Art history: artists, movements and museums

Beethoven frieze by Gustav Klimt, straight panel with gold patterns and stylized figures

Klimt patterns: eyes, spirals, rectangles, flowers and symbols

What do Klimt’s motifs mean? Eyes, spirals, rectangles, flowers, gold and symbols: origins, examples and an analytical method without overinterpretation. Read more...

Gustav Klimt, Sunflower, 1907–1908: the complete work at the Belvedere

The Sunflower of Klimt: a flower erected like a portrait

An analysis of Gustav Klimt’s The Sunflower: composition, gold leaf, its connection with Emilie Flöge, Attersee gardens and provenance at the Belvedere. Read more...

Love by Gustav Klimt, an 1895 painting with a couple, flowers and symbolic faces

Klimt's Love: Couple, Flowers and Symbolism Before the Golden Age

Klimt’s Love (1895): an analysis of the couple, flowers, stages of life, the Gerlach & Schenk commission and the path towards The Kiss. Read more...

Jerusalem artichoke flowers by Claude Monet, 1880, National Gallery of Art

The Jerusalem Artichokes by Monet: solar flowers and the garden at Giverny

Painted in Vétheuil in 1880, Jerusalem Artichoke Flowers transforms a yellow bouquet into a field of light. Analysis, context, dimensions and its connection with Giverny. Read more...

Claude Monet, Still life with flowers and fruits, 1869, J. Paul Getty Museum

Still life with Monet: flowers, fruit and painted meals

A verified guide to Monet’s still lifes: flowers, fruit, game and The Luncheon, with dates, dimensions, museums and analyses. Read more...

Roses and Anemones by Vincent van Gogh, Musée d’Orsay, RF 1954 12

Roses and Anemones: Van Gogh Paints the Flowers of Auvers

Discover Van Gogh’s Roses and Anemones, painted in Auvers in 1890: history, composition, colors, dimensions, and advice for a faithful reproduction. Read more...