Famous painters: biographies, movements and great masters

The Artist in His Studio by Rembrandt: a young painter facing a monumental easel
The Artist in his Rembrandt studio: space, easel and ambition
In an almost empty studio, a young painter faces a monumental easel. Analysis of space, light and ambition by Rembrandt around 1628. Read more...
Ferdinand Bol, one of Rembrandt's main students
Rembrandt's students: Ferdinand Bol, Govert Flinck, Carel Fabritius and the others
Rembrandt trained young painters to observe, draw, tell stories and paint. Several absorbed his style so thoroughly that their works were long mistaken for his, before they became major masters... Read more...
The Prado Mona Lisa, work linked to the workshop of Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci's students and collaborators: Salaigh, Melzi and the workshop
Salaikh, Francesco Melzi, Boltraffio and Giampietrino: operation of the workshop, copies, works, attributions and inheritance of manuscripts. Read more...
Gustav Klimt’s reconstructed studio at the Klimt-Villa in Vienna
How did Gustav Klimt work? Workshop, models, drawings and habits
Enriched guide to Gustav Klimt's method: Hietzing's workshop, live models, daily drawings, slow painting, routine, real places and context photos. Read more...