Unbelievable; this was painted in 1650!!! The swan defends her nest. Later this became the symbol of the country defending itself against...

Amazing highlight of architecture. Follow us at VenusArt.Art VenusArt.Art - One with Art History Photo: VenusArt #contemporaryavantgarde...

In the small Frederik Hendrik park in Amsterdam-West meet this guy (or girl?). An adorable piece of art from one of the most renown art...

1663..! This amazing work of art painted around 1663 has fascinated us for 350 years and inspires artists from all over the world for its...

Is it not wonderful how art can be used to remember us of things that really matter.. ? The Parkinson Memorial in Vigo, Spain. Follow us...

Dali's interpretation of an #elephant. Or did he mean to create a giraffe? #Dali.. you with you remarkable mind. How about we call it a...

Fernando Botero (1932), a great, great artist from Columbia, that has brought a smile upon many faces. Here 'A Fat Cat', one of his...

On the Atlantic side of Spain is the city of Vigo, housing a great tribute sculpture to the water. Some fool thought he or she could make...

The Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao was designed by Frank Gehry and opened its door in 1997. It is a wonderful piece of architecture and...

In 1929 Georges Henri Rouault (1871-1958) created the designs for Sergei Diaghilev's ballet The Prodigal Son. The music was composed by...

Don Quijote is the main character of Miguel de Cervantes’ book, “Don Quijote de La Mancha”. The book is probably the most well known book...

And the Winner is? A lovely statue at the river in the city of Bordeaux, France. VenusArt.Art, ONE with Art History #avantgarde...

Juan Muñoz (Madrid 1953 – Ibiza 2001) was a Spanish sculptor. At this photo we see one of the characters of his Thirteen Laughing at each...

La Nuit étoilée, or Starry Night, is one of Van Gogh's most famous paintings. Van Gogh once stated in a letter, that the night has more...

Vincent Willem van Gogh (1853 - 1890) was avant garde without knowing so. It probably was not even his goal to be progressive. It...

Edgar Degas (1834-1917) was a big fan of theatre and ballet resulting in wonderful ballet sceneries which we find nowadays in museums all...

Edgar Degas (1834-1917) was good friends with Édouard Manet and a big fan of theatre and ballet. He was one of the painters exposing at...

In 1873 Monet exposed his work "Impression, soleil levant", "Impression of sunrise" in Paris where also some other were exposing...

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) had the honor to expose at the Salon de Paris earlier than his impressionistic colleagues. One does...

Avant garde painter Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) is best known for the use of large surfaces with saturated colors in exotic scenes....