At a time of intense scientific inquiry, the Dutch painter catered to the taste for the exotic and for natural sciences—especially during ’tulip mania.’

When life gets tough, stick it out, and you can still make the best of it.

The Italian words for ’the poet' leads to some interesting revelations about the art form.

Coined the ‘leader of our English Realists’ by 19th-century art critic John Ruskin, Clarkson Stanfield’s dramatic landscapes gained widespread admiration.