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Artist Birthday: John Koch (1909-1978 US)

Tuesday, August 18, 2026 | Karl Cole

Since the 1500s, genre paintings – scenes of everyday life – have become a standard part of fine art’s repertoire of subject matter. Genre painting is fascinating not just because it ...

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Labors of the Month, August: Pieter Bruegel (ca. 1525-1569 Flanders)

Monday, August 17, 2026 | Karl Cole

Paintings or manuscript illustrations of the “labors of the months” is an art subject that is as old as the hills, both Western and non-Western art. These cycles were meant to remind peopl ...

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Artist Birthday: Dwight Tryon (1849-1925 US)

Thursday, August 13, 2026 | Karl Cole

The Tonalism movement in painting was a late 1800s style which approximated some of the goals of Impressionism, but was more about filmy form and atmospheric precision. Dwight Tryon’s misty land ...

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World Calligraphy Day: Art by Mughal Artist

Wednesday, August 12, 2026 | Karl Cole

As a person who was taught cursive writing in grade school, and who everyday writes in cursive to present my blogs, articles, and art historical content, I can vouch that I am a full-on calligraphy Lo ...

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This Day in History 11 August, 1180: Passing of William of Sens (France)

Tuesday, August 11, 2026 | Karl Cole

If you are a big fan of Gothic European architecture, then you will realize that today marks the day in 1180 when the French architect died who introduced the first of the French Gothic style into a B ...

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Gem of the Month: Lino Tagliapietra (born 1934 Italy)

Monday, August 10, 2026 | Karl Cole

August's Gem of the Month is also this artist's birthday! I have been to the so-called Island of Glass, Murano, off the coast of Venice. I have rarely been so wowed by an art process as I was when I s ...

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National Dog Month: Art by Colima Culture (ca. 800s BCE-1521 Mexico)

Friday, August 7, 2026 | Karl Cole

During the month of August, National Dog Month celebrates our adorable dog friends, smack in the middle of the dog days of summer. Milk-Bone® brand dog biscuits founded National Dog Month in 2020 ...

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Artist Birthday: Jess (Jess Collins, 1923-2004 US)

Thursday, August 6, 2026 | Karl Cole

Jess was a truly unique and versatile artist in many art forms. He is best known for his incredibly complex collages, but that does not even scratch the surface of his amazing body of work. He was tru ...

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Romance Awareness Month: Art by Pieter Brueghel, the Younger (1564-1637/1638 Flanders)

Tuesday, August 4, 2026 | Karl Cole

Genre and landscape became stand alone subject matter in the late Renaissance (ca. 1520-1600) and blossomed fully during the Baroque period (1600-1750). Pieter Brueghel, the Younger, emulated his famo ...

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August is for artist Augustus Vincent Tack (1870-1949 US)

Monday, August 3, 2026 | Karl Cole

I would use any excuse to show you the paintings of Augustus Vincent Tack, so I’ll go by his name. If you will pardon my pun, his paintings are very august. I have never been able to decide if I ...

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Ten Reasons Every Art Educator Should Get Published

Friday, July 31, 2026 | Toni Henneman

Every art educator has experiences worth sharing. Explore how being published in SchoolArts is an opportunity to reflect on your teaching, contribute to the profession, and inspire other educators, th ...

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World Watercolor Month: Art by Lewis Lomay (Lomayesva, 1916-1996, Hopi Pueblo, Arizona)

Friday, July 31, 2026 | Karl Cole

I’m always a little sad when World Watercolor Month is over, because there are so many fantastic watercolors in the Davis collection that I want to show you! Lewis attended the Santa Fe School,& ...

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International Tiger Day

Wednesday, July 29, 2026 | Karl Cole

This beautiful piece of Cizhou ware dates from a period when tigers were not an endangered species. In 2010, the Saint Petersburg Tiger Summit of 13 tiger-range countries in Russia established Interna ...

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Artist Birthday: Henri-Joseph Harpignies (1819-1916 France)

Tuesday, July 28, 2026 | Karl Cole

The Realism movement in French art overturned Romanticism’s and Neoclassicism’s obsession with historical, religious, exotic, or mythological content. They instead looked to everyday life ...

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July is World Watercolor Month

Monday, July 27, 2026 | Karl Cole

I do not think I need to go into my sob story about how inept I am with watercolors. You know how bad I was? One of my instructors in grad school suggested I stick with oils because I was trying too h ...

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Artist Birthday: F. Holland Day (1864-1933 US)

Thursday, July 23, 2026 | Karl Cole

Pictorialism was a late 1800s-early 1900s style of photography which consciously imitated effects of painting. Who better to take a portrait of a Pictorialist artist than another, the “king&rdqu ...

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