Masterpiece Makers
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
25 . Vincent van Gogh
08 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
24. Paul Cézanne
25 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
23. Mary Cassatt
11 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Best known for her portrayal of domestic scenes as well as the intimate bond between a mother and child, she loved to use bright colors and an unabash...
22. Berthe Morisot
07 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Known as one of "les trois grandes dames" of Impressionism, she is famous for painting scenes from domestic life: family, children, ladies, beautiful ...
21. Pierre-Auguste Renoir
18 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
He believed that art should celebrate life, beauty and the joy of each moment. Known for his soft, feathery brush strokes in his colorful paintings, h...
20. Claude Monet
11 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
He was compelled to capture the constantly changing and atmosphere altering light. The way it cast its beauty on land and water — the way it changed...
19. Edgar Degas
03 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
He was called "the painter of dancers" but it wasn't the dancers he wanted to capture—it was the movement. From dancers to horse races to scenes of ...
18. Édouard Manet
27 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
He loved the lines and beauty of classical art, yet he wanted to paint that beauty in a modern setting and experiment with his own techniques. And al...
17. John Everett Millais
20 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
He was a child prodigy who, at the age of eleven, became the youngest student to enter London's Royal Academy School of Art. Later he would become one...
16. Dante Gabriel Rossetti
12 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
He was born into an Italian family steeped in a rich cultural and literary heritage which greatly influenced him throughout his life. Often torn betwe...
15. Henry Osawwa Tanner
13 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
His mother was born a slave, but escaped to Pennsylvania via the Underground Railroad and was a free woman by the time he was born. And although he wa...
14. Jean-Francois Millet
07 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Born a peasant, he proudly proclaimed that he would die a peasant. All he had ever known was rural country life, hard-working farmers toiling over the...
13. JMW Turner
02 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As an artist he brought luminosity, expression, atmosphere, and turbulence to his landscape and seascape paintings. His abstract brushstrokes and pale...
12. Francisco de Goya
01 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Described as one of the old masters by some, and the first modern painter by others, this artist is truly in a class all by himself. Though he began d...
11. Angelica Kauffman
14 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the 1770s, a London engraver remarked, "The whole world is Angelicamad," about a Swiss artist. This was a woman who followed her passion and was so...
10. Jacques-Louis David
07 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Referred to as a "political chameleon," he painted whatever the man in power at the time wanted. Whether it was in the frivolous Rococo style for Loui...
9. Jean-Honoré Fragonard
05 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
He was a painter during the Rococo period, and one of the most decadent eras in history – the reign of Louis XVI and his wife, Marie Antoinette. H...
8. Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun
27 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In her lifetime, she painted 200 landscapes and 660 portraits. In fact, Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun was considered one of the most prominent Fren...
7. Johannes Vermeer
17 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Although today he is known as the "Master of Light," Johannes Vermeer is also referred to as the "Sphinx of Delft" because there is so little we truly...
6. Rembrandt van Rijn
10 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
When you really love yourself and you think you're incredibly beautiful, why not paint yourself over and over and over? That's exactly what Rembr...
5. Albrecht Dürer
03 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Referred to as the "German Leonardo," Albrecht Dürer is the most famous of the Northern Renaissance artists. He became internationally known through ...
4. Raphael
02 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Adored by everyone around him, it is said that Raphael was so gentle and charitable that even the animals loved him. In this episode, we're going to ...
3. Michelangelo
01 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Michelangelo was a brilliant sculptor, architect, poet (and painter, when he was forced to be). But that didn't stop him from being Mr. Grumpy Pants. ...
2. Leonardo da Vinci
01 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
500 years after he lived, Leonardo da Vinci is still considered a genius and one of the most gifted men to have ever lived. In this podcast episode, w...
1. Introduction to Masterpiece Makers
07 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Join us as we introduce our brand new podcast for Homeschool Art History, Masterpiece Makers. We'll tell you who we are, what our vision for this po...