Painting — stories and articles

Everything on WonderBooks tagged Painting: 4 articles and 35 illustrated stories, free to read with audio narration.

Articles

• The Six Most Famous Paintings, and Why They Gained Renown
• Jackson Pollock and What Abstract Expressionism Actually Means
• American Gothic: Uncovering the Truth Behind Grant Wood’s Icon
• Why Seurat Spent Two Years on La Grande Jatte

Illustrated stories

• American Gothic by Grant Wood (Chicago, USA — 1930)
  Artwork and artistic legacy • 1930)
• Bal du moulin de la Galette by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (Paris, France — 1876)
  Artwork and artistic legacy • 1876)
• Café Terrace at Night by Vincent van Gogh (Arles, France — 1888)
  Artwork and artistic legacy • 1888)
• Girl with a Pearl Earring by Johannes Vermeer (The Hague, Netherlands — 1665)
  Artwork and artistic legacy • 1665)
• Girl with a Pearl Earring — The Hague, Netherlands — 1665
  Artwork and artistic legacy • 1665 • 17th century
• Guernica by Pablo Picasso (Madrid, Spain — 1937)
  Artwork and artistic legacy • 1937)
• Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet (Paris, France — 1872)
  Artwork and artistic legacy • 1872)
• Las Meninas by Diego Velázquez (Madrid, Spain — 1656)
  Artwork and artistic legacy • 1656) • 17th century
• Las Meninas — Madrid, Spain — 1656
  Artwork and artistic legacy • 1656
• Liberty Leading the People by Eugène Delacroix (Paris, France — 1830)
  Artwork and artistic legacy • 1830)
• Olympia by Édouard Manet (Paris, France — 1863)
  Artwork and artistic legacy • 1863)
• Pants-Wearing Penguins Panic at Prom
• River Otter's Ripple of Kindness
• The Birth of Venus by William-Adolphe Bouguereau (France — 1879)
  Artwork and artistic legacy • 1879)
• The Card Players by Paul Cézanne (France — 1895)
  Artwork and artistic legacy • 1895) • 19th century
• The Creation of Adam by Michelangelo (Vatican City, Rome — 1512)
  Artwork and artistic legacy • 1512)
• The Fighting Temeraire by J.M.W. Turner (London, UK — 1839)
  Artwork and artistic legacy • 1839)
• The Garden of Earthly Delights by Hieronymus Bosch (Madrid, Spain — c. 1505)
  Artwork and artistic legacy • c. 1505)
• The Gleaners by Jean-François Millet (Paris, France — 1857)
  Artwork and artistic legacy • 1857) • 19th century
• The Hay Wain by John Constable (London, UK — 1821)
  Artwork and artistic legacy • 1821)
• The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci (Milan, Italy — 1498)
  Artwork and artistic legacy • 1498)
• The Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci (Paris, France — 1503–1519)
  Artwork and artistic legacy • 1503–1519)
• The Night Watch — Amsterdam, Netherlands — 1642
  Artwork and artistic legacy • 1642
• The Night Watch by Rembrandt van Rijn (Amsterdam, Netherlands — 1642)
  Artwork and artistic legacy • 1642) • 17th century
• The Persistence of Memory by Salvador Dalí (New York City, USA — 1931)
  Artwork and artistic legacy • 1931)
• The Potato Eaters by Vincent van Gogh (Nuenen, Netherlands — 1885)
  Artwork and artistic legacy • 1885)
• The School of Athens by Raphael (Vatican City, Rome — 1509–1511)
  Artwork and artistic legacy • 1509–1511)
• The Sleeping Gypsy by Henri Rousseau (Paris, France — 1897)
  Artwork and artistic legacy • 1897)
• The Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh (Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France — 1889)
  Artwork and artistic legacy • 1889)
• The Swing Bridge by Thomas Cole (USA — 1837)
  Artwork and artistic legacy • 1837)
• The Swing by Jean-Honoré Fragonard (London, UK — 1767)
  Artwork and artistic legacy • 1767)
• The Third of May 1808 by Francisco Goya (Madrid, Spain — 1814)
  Artwork and artistic legacy • 1814) • 1808
• Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog by Caspar David Friedrich (Hamburg, Germany — 1818)
  Artwork and artistic legacy • 1818)
• Water Lilies by Claude Monet (Giverny, France — 1899)
  Artwork and artistic legacy • 1899)
• Whistler’s Mother by James McNeill Whistler (Paris, France — 1871)
  Mother by James McNeill Whistler (Paris, France • 1871)