…
Netflix and chill?
Vintage Gender Bender
Built by momma van den Bergh for her baby boy
We don't look good until you look good
Big (Sugar) Momma's House
First first lady
Rembrandt’s first selfie on panel
A colorful feast
This little painting went “wee wee wee...”
Your capitalism is showing
Damn, I look good
You don’t have to be a kid to recognize these goofy yellow bundles of joy. Minions...
The Monuments Men were charged with saving as many European cultural treasures as...
The Baroque is a strange and wonderful movement that was created and marketed...
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A somber portrait lurks behind a somber portrait
More than just a Hamilton character
When ‘I told you so’ doesn’t feel so sweet
Star-spangled liar
Fine, you can paint my portrait, but you have to include my dog
Keep your budget tight and your circles tighter
Rembrandt’s only seascape is one of the most famous stolen paintings yet to be found
Son of a brewer, owned by an inside man
Power of a flower
Little pig's tail
Just across the Waterwolf
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
Crime doesn't pay, but painting can
The hero with one eye
One thing art teachers never tell you in school is that sometimes the next best...
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One way to look at all art is through the lens of design. All art uses...
That eternal postman always rings twice, even for famous artists. Here are some...
Bottoms up!
You'll have to pry it out of my cold dead hands!
Rainbow colored wings = happyness
Comes with a scuffed floor
Keep ya from going nutty
We're all going streaking!
She loves me… She loves me not…
Acclaimed art collector Shawn “Jay Z” Carter once wisely said, “I bought some...
Christian Louboutin and photographer Peter Lippmann have such a love affair...
Too turnt
Where van Gogh met his end
Who's ugly now?
Not pregnant, just well dressed
One of the few paintings Vincent ever sold
You've probably seen this everywhere
Most stolen work of art ever!
Think twice before your next wax
Looks huge, is actually tiny
This is where the sunflowers got painted
Whoa there, Betsy!
The twinkling lights of Paris start to show through
Mixing dots and stripes?
Sexy kinda
Where the magic happens
Asylum views
Murder, they wrote
The poor artist’s guide to making a trustfund baby
Auditioned but wasn't cast in the Van Gogh movie
Crows before you know
Eating oil paint in Saint-Rémy
Sources say it was cold there
Contains gluten
Once upon a time. . .
View from inside
“I am so down to earth”
Vincent's future?
Not a creepy guy at all…
Two scoops of red hyacinths
The Carters’ newest music video is a work of art. R&B/hip-hop...
I hate you, please go away. (Judith Beheading Holofernes by Artemesia Gentileschi...
Are your eyes bleeding from binge watching the entirety of Orange Is the New Black...
Twenty years ago on December 19, 1997, Titanic splashed onto the big...
One wild and sexy lady
Arnold Schwarzenegger by Robert Mapplethorpe at the Scottish National Gallery of...
If you’re getting married and you love art, then you’ve come to the right place....
Channeling Van Wilder in 1538
Up in flames
Hatscarves rule
Think like Socrates, groom beard like Dostoyevsky
A lot of self-reflection happens at the insane asylum
Brittany hasn’t got anything on van Gogh.
Check out that window
Nasty storm
Known as "the Little Magician"
a sweet escape
My best hat yet
Muses above your head
Everybody's sleeping with everybody
The Powder of Sympathy
Best Frenemies and Heartbreak
Van Gogh’s Strange Addiction
Used to patch a chicken coop
Rockstar painter and (unknowingly) painter of album covers for rockstars
Happy birthday to our well-balanced Libras! Some would say the following artists...
Whether it’s your favorite excuse to be romantic or it’s just another...
1. Venus and Cupid by Peter Paul Rubens
Under the big tent
Van Gogh's teachers did not like his work
Sartle's patron god...the god of wise-assery
It all ended badly for Charles
It's good to be bad
Beheadings and fine fashion are not mutually exclusive
They both cleaned up nicely, considering...
Hats keep your head warm and help you look très mystérieuse
Look Ma, no ear!
Get ready for the waterworks
The other Starry Night
What’s coal got to do with it?
Behind the Scenes at Arles
She's pretty... too pretty
Where do we hang this?
Ambassador extraordinaire
Far-out fruit
Let’s go swimming in the wheat field
Stifled with a strange perfume of horns
Selfie with a Straw Hat
If you're still unsure about your Halloween costume, let us give you 25 ( plus...
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The Oscars are nigh, and the agents of cinematic fortune have gifted the world’s...
A bit creepier than a friendship bracelet
Rip van drinkle
Saint Selfie
Not your typical odalisque
The forbidden male nude
It takes a woman to give nudes true personality
To gaze or not to gaze?
Not every rose has its thorn, apparently
Real housewives of 1636
As fans of looking closely and spending quality time with images, it’s no...
Stolen and recovered in no time at all
Umbrella collector
Who said artists can't be good at business?
Dutch nicknames are bizarre
He gave the people what they wanted
Reclining Nude by Suzanne Valadon
Lauren brings shame and embarrassment to her art history professors by combining...
If you liked Wes Anderson’s fantastic animated Fantastic Mr. Fox, or his Rushmore...
The abnormally happy couple
Sunset at Montmajour by Vincent van Gogh Pronunciation: /tro͞oˈvī/ Lauren helps...
Animal Crossing is a peaceful escape into a world where tedious routine becomes fun...
The Young and the Restless meets The Old and the Feckless
So. creepy.
Creepers gonna creep
Why the long face?
That's So Graven
Seated Woman by Henri MatisseIn happy art news, a painting stolen from renowned art...
You can fake a lot of things. Orgasms, boobs, degrees. And paintings, of course....
The term “Post-Impressionism” was first used in 1910 by the English art...
