stackyFACTSThe glittering gold leaf master had a fatal weakness for felines. He allowed an absolute horde of stray cats to freely roam his studio, completely unfazed when they shredded his priceless sketches or knocked over his carefully mixed paints.
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Knowing his painting 'Olympia' was already going to cause a massive scandal, Manet intentionally painted a startled black cat at the foot of the bed just to…
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Edgar Degas is beloved for his beautiful paintings of ballet dancers, but his artistic process was deeply invasive. Instead of painting them performing…
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No painting was ever truly finished in this artist's mind. Bonnard would secretly visit galleries that had already purchased his work, wait for the security…
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Forget soft chubby cheeks; early religious artists actively wanted infants to heavily resemble highly stressed old men. Believing that holy children were born…
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In an era where massive canvases were strictly reserved for glorious mythological heroes, Courbet painted a giant, incredibly boring funeral of an ordinary…
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Because a stern talking-to is obviously what a canine fears most. In 1639, instead of executing a dog for a minor bite, a judge mandated that the animal be…
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