https://heypresh.com/blogs/news/van-gogh-irises-1889-vs-1890-purple-to-blue 2026-10-28T07:33:25-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0793/0085/3915/articles/DP346474.jpg?v=1793160470 Van Gogh's Irises: 1889 or 1890 — which one is which, and why the purple turned blue Vincent van Gogh, Irises, 1890 (The Met, 58.187): violet irises in a pitcher against a faded pink ground https://heypresh.com/blogs/news/renoir-two-sisters-on-the-terrace-not-sisters 2026-10-27T23:26:26-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0793/0085/3915/articles/Pierre-Auguste_Renoir_-_Two_Sisters__28On_the_Terrace_29_-_1933.455_-_Art_Institute_of_Chicago.jpg?v=1793160613 Renoir's Two Sisters (On the Terrace): they aren't sisters — who they really are Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Two Sisters (On the Terrace), 1881 (Art Institute of Chicago, 1933.455): a young woman in navy and a red hat beside a child on a terrace over the Seine https://heypresh.com/blogs/news/monet-water-lilies-1906-not-the-orangerie-murals 2026-10-27T23:11:16-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0793/0085/3915/articles/Claude_Monet_-_Water_Lilies_-_1933.1157_-_Art_Institute_of_Chicago.jpg?v=1793160752 Monet's Water Lilies, 1906: not the Paris murals — the Chicago canvas explained Claude Monet, Water Lilies, 1906 (Art Institute of Chicago, 1933.1157): lily pad clusters at lower left and upper right around a channel of reflected sky https://heypresh.com/blogs/news/kandinsky-improvisation-30-cannons-not-about-war 2026-10-28T00:26:04-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0793/0085/3915/articles/Vasily_Kandinsky_-_Improvisation_No._30__28Cannons_29_-_1931.511_-_Art_Institute_of_Chicago.jpg?v=1793160870 Kandinsky's Improvisation 30 (Cannons): the war painting he said isn't about war Wassily Kandinsky, Improvisation No. 30 (Cannons), 1913. Art Institute of Chicago, CC0. https://heypresh.com/blogs/news/redon-bouquet-in-a-chinese-vase-oil-not-pastel 2026-10-28T07:45:32-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0793/0085/3915/articles/DP240599.jpg?v=1793161012 Redon's Bouquet in a Chinese Vase: Oil, Not Pastel, and Not "Bouquet of Flowers" Odilon Redon, Bouquet in a Chinese Vase, ca. 1912–14. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 64.266, CC0. https://heypresh.com/blogs/news/cross-artists-garden-saint-clair-watercolor-not-oil 2026-10-28T08:04:25-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0793/0085/3915/articles/DP805782.jpg?v=1793161143 Cross's Garden at Saint-Clair: a Watercolor, Not an Oil, and One of Two at The Met Henri-Edmond Cross, The Artist's Garden at Saint-Clair, 1904–5. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 48.10.7, CC0. https://heypresh.com/blogs/news/hokusai-great-wave-many-impressions-which-one 2026-10-28T08:19:56-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0793/0085/3915/articles/DP130155.jpg?v=1793161256 Hokusai's Great Wave: there is no single original — which impression is this? Katsushika Hokusai, Under the Wave off Kanagawa (The Great Wave), ca. 1830-32, The Met JP1847 https://heypresh.com/blogs/news/van-gogh-sunflowers-1887-paris-not-the-arles-vase 2026-10-28T08:12:13-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0793/0085/3915/articles/DP-41223-001.jpg?v=1793161383 Van Gogh's Sunflowers, 1887: Two Cut Heads in Paris, Not the Arles Vase Vincent van Gogh, Sunflowers, 1887, The Met 49.41 https://heypresh.com/blogs/news/van-gogh-starry-night-painted-by-day-not-a-night-sketch 2026-10-28T07:10:14-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0793/0085/3915/articles/3840px-Van_Gogh_-_Starry_Night_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg?v=1793161527 Van Gogh's The Starry Night: Painted by Day From a Remembered Dawn, Not a Night Sketch Vincent van Gogh, The Starry Night, Saint-Rémy, June 1889, MoMA 472.1941 https://heypresh.com/blogs/news/monet-japanese-bridge-1900-one-of-eighteen 2026-10-27T23:16:49-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0793/0085/3915/articles/Claude_Monet_-_Water_Lily_Pond_-_1933.441_-_Art_Institute_of_Chicago.jpg?v=1793161643 Monet's Japanese Bridge: one bridge, eighteen pictures Claude Monet, Water Lily Pond, 1900: a green arched footbridge over a pond of water lilies (Art Institute of Chicago, 1933.441) https://heypresh.com/blogs/news/van-gogh-cafe-terrace-at-night-painted-on-the-spot-real-stars 2026-10-28T00:42:54-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0793/0085/3915/articles/3840px-Van_Gogh_-_Terrace_of_a_Caf_C3_A9_at_Night__28Place_du_Forum_29_1888.jpg?v=1793161785 Van Gogh's Café Terrace at Night: a night painting made at night Vincent van Gogh, Terrace of a Café at Night (Place du Forum), 1888: a gas-lit yellow café awning on a cobbled square under a starry blue sky (Kröller-Müller Museum, KM 108.565) https://heypresh.com/blogs/news/van-gogh-almond-blossom-painted-for-a-baby-hung-over-a-piano 2026-10-28T00:14:36-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0793/0085/3915/articles/3840px-Amandelbloesem_-_s0176V1962_-_Van_Gogh_Museum.jpg?v=1793161934 Van Gogh's Almond Blossom: painted for a baby, hung over a piano Vincent van Gogh, Almond Blossom, 1890: white almond blossom on twisting branches against a clear blue sky https://heypresh.com/blogs/news/vermeer-girl-with-a-pearl-earring-not-a-portrait-green-curtain 2026-10-28T07:23:55-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0793/0085/3915/articles/3840px-1665_Girl_with_a_Pearl_Earring.jpg?v=1793162046 Girl with a Pearl Earring: no one's portrait, and the black was a green curtain Johannes Vermeer, Girl with a Pearl Earring, about 1665, Mauritshuis https://heypresh.com/blogs/news/munch-the-scream-1893-scream-through-nature-madman-inscription 2026-10-28T10:12:18-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0793/0085/3915/articles/Edvard_Munch_2C_1893_2C_The_Scream_2C_oil_2C_tempera_and_pastel_on_cardboard_2C_91_x_73_cm_2C_National_Gallery_of_Norway.jpg?v=1793162197 The Scream: Nobody in the Picture Is Screaming (and Munch Wrote the 'Madman' Graffiti) Edvard Munch, The Scream, 1893, Nasjonalmuseet Oslo: a figure on a road above a blue fjord raises its hands to its head under a sky of red and orange bands https://heypresh.com/blogs/news/botticelli-birth-of-venus-not-a-birth-arriving-gilded-hair 2026-11-03T09:52:55-08:00 weekly