Welcome to VMuseum. An artwork a day to feel good and feed the mind! Each day, a new artwork from museums around the world and thematic exhibitions to explore this online collection. Enjoy!
Artwork of the Day
- Young Boy Peeling a Pear, by Édouard Manet
Key facts Painted by Édouard Manet (1832–1883), Young Boy Peeling a Pear most likely depicts Léon Leenhoff, son of Suzanne Leenhoff and a model the painter portrayed seventeen times. The painting belongs to Manet’s modern realism, shaped by the lessons of Velázquez: a monochrome brown background, a restricted palette, an everyday subject treated without anecdote….
Art History Through 5 Artworks…
- The Baroque Age through 5 Artworks
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Topics
Biographies
- Mary Cassatt: Biography and Analysis of Her Artworks
- Paul Klee (1879-1940), the painter who turned colour into theory
- Jacob Jordaens (1593-1678), the third voice of Antwerp’s Baroque
- Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640): the Prince of Painters
- Johannes Vermeer, the Art of Silence
- Wassily Kandinsky: Pioneer of Abstract Art and Theorist of Colour
- Biography of Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684-1721): Master of the Fêtes Galantes
- Gustave Caillebotte (1848-1894): Painter, Collector, and Patron
- Francisco de Goya (1746-1828): from ancient to modern art
- Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863), A Titan of French Romanticism
- Claude Monet (1840-1926), Light as Method
- Édouard Manet (1832-1883), Pioneer of Modernity
- Odilon Redon (1840-1916), Between Shadow and Light
- Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890), Visionary Genius of Modern Art
- Amedeo Modigliani, Portrait of a Timeless Artist
- Auguste Renoir, Journey of a Painter of Happiness
- Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669), Master of Light and the Human Soul
