Famous Art Facts - The Starry Night. The small town depicted in Vincent van Gogh’s The Starry Night is Saint-Remy-de-Provence in the south of France. Van Gogh painted the work while he was a patient at the Saint-Paul-de-Mausole, a psychiatric hospital in Saint-Remy....

Famous Art Facts: Mona Lisa. While some claim that Leonardo da Vinci’s most famous painting is a self-portrait of the artist himself dressed as a woman, research has concluded it is likely a portrait of a woman named Lisa Gherardini, a member of a prominent Florentine...

Degas: A Passion for Perfection showcases works from French artist Edgar Degas from 1855-1906. Degas loved to learn from historical art. He had a lifelong fascination with the nude, a passion for horses, and a devotion to dance and opera. Degas had a deep obsession...