🚲 When the Bicycle Became a Work of Art In the late 1800s, the world fell in love with a new invention — the bicycle. More than a means of transport, it became a symbol of freedom, modernity, and individual style. Few brands captured that spirit better than the Overman Wheel Company, creators of Victor Bicycles. Their advertising wasn’t just marketing —…
Cultural icon Sometimes a painting doesn’t just hang—it stands. That’s exactly what happens with Amy Sherald’s portrait of Michelle Obama, a monumental work that now commands its own room at the Whitney Museum of American Art. Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama, 2018 Oil on linen, 183 x 153 cm Image via National Portrait Gallery / Smithsonian The painting became a cultural icon the…
In the vibrant landscape of early 20th-century art, few works capture the dynamic spirit of modernization quite like “The Bicyclist” (1920) by French painter Fernand Léger. This masterpiece stands as a testament to the artist’s unique vision of mechanical cubism and his fascination with the modern world’s increasing mechanization. The Artist Behind the Canvas Fernand Léger (1881-1955) emerged as one of the…