The Hangover (Suzanne Valadon) by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec at the Fogg Museum
“An art book is a museum without walls.” —André Malraux Give the...
Check out this beaut! Here is the clearest photo we’ve ever had of Pluto, taken by...
Last chance to get some before it all goes to hell!
Like a sale at your local mall...in Hell.
Tie the devil to a pillow
Think of what you'd save on wrinkle cream...
Graceful
It takes two to tango
The OG wet t-shirt contest
Really expensive calendar
Refused to kill Christians but slayed in that outfit
Time to break out your magnifying glass
omg a wedding in a barn, that's so on trend
It's Saul in utter chaos
Ain’t no party like a Pieter Bruegel the Elder party
A teacher's nightmare
When he ugly but he Jesus
Original cowboys
Gallery within a gallery
This week we start with a classic: Vincent Van Gogh’s The Starry Night, housed at...
We already love Vincent Van Gogh, but Loving Vincent made us love him even more...
To show how far this game of telephone that we call “St. Patrick’s Day” has gone, I...
All the terrible stuff in the news lately has got us down. And no one understands a...
Vase with 12 Sunflowers by Vincent van Gogh at the Neue Pinakothek
In 2011, the United Nations declared that July 30 would forever be known as the...
This March, Turner Classic Movies is featuring films about art and artists, airing...
Welcome to Part Four, the grande finale of the epic Sartle Remix for The Life of...
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
The Devil Wears Prada meets My Girl
Boy drowns; no one cares
2 spoopy 4 me
An ophthalmologist's favorite painting
Mmmm...peacock
Goin' to the chapel, gonna get married
Step into the 19th century French cafe for a sip of the green fairy this...
Stelliferous (adj.) [ste-lif-er-uh s] Having or abounding with stars. The...
By the end of the nineteenth century, artists were absorbing the lessons and...
Take your facial hair from bizarre to brilliant with these mustaches! Pieter...
Self-Portrait with Japanese Print by Vincent van Gogh Bipolar disorder,...
Goering was eager to be thought of as a man of culture, and he was also Hitler’s...
Triumphal Procession of Bacchus by Maerten van Heemskerck at the Museum of Art...
After a deep investigation, Team Sartle has discovered the infamous, elusive, great...
Renaissance is a French word meaning ‘rebirth’, and in this case, it refers...
There is no must in art because art is free. - Wassily KandinskyI don’t do...
Who said that you can’t be a mother and an artist at the same time? ...
Could it be?? The couch gag…..a BRAND NEW museum-themed couch gag? A gag that...
Freaky families
Coveted by an artistic priest with sticky fingers
A-Hunting We Will Go
Second track in PBtheE's seasons album
Two of each
Paint me in too, old buddy
Where do I look first?
Hear ye, hear ye: “Miss Piggy to receive feminist award,” squeals girl power blog...
Sartle got our sparkle on at the 5th annual Shine A Light event at Portland Art...
Whether your mom is dazzled by the Impressionists or, like mine, is...
I’m in my late 20s, which for about five years has meant that March and April bring...
I would like to paint the way a bird sings. - Claude Monet
Reading Le Figaro by Mary Cassatt, 1883. Private CollectionSometimes you just need...
Inspired by the Google Cultural Institute’s virtual Bruegel exhibit, we decided to...
In the beginning, there was darkness… Tohubohu, according to the Merriam-...
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. - Leonardo da Vinci
For one BIG garden
Flaming June by Frederic Leighton at the Ponce Museum of Art
Every night with you is a Starry Night, Valentine. (By Vincent van Gogh at the...
Olympia by Édouard Manet at the Musée d'Orsay
If being a ghost feels too basic, but you don’t want to sink to the level...
If sexy Vermeer isn’t really working for ya, but you still want to rock the most...
Thrill Murray by Mike Coley. 2013. Never miss a chance to ride the coattails of...
This week, the world bade a tearful goodbye to comic giant and beloved childhood...
It’s Kiss a Ginger day and we’re kicking off the day by celebrating...
Great things are done by a series of small things brought together. - Vincent van...
Girl next door
It’s a rich man’s world
No need for art galleries when your closet is your own personal museum and the...
Ooooh yeah, time for prezzies! Art history lovers are all about human...
I’m not saying Hamilton the Musical saved Alexander Hamilton’s face from getting...
Lucas Cranach the Elder, who painted The Fountain of Youth in the 1500s must be...
This week the Golden State Warriors faced off against the Cleveland Cavaliers and...
There’s only a month left to find a Valentine (if you don’t already...
When the United States forcefully opened Japan to foreign trade,...
While we at Sartle fancy ourselves pioneers of art history humor, we know that for...
It’s probably because artists don’t have the burden of a 9-5 gig. I mean, not only...
PUPPPPPPPPYYYY!!!! Sorry, no puppies in boxes this year, but perhaps a...
What this is however is a really awesome meme we can’t wait to implement. I put my...
In any fictional crime show, the detective walks into a scene full of chaos....
SOURCEThe brand spankin’ new redesign has haters, sure, but we think it’s seven...
The Sartle team is beyond thrilled to be flying up to Portland today to visit the...
It’s the Lunar New Year, and as you may know, this year we are ushering in the...
Ccontrary to social media’s endorsements, “liking” a photograph isn’t the same as...
The 20th season of The Bachelor just wrapped up, with software salesman Ben Higgins...
Tarantism (n.): a psychological condition characterized by an...
But what would Banksy buy? How about Henri Toulous-Lautrec? Frida Kahlo? Given the...
Sometimes Halloween sneaks up on you before you’ve even had time to savor the...
Rejoice comic book lovers! September 25th is National Comic Book Day (...
March means Easter, and we all know that Easter means chocolate eggs, cute lil’...
