Making Music Helped America’s Greatest Genre Painter
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Making Music Helped America’s Greatest Genre Painter

Well-loved American painter William Sidney Mount effectively captured the heart of rural Long Island life on canvas.
Peter Paul Rubens: Loves in Art and Matrimony
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Peter Paul Rubens: Loves in Art and Matrimony

Paintings of Rubens’s beloved wife Isabella and, later, Helena, are among the artist’s most intimate works.
Artist Glenn Vilppu: Fine Art, Animation, and the Old Masters
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Artist Glenn Vilppu: Fine Art, Animation, and the Old Masters

The world-renowned teaching by award-winning artist Glenn Vilppu inspires some of the world’s top animators, illustrators, and painters.
The Hudson River School: Kindred Spirits in Life and Art
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The Hudson River School: Kindred Spirits in Life and Art

Asher Brown Durand’s idealized painting encapsulates the principles of the art movement while paying tribute to friends Thomas Cole and William Cullen Bryant.
The Naturalist-Artists of the Victorian Era
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The Naturalist-Artists of the Victorian Era

The Victorian era was known for its proliferation of naturalists, observational science, and creative writing.

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Making Music Helped America’s Greatest Genre Painter

Making Music Helped America’s Greatest Genre Painter

Well-loved American painter William Sidney Mount effectively captured the heart of rural Long Island life on canvas.
Vermeer’s Love Letters Exhibition at The Frick Collection

Vermeer’s Love Letters Exhibition at The Frick Collection

New York’s beloved Frick Collection museum reopens after a five-year renovation with the ‘Vermeer’s Love Letters’ special exhibition.
Not Just Halloween Leftovers: The Holy Origins of Gargoyles

Not Just Halloween Leftovers: The Holy Origins of Gargoyles

Gargoyles weren’t just scary—they were sacred plumbing with a message
Peter Paul Rubens: Loves in Art and Matrimony

Peter Paul Rubens: Loves in Art and Matrimony

Paintings of Rubens’s beloved wife Isabella and, later, Helena, are among the artist’s most intimate works.
Artist Glenn Vilppu: Fine Art, Animation, and the Old Masters

Artist Glenn Vilppu: Fine Art, Animation, and the Old Masters

The world-renowned teaching by award-winning artist Glenn Vilppu inspires some of the world’s top animators, illustrators, and painters.
The Hudson River School: Kindred Spirits in Life and Art

The Hudson River School: Kindred Spirits in Life and Art

Asher Brown Durand’s idealized painting encapsulates the principles of the art movement while paying tribute to friends Thomas Cole and William Cullen Bryant.
The Naturalist-Artists of the Victorian Era

The Naturalist-Artists of the Victorian Era

The Victorian era was known for its proliferation of naturalists, observational science, and creative writing.
Competition Winners: The Best Western Art

Competition Winners: The Best Western Art

The award-winning works of ‘Prix de West Invitational Art Exhibition & Sale’ are in.
‘Testament’: The Early Church in Another World

‘Testament’: The Early Church in Another World

‘The Acts of the Apostles’ is reprised in a dystopian setting with all the familiar biblical figures.
Frans Hals’s ‘The Laughing Cavalier’

Frans Hals’s ‘The Laughing Cavalier’

The life-size sitter has been called the ’most handsome man in art history.’