A Brief History Of The Painting Washington Crossing The Delaware was painted by Emanuel Leutze in 1850, the painting commemorates George Washington crossing the Delaware River with the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. Three versions of this painting were created between 1850 and 1851. The original [...]
A Little History The artwork in The White House has grown largely over the years and is now known as the White House Collection, but what is on display does not include just paintings, it also includes other items such as, sculptures, glassware, ornates and even flooring. There [...]
A Brief History Of The Gallery Located in Madrid, The Museo Nacional del Prado is considered the main national art museum in Spain. The gallery is widely considered as having one of the world's finest collections of European art which dates from the 12th century to the early [...]
Rijksmuseum The Rijksmuseum is the Dutch National Museum and dedicates all of its works to arts and history of Amsterdam. Located in the Museum Square, Amsterdam South. The building was designed by Pierre Cuypers and was first opened in 1885. The main building closed for a long period [...]
How It All Began "Life is a collection of moments. Time flies but memories last forever and these memories should be preserved". This is why picture frames came about. Picture frames originated in ancient times and were mainly used by Egyptians to preserve drawings and paintings. They would [...]
National Gallery Of Australia - Canberra Located in the countries capital city Canberra, The National Gallery of Australia is one the countries largest art galleries housing over 160,000 works of art. The gallery opened in 1982 after a 14 year planning and construction period. The building itself is [...]
What Is A Gallery Wall? A gallery wall is a way to display and curate all of your most treasured memories, photographs, or artwork in a new unique and modern way in your home or work place. It transforms blank walls and can really create a focal point [...]
Things To Consider There are several elements that need to be considered when you are framing your artwork for presentation. A great framing begins with consideration into the following elements: The surroundings of the art work. Your taste and style. The art work itself, what you are framing. [...]
Why Are Picture Frames So Important? Most people whether they have artwork at home on their wall or are visiting a gallery or museum never actually realise how important the frame is to the artwork it is housing and how it adds to their enjoyment of the piece [...]
Fact One Van Gogh once said ‘A picture without a frame is like a soul without a body’. Image credit: https://www.biography.com/ Image credit: https://pixabay.com/ Fact Two Frames are NOT copy written. There is no law to stop anyone from [...]
