Bridgeman Images Blog

Royals, Rifles and Rivalry: 7 iconic moments in the history of the Royal Academy

In 2018 we will celebrate the 250th birthday of one of Britain’s oldest and most renowned...

BPP: The Black Panther Party

On October 15, 1966, American political activists Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale founded the...

Roses are red, violets are blue, but what does your birth month flower say about you?

With the renowned RHS Chelsea Flower Show coming up in London from 23 – 27 May, we rose to the...

Portrait of a modern monarch: Queen Victoria and the rise of photography

Queen Victoria (1819-1901) 1842 (oil on canvas), Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1805-73) / Château...

Top 7 Bizarre & Eclectic Sneaker Ads

There’s a lot of competition out there for branded footwear, particularly for sneakers. So how...

The Secret Lives of Artists

From the grand studio homes of Victorian artists residing in their suits to the paint splattered...

Australia’s WWI Heroes on Film

Bridgeman Footage goes down under with clips of the Australian armed forces in World War One,...

Artists on Film

One of the beautiful things about the invention of the camera is the preservation of fleeting,...

Artist Spotlight: The short colourful life of August Macke

German Expressionist artist August Macke (1887-1914) rewrote the course of German art as one of...

Artists & their Muses: The women behind history’s greatest paintings revealed

Did you know that Botticelli’s ethereal faces were said to be of one woman, the beautiful...