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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
Before things got ugly life was very good
Voted most popular, class of 1795
Yay! It’s time for my fellow Aries babies, born between March 20 to April 20 we’re...
Before they hated each other's guts
French portrait inception
Another unsuccessful rebranding attempt for Marie-Antoinette
It is the (second) most wonderful time of the year: Halloween. Whether you’re...
Little backstory for the gentiles: Purim is basically the Jewish Halloween. We...
English people are snobs
Marie Antoinette's best friend....possibly with benefits
Frenemies
Mean Girls turns ten and we all cry about how old we've gotten. YAY! But it...
Prince Heinrich...so hot right now
Long names and titles
Happy Bastille Day, everyone! It happens ten days after the 4th of July in France...
Another March has come and gone. If you’ve been saving up Sartle posts all month...
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...
A hotter mascot than the Pope
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
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.
Horse on a treadmill
Feminist art theory emerged in the 60s in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement...
Fish (Still Life), 1864. By Édouard Manet at the Art Institute of ChicagoHappy...
Recently, millionaire real estate magnate Tim Gurner gave some helpful advice to...
"Greatest French artist of all time" - Louis XIV
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...
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
Twenty years ago on December 19, 1997, Titanic splashed onto the big...
Throughout art history, artists have paid homage to the compelling power of...
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Not an itsy bitsy spider
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Conga line from hell
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
Ahh, Versailles, the disgustingly opulent palace of French royals, and boy is it...
People should pay more attention to their walls
Ain't that a kick?
There is no must in art because art is free. - Wassily KandinskyI don’t do...
Portrait of a penis?
More like Louise LOLer
Shia LeBeouf, is that you?
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...
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,...
Goin' to the chapel, gonna get married
Are you sure that’s all you’re selling?
Today’s the day that we celebrate some Italian guy who got into a boat and (...
Early morning, emotional promise
Home (not so) sweet home
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...
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
All right, all right no need to be crabby Cancers, it’s finally your month! Heh,...
Whodunnit??
That eternal postman always rings twice, even for famous artists. Here are some...
Pastels just might be the most underrated medium in all of art history. You rarely...
Live easels
But what would Banksy buy? How about Henri Toulous-Lautrec? Frida Kahlo? Given the...
The day that is NOT Mexican Independence Day and IS the celebration of the Mexican...
YBAs are so fetch. Once upon a time in the 1980s, London was...
No more tacky inspirational Martin Luther King Jr. quotes about how he had a...
Behind every famous artist is a fine feline, history tells us.Today, Team Sartle is...
Artist Biopics - Part One: March 7
Stone Age sisters doin’ it for themselves
Like, Totally Rad Art Dude
An ancient dick pic
Work of hot air
Portraits of Belleville
Kim K. has nothing on Courbet
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Damn, I look good
Build like the Egyptians
Advertise your god-complex
Who on this list got kitschy ties? Happy Father’s Day! It’s that special...
It's St. Patrick's Day! And while we all may be Irish today, these...
