Letter, Diaries

Although Dürer lived five hundred years ago, today we are happy that many of his works have survived. While he was alive, Dürer has published several hundred engravings on which are appeared his init …

Although Dürer lived five hundred years ago, today we are happy that many of his works have survived. While he was alive, Dürer has published several hundred engravings on which are appeare …

José Victoriano González-Pérez (1887 – 1927), better known as Juan Gris, was a Spanish painter and sculptor born in Madrid who lived and worked in France most of his life. Closely connected to the in …

Jacob Jordaens (1593 – 1678) was one of three Flemish Baroque painters, along with Peter Paul Rubens and Anthony van Dyck, to bring prestige to the Antwerp school of painting. Like Rubens, Jordaens p …

In ‘Early Letters of George Wm. Curtis to John S. Dwight; Brook Farm and Concord, ‘ the reader is provided with a fascinating correspondence that illuminates the intricate intellectual and social lan …

The Diary of a Man of Fifty Henry James – Returning to Florence after 25 years of military service, a man finds himself haunted by memories of a thwarted love affair that took place on the banks of t …

In ‘Letters of Anton Chekhov to His Family and Friends, ‘ the great Russian playwright and short story writer Anton Pavlovich Chekhov provides a vivid, intimate glimpse into his life through personal …

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s ‘The Letters of F. Scott Fitzgerald’ offers a compelling insight into the mind of one of America’s literary giants through a curated collection of his correspondence. This antho …

Toulouse-Lautrec painted quickly, using its neutral tone and conveying action and atmosphere in a few economical strokes. In later years graphic works took precedence and his paintings were often stu …

Dante Gabriel Rossetti was an English poet, illustrator, painter and translator. He founded the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood in 1848 with William Holman Hunt and John Everett Millais, and was later to …