Wenceslaus Hollar (also known as Wenzel Hollar and Václav Hollar) was one of the most prolific and accomplished artists of the seventeenth century, with an estimated four hundred drawings and three thousand etchings to his name. They include views, portraits, ships, religious subjects, heraldic subjects, landscapes, and still lifes. He was also known for his topographical works and his maps. Born in Prague, he worked there as well as in Strasbourg, Mainz, Koblenz, Vienna, and England.
By the mid-1920s, Zadkine had shifted from a purely cubist style to a new approach that drew on African and classical Greek art. His subject matter was often inspired by stories from the Bible and…
I and the Village combines Marc Chagall’s memories of his childhood in Vitebsk with folklorist and abstract imagery to create what scholar H. W. Janson called a “cubist fairy tale.” The dreamlike…
This series by Helmar Lerski pictured Jewish soldiers fighting with the British Army during World War II—all in all, about a hundred men and women. All the portraits are in Lerski’s distinctive…