One famous painting a day and the story behind it, in a few minutes: who painted it, what it shows and why it matters. From Behind the Frame, the free guide to 1,000 famous paintings. Narrated with a synthetic voice.
Colourful fish, flowers, human figures and a clock tower float in an inky darkness. In Fish Magic of 1925 Paul Klee creates a magical realm where, as the Philadelphia Museum of Art puts it, the aquatic, the celestial and the earthly intermingle. In the middle of the canvas a square of fine muslin is glued on like a small curtain.
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24 Oct 2026
The Joy of Life (Le Bonheur de vivre) – Henri Matisse
In an imaginary landscape of yellow, pink and green, naked figures relax, embrace, play music and dance in a circle under arching trees. It is a vision of a golden age, a paradise of pleasure and harmony painted in brilliant, unnatural colours.
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23 Oct 2026
Religious Procession in Kursk Province – Ilya Repin
A huge procession winds along a dusty country road under a hot summer sky. At the front, peasants carry a gilded, ribboned shrine and banners; behind them follow a landowner's wife holding a holy icon, priests, officials and wealthy merchants, while village constables on horseback beat back the crowd, and a hunchbacked beggar boy on crutches struggles to keep up.
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