History Painting – Rearview Mirror

by Robert Horvat May 3, 2026 3

History Painting: “Furor Teutonicus” by “Paja” Jovanović, 1899.

Pavle “Paja” Jovanović was a very successful and prolific Serbian painter of the late 19th and early 20th century. WhileContinue Reading

by Robert Horvat August 11, 2025 1

This painting is known as ‘The Procession Portrait of Queen Elizabeth’, and shows the Queen’s very pomp procession en routeContinue Reading

by Robert Horvat July 2, 2025 0

Whenever you think of the word revolution what conjures up in your mind first? The fall of the Bastille? TheContinue Reading

by Robert Horvat June 17, 2024 3

Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus, better known as Pliny the Younger, was born in 61 CE in Comum (modern-day Como). AsContinue Reading

by Robert Horvat December 11, 2023 0

Stanhope Alexander Forbes was an influential British artist whose works were well received during his lifetime. He was often calledContinue Reading

by Robert Horvat October 10, 2023 0

German painter Friedrich Kaulbach (1822-1903) was best known as a portraitist and historical painter. At the height of his fameContinue Reading

by Robert Horvat October 24, 2022 4

The third Emperor of the Roman Empire was a troubled youth named Gaius Julius Augustus Germanicus. We know him betterContinue Reading

by Robert Horvat September 11, 2021 8

Sometimes it is premature to name a significant event as a turning point in history. 9/11 and its aftermath, theContinue Reading

by Robert Horvat September 8, 2021 3

A casual search of some of the most physical demanding jobs in history led me strangely to artist impressions ofContinue Reading

by Robert Horvat May 31, 2021 0

The notorious events surrounding the burning of the great ancient Persian capital of Persepolis in 330 BCE by Alexander TheContinue Reading