From gruesome portraits to creepy critters, these are the paintings that have stayed with our experts long after their first glimpse.
- Personal Chair of 19th-Century Art, History of Art, University of Edinburgh
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Van Gogh sought to evoke the character and soul of the sitter.
Cave paintings are often called the first art ever made. But can we really call these early cave people artists?
Depp’s film is an enjoyable romp, but it does the artist a disservice in favouring the more sensational aspects of his life.
Whistler’s paintings were first compared to music in 1863 when the French critic Paul Manz described his haunting portrait, The White Girl as a ‘symphony in white’.
The exhibition is a fascinating reflection of Dutch taste over the past century and a half.
The work of Van Gogh’s final years when he was struggling with his mental health, shimmer with life, colour and poetic expression.
Glasgow shipbuilder Sir William Burrell collected Degas in the painter’s lifetime, demonstrating a keen eye at a time when the impressionists were shocking the public.
Despite his mental anguish, Van Gogh produced some of his greatest paintings in the last few months of his life.
An art historian explains how Vincent van Gogh went from an unknown painter to one of the world’s most expensive artists.
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