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The term “Post-Impressionism” was first used in 1910 by the English art...
By the end of the nineteenth century, artists were absorbing the lessons and...
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Some good old fashioned tentacle porn
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Made in a cabin
Wearing a vest of many colors
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Excellent, eccentric, and damn queer
Lovely sketch, sketchy love
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Mining doesn’t cause death
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Just another naked lady
Witness her
“We thought the best way to help people understand Van Gogh’s life was to...
Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899, National Gallery of Art, Washington D....
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Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
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Impressionism at a Glance: You Mean Those Smudges Are Intentional? Flowers,...
If Baroque art and a can of whipped cream had a baby, it would be the Rococo....
Two years ago, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco put on a show...
You wouldn’t expect to uncover a spiritual path in the halls of a museum, but the...
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
The post-World War II period of the late 1940s to 1950s onward saw not only just a...
Christian Louboutin and photographer Peter Lippmann have such a love affair...
We're outing Hayao Miyazaki as an art nerd. Ok, it’s maybe not the biggest...
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
One way to look at all art is through the lens of design. All art uses...
Ooooh yeah, time for prezzies! Art history lovers are all about human...
With a new year comes a new season of BoJack Horseman -- which also means...
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
Picture this: the glittering heights of Second Empire France and...
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
You have had your fair share of bad relationships and you are just so glad to...
Whether your mom is dazzled by the Impressionists or, like mine, is...
This week, the world bade a tearful goodbye to comic giant and beloved childhood...
As we approach the one-year anniversary of COVID lockdown in San Francisco,...
Who on this list got kitschy ties? Happy Father’s Day! It’s that special...
If you love Percy Jackson and the Olympians as much as I do, you will fall head...
I’d be blue too if a rich artist made $100k off my photo. Photo @doedeerePablo...
Everyone loves a good heist movie, especially when the leading man is a hunk. But...
It's St. Patrick's Day! And while we all may be Irish today, these...
Unlike so many of the countless women artists cast aside by art history, Berthe...
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
In Ezra Koenig’s new Netflix anime series, Neo Yokio, a demon enters the...
You'll want to come dressed to impressed because the Mad Hatter has made a...
Everything you thought you knew is wrong! OK, maybe not everything … Gravity...
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
Nothing beats having a brother. Knowing you have a partner in crime is essential in...
If you’re getting married and you love art, then you’ve come to the right place....
As fans of looking closely and spending quality time with images, it’s no...
This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
Who said that you can’t be a mother and an artist at the same time? ...
Test your art history chops with Sartle's exciting new quiz feature! Both fun and...
Modern art is experimental and innovative, as artists respond creatively to a world...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
The Fourth of July is soon approaching and there is no one better to emulate...
The Symbolist Movement was born in 1886 as a literary movement by Jean...
If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
Cinderella’s Castle at Walt Disney World If you’re ever judged for your...
“For me, a landscape does not exist in its own right, since its appearance changes...
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
The Google Arts & Culture app has recently gone viral dominating the most...
Maybe you’ve been experiencing “The Agony and the Ecstasy” of trying to figure out...
While we at Sartle fancy ourselves pioneers of art history humor, we know that for...
By the way, for every picture posted on various social media platforms and tagged...
Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet - the painting that changed it all.
Remember back to the 2016 election when womxn’s hearts across the nation felt...
This week, behold Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucian Freud.
(source) He may have been a tiny guy, but no one could’ve survived as many...
The San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) is a magically inspiring art haven...
Feminist art theory emerged in the 60s in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement...
It’s June again (the onset of wedding season), so I’m reviving Sarah's...
Put on your bowler hat and take a trip to Magritte’s world....
2020 was more static than usual, and you may not have been able to see as much art...
MuseumHack, an energetic bunch of nerds famous for giving the world’s...
To Diego Rivera, “America” meant: “the territory included between the two ice...
We’re drooling over this clever shirt featuring our favorite crime-fighting...
Almost as soon as the city shut down in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
Ruth Asawa, San Francisco's favorite artist and most fervent advocate of...
When people talk about “realism” in art, they are typically referring to one...
Source In Peter H. Reynolds’s children’s book The Dot, a young child...
Starting February 27th and running until July 21, 2019, the Berkeley Art...
Depression is one of the most prevalent mental health issues in the world, so...
Untitled, 1986 Walking through the Rosie Lee Tompkins exhibit that just...
Last Saturday, while making my way through a frenzy of de Young Museum...
Going to see the Obama Portraits has been described as a secular pilgrimage.
An art bromance or something more? Land art celebrity and hippie...
The Crown Season 2 premieres December 8 on Netflix and it couldn’t be more...
With Fathers Day around the corner, it’s natural to reminisce about our Pops. Sure...
Sofonisba Anguissola was one of the first female artists to gain international...
Mental health issues restrict an artist’s ability to create. But, art can also...
Pictures of beaches, fancy dinners, and people “exercising” aside, I’m...
Are you tired of eating the same iteration of meat, potatoes, and casserole every...
Artist Biopics - Part One: March 7
Pastels just might be the most underrated medium in all of art history. You rarely...
At the beginning and end of the Alice Neel “People Come First” exhibit, you’ll find...
Acclaimed art collector Shawn “Jay Z” Carter once wisely said, “I bought some...
RSAP has a great message. Sure, they get a little hyperbolic about just how much...
Last December we brought you Royal Romances in Art History in honor of Netflix’s...
Natural pigments are naturally occurring substances used to impart color and come...
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
Rejoice comic book lovers! September 25th is National Comic Book Day (...
