Art and design lovers ... well-known artists from the 19th century right up to the present day in his Irish and International Art online auction. Those drawn to still-life paintings should take ...

Rare, problematic portrait of 19th-century enslaved man named Frederick sells to unknown buyer at New Orleans auction for ...

The frontwoman of Japanese Breakfast talks the making of For Melancholy Brunettes (and Sad Women) and what to expect from her next literary release ...

Doubly appealing, the exhibition offers both biographical revelation and a scarcely known, very beautiful chapter in 19th-century graphic art in its heyday of Daumier and Doré. Hugo had always ...

How did Gothic art influence the modernists? An exhibition in Norway explores how artists like Dürer and Hans Holbein's ...

The scene conjures images of 19th-century still-life paintings—moody and heavy with chiaroscuro—save for the woman at its center, who, faceless and dour, seems an apt metaphor for the ...

Let’s explore the history of still life through a selection of 10 paintings corresponding to two key moments: the 17th century in the Netherlands, and the 19th century in France. Eighty years after ...

The scene conjures images of 19th-century still life paintings—moody and heavy with chiaroscuro—save for the woman at its center who, faceless and dour, seems an apt metaphor for the emotional ...

it has taken on a symbolic and thematic life of its own. From sumptuous 19th-century still lifes to 21st-century performance art, butter has served as a key element for many artists’ work.

Photo: Jordan Riefe for Observer “He was still painting, but his attention was ... promoting Impressionism until well into the 20th Century. “Around the time of his death there are a few ...