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Ex-nun, harassed for painting without a license, official painter of Marie Antoinette
February 2016 marks the opening of Vigee Le Brun: Woman Artist in Revolutionary...
Self-portrait in a straw hat by Vigee Le Brun, in the National Gallery, London.They...
Who said that you can’t be a mother and an artist at the same time? ...
Who is she?
When you look good, we look good (and we get paid)
I didn't say "Let them eat cake"
Don't be fooled by the rocks that I got
Yay! It’s time for my fellow Aries babies, born between March 20 to April 20 we’re...
Before things got ugly life was very good
Voted most popular, class of 1795
It is the (second) most wonderful time of the year: Halloween. Whether you’re...
Before they hated each other's guts
French portrait inception
Another unsuccessful rebranding attempt for Marie-Antoinette
Little backstory for the gentiles: Purim is basically the Jewish Halloween. We...
English people are snobs
Marie Antoinette's best friend....possibly with benefits
Mean Girls turns ten and we all cry about how old we've gotten. YAY! But it...
Frenemies
Happy Bastille Day, everyone! It happens ten days after the 4th of July in France...
Prince Heinrich...so hot right now
Another March has come and gone. If you’ve been saving up Sartle posts all month...
Long names and titles
Ever wondered about Marie Antoinette’s penchant for roses? Or why Frida Kahlo liked...
Are your eyes bleeding from binge watching the entirety of Orange Is the New Black...
This cult ‘90s movie made a lasting impression, inspiring terrifying fashion trends...
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
A hotter mascot than the Pope
It’s tough to be a princess in art history, pop culture, or even in real life. ...
Yesterday, we presented you with 6 influential African American artists in art...
Price channels his inner Salome, a la Hans Cranach the Younger in this publicity...
You wish you could be this cool
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A mama's girl
I would like to paint the way a bird sings. - Claude Monet
What most people think they know about Marie Antoinette could fill...
Not to be confused with Xena the Warrior Princess, Lucy Lawless.
Fish (Still Life), 1864. By Édouard Manet at the Art Institute of ChicagoHappy...
Feminist art theory emerged in the 60s in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement...
Horse on a treadmill
Recently, millionaire real estate magnate Tim Gurner gave some helpful advice to...
Peter Paul Rubens, Hercules's Dog Discovers Purple Dye, ca. 1636, Musée...
Monogram by Robert Rauschenberg at the Museum of Modern Art Stockholm Here’s to our...
"Greatest French artist of all time" - Louis XIV
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
Throughout art history, artists have paid homage to the compelling power of...
Twenty years ago on December 19, 1997, Titanic splashed onto the big...
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All Children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once one grows up...
I never paint dreams or nightmares. I paint my own reality. - Frida Kahlo I...
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. - Leonardo da Vinci
Not an itsy bitsy spider
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Conga line from hell
Ahh, Versailles, the disgustingly opulent palace of French royals, and boy is it...
There is no must in art because art is free. - Wassily KandinskyI don’t do...
Great things are done by a series of small things brought together. - Vincent van...
Image: Jacob Lawrence. From The Migration Series, 1940-41. At MOMA. February 2016...
As quickly as it appeared, the Google Arts and Culture app has disappeared from...
People should pay more attention to their walls
Ain't that a kick?
Portrait of a penis?
More like Louise LOLer
Shia LeBeouf, is that you?
The Carters’ newest music video is a work of art. R&B/hip-hop...
Sartle can get a little carried away reppin’ San Francisco. The Bay is, after all,...
Here is Marina Abramović’s Portrait with Scorpion (2005) We’re celebrating our...
The Young Bull by Paulus Potter at the MauritshuisLike a classic Taurus, I’m a bit...
The Four Elements: Fire, Water and Earth, Air by Adolf Ziegler at the Gallery of...
Today’s the day that we celebrate some Italian guy who got into a boat and (...
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
The Sleeping Gypsy by Henri Rousseau at Museum of Modern ArtHappy, happy birthday...
Happy birthday to you vestal virgins who bring loyalty, hard work ethics,...
Happy birthday to our well-balanced Libras! Some would say the following artists...
The Two Fridas by Frida Kahlo at the Museum of Modern Art Mexico