The artistic collaboration between Kanye West and George Condo is akin to that...
Sometimes Halloween sneaks up on you before you’ve even had time to savor the...
Self-portraits go way back and for good reason. As the author of 55 of them, Frida...
Well here we are–it’s the end of a franchise an era. The last Hunger Games...
Let some of the most romantic artist couples of all time inspire your LOVE this...
Vincent van Gogh, The Yellow House, 1888, Van Gogh Museum....
Self-portrait in a straw hat by Vigee Le Brun, in the National Gallery, London.They...
Not to be confused with deliciously hipster lager Can you even...
Autumn is fast upon us, and you know what that means! Warm beverage season is...
Technology is not neutral. That is the theme that reverberates throughout this...
San Francisco’s de Young Museum is a standout among other fine arts museums across...
Recognize this mysterious maven? Find the answer here or stand back a little to see...
Vincent Van Gogh once gave artists the following advice: “What is done in...
Gustav Klimt and his Viennese beauties come to us via the Legion...
This exhibit is going to blow you away. You may be so moved by its...
What is a garden? Artist Cathy Lu explores this surprisingly multi-faceted concept...
This film serves as a visual sketch of a man’s life that leaves the audience...
Reynolda House Museum of American Art is one of our Nation’s most venerable...
It’s cool Schmidt, we don’t know what kids are up to these days either. If your kid...
Okay, so maybe it’s not that kind of Rubens, but there are some...
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In the final season of BoJack Horseman, paying attention to the art in the...
Peter Paul Rubens, Hercules's Dog Discovers Purple Dye, ca. 1636, Musée...
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Jules Tavernier’s representations of the Elem Pomo culture might be over one...
Whether you paced yourself or binged the entire new season of the...
The MoAD exhibit, titled “Thread for a Web Begun," is Zangewa’s first solo...
One of the best things about the art world is simply how surprising it...
The best scene in Woody Allen’s movie "Midnight in Paris" takes place in the...
Sartle Team members from near and far tore themselves from their laptops and...
Jasper is judging you for not following us. Our second monthly get together...
Yes, Carol, we will visit you this Sunday because it is the 2016 Oscars and we...
Last week, Sartle was invited to the Director’s Breakfast at the de Young...
Goering was eager to be thought of as a man of culture, and he was also Hitler’s...
We’ve all seen American Gothic, or heard the title at the very least. It’s the...
PUPPPPPPPPYYYY!!!! Sorry, no puppies in boxes this year, but perhaps a...
Image: Fred W. McDarrah/ The Village VoiceJohn Perreault, an artist, critic and...
Happy Halloween! Since this is the season of zombies, vampires and ghosts...
We’re obsessed with Game of Thrones this season, and are thanking the old...
Step into the 19th century French cafe for a sip of the green fairy this...
With recent exhibits on topics ranging from the Manga of Japanese artist Takaya...
Picture books can be one of the best formats for imparting a love of art and...
On a beautiful Tuesday afternoon, John Cappetta and I made our merry way over...
You can be part of it right now with the opening of the groundbreaking...
Groovy baby, yea! Party time, excellent! From Austin Powers, to Wayne’s World, to...
Pumpkins are everywhere this season. On our doorsteps, in our coffee, in every...
Last week, our across-the-way pal Gallery 308 opened for its inaugural exhibition,...
Please join us (and everybody else) February 7, 2014 at noon in the Florence Gould...
Amidst GOP debates on hand to penis size ratio (in other worlds, who has the...
Despite our recent efforts to do right by “The Donald” by generously drafting up a...
Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Rococ-oh myyyyy! It looks like a little bit of seduction has arrived...
Paolozzi as the god of art, fire, and other dangerous things? Photo by Ezinda...
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First of all, I clearly had no idea what I was talking about, because there is tons...
What most people think they know about Marie Antoinette could fill...
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In 2011, the United Nations declared that July 30 would forever be known as the...
The day that is NOT Mexican Independence Day and IS the celebration of the Mexican...
The Sartle team is beyond thrilled to be flying up to Portland today to visit the...
French painter Francois Boucher famously proclaimed that “Nature is too green and...
Alexander the Great and Campaspe in the Studio of Apelles by Giovanni Battista...
Art will always be a medium of self-expression and experimentation. During the last...
The new and improved San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) reopened on May...
People Magazine has decided Blake Shelton is the “2017 Sexiest Man Alive”...
Drop trou and pick up your trowels people, because tomorrow is officially World...
Christmas came early this year at Sartle headquarters!Dali’s super rare and super...
Gerda Taro, the talented, courageous, and brilliant photographer was brushed...
The lighting crew of the Palace deserve a huge round of applause, the architecture...
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Mona Lisa confirmed to be Trump’s ancestor after conservationists find...
This music video by Hold Your Horses! is a great way for you to spread your...
“Lili y Gerda”, Gerda WegenerWith the Oscars just around the corner, and my very...
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*** SPOILER ALERT*** Haven’t watched s01 & s02 or read the secret diary? You...
The Oscars are nigh, and the agents of cinematic fortune have gifted the world’s...
(L-R: Tania Houtzager, Ethan Angelica, Erica Gangsei, and Salvador Acevedo)Sartle...
rycz: “If I had a black light, this place would look like a Jackson Pollock...
This week, behold Pablo Picasso’s Le Rêve (The Dream).
This week, behold Hans Holbein the Younger’s Darmstadt Madonna.
Think of Romanticism as the emo kids of the 19th century. While...
Bow down, witches, ‘cus the Sartle team has carved the best jack-o-...
