The highly influential American artist Chuck Close passed away earlier this month at the age of 81. His decades-long career showed longevity, even as his physical infirmities affected his style. Large-scale photorealistic works put him on the art world map. Later in life, his portraits using mosaic-style grids brightened subway

The short life of artist Vincent Willem van Gogh spun across the Netherlands, England, Belgium, and France in just 37 years. Sensitive, struggling with mental illness, rebellious, and declared dangerous to the public, he bounced from job to job, at last deciding to become an artist without any formal training

Frida Kahlo was one of the women artists that left a huge mark on 20th-century art. Her paintings shook the world and redefined art as we know it. Her life events were inspiring, but often shocking. Throughout her entire life, Frida Kahlo experienced pain like few people do, and turned

It’s not a typical profession to hear if someone were to say they were a mosaicist. For Hungarian stained glass artist, however, he was at the top of his field when it came to creating beautiful pieces of art with stained glass. The way Miksa Roth saw his designs in

The Odorico brothers are responsible for creating the Odorico Company, one of the most prominent mosaic-making firms throughout all of Rennes, France, where they first got their start in the 1800s. The company quickly grew to create some of the most stunning mosaic pieces of art that were displayed all

If you ever doubted that stone could be described as ‘delicate’, Barbara Segal’s creations will assure you; it is possible. Her creations are unique, often feminine, and always impressive works of art. Influences Ségal has many influences, including a love of Italian architecture, which originates from her four years spent