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by Francesca Lungarotti There’s an important element that unites some of the most famous names in the 20th-century art scene: simplicity. This element exemplifies a return to origins, a return to purity and to lines that require no detail but are capable of expressing everything with less. Rodin, Picasso, and Modigliani have played a key […]
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LOOKING BACK AT SOME OF THE GREAT IMAGES WE RECEIVED IN 2025 Over the course of a year we receive, select and process many thousands of images across a wide variety of subjects. We are privileged to work with such a fantastic range of photographers, agencies and archives. Check out our slideshows below featuring just […]
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By Francesca Lungarotti Art has long supported themes of the macabre, supernatural, death, hell and fear. Many famous artists conceptualized and illustrated the various facets of the ‘terrifying’, the ‘disturbing’, the ‘fear’ and the ‘horror’. Francisco Goya and his black figures, Edward Munch and the fear of the inexplicable that is also in oneself, William Blake’s illustrations […]
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By Francesca Lungarotti Thanks to UIG contributors Giuseppe Molteni and Roberta Motta, UIG is delighted to highlight one of the lesser-known impressionists: the Italian painter Giuseppe De Nittis (February 25, 1846 – August 2, 1884). After being expelled from the Academy of Naples in 1863, De Nittis eventually found his way to Paris, arriving in […]
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By Francesca Lungarotti Sandro Botticelli (Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi) was born in 1445 and this March will mark his 580thbirthday. Botticelli’s works are known throughout the world and make Florence a temple of his greatness. Sandro Botticelli was one of the most esteemed painters and designers among the artists of the Renaissance. Under the […]
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Over the course of a year we receive, select and process many thousands of images across a wide variety of subjects. We are privileged to work with such a fantastic range of photographers, agencies and archives. Check out our slideshows below of just some of the interesting, striking and topical images, that we received in […]
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Universal Images Group, founded by George Sinclair in 2008, aggregates and distributes content to the global licensing and merchandising markets. UIG has grown to represent content collections from more than 120 agency suppliers and nearly 175 photographers. UIG’s subject specialties include World History, Fine Art, Science & Medicine, Environmental Science, Developing World, World Religions and Cultures, Archaeology, […]
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By Francesca Lungarotti The egg is an element we find represented in archaeology, fine art and architecture since the origins of humanity. It is its animal, human and ancestral nature combined with many symbolic meanings that makes the egg an object of interest. For Piero della Francesca in the Masterpiece ‘Pala di Brera’ the ostrich […]
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20th March this year marks the Spring Equinox for the northern hemisphere. The equinox is when day and night are the same lengths. The word equinox meaning ‘equal night’‚ in Latin. To many cultures, Spring equinox is traditionally celebrated as a time of rebirth with spring holidays and festivals. As we emerge from the colder days […]
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Fireworks are great to see and experience. Capturing a still image of fireworks with photography is easy to do, especially with modern cameras and smart phone cameras that do a lot of the work in their powerful software getting the exposure and frame rate correct, so all you do is click the button. But consider […]
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