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John Powell has been one of my favorite artists for years. He resides in a comfy home with his wife, Wendy, not far from Santa Barbara, California. When not dodging ...

Canadian artist Susan Paterson meticulously creates realistic still-life paintings. Her harmonious paintings evoke an inner calm, while paying ...

BANCO, Virginia—The magic begins as you approach Banco, Virginia, the blink-of-an-eye town five miles north of Madison. The ...

Beauty, goodness, and righteousness—the glory of God and our true human nature—can all be found in Raphael’s art. ...

Fuseli gave form to the horror of nightmares yet refused to provide a definitive interpretation of this painting.

What is the worst thing you’ve ever done? Take a moment to think about it. What is the ...

Gustave Jean Jacquet (1846 – 1909), is known among scholars as one of William Bouguereau’s top students.  Although ...

Artist Brian Peterson, from Santa Ana, California, has a heartwarming mission, which started when he recognized a crisis ...

This hasn’t happened for over 20 years: a gathering of 22 Dutch masterpieces on display in an exhibition ...

What relationship does a modern spectator have with a painting created over 500 years ago? It’s sometimes difficult ...

NEW YORK—The smell of oil paint filled the room. It was so quiet, you could hear the rustle ...

NEW YORK—Land and sea, sky and sun, fascinated the great British painter, Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775–1851). He ...

NEW YORK—He finds inspiration just walking through a little grocery store in his neighborhood. Some lemons with stems ...

Choosing art for staging is different from choosing art for your own enjoyment. When we buy art, it's ...

Researchers have found prehistoric cave paintings on Sulawesi Island, Indonesia that might be even older than those found ...

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Here is a look at six women and how their images were shaped by their political and social ...

A new exhibition has opened at the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) on the figure of the Japanese ...

NEWARK, N.J.—For most Americans, the name Norman Rockwell calls to mind nostalgia and naiveté—freckle-faced kids beaming with caricatured ...

If you haven’t encountered a Jennifer Dickson artwork before you are in for a treat. A retrospective of ...

Xia Jianqiang was nine years old when his father was arrested for killing two Chengguan, in an incident ...

The 50 French paintings from the Wheelock Whitney collection, recently unveiled at the Met, provide a valuable insight ...

Last year the world celebrated the 500th anniversary of the “Sistine Madonna,” the work of Italian Renaissance artist ...

Studio Incamminati, a school for contemporary realist painters, celebrates their 10th anniversary at The National Arts Club in ...

Pontiac, Ill., a town of 12,000 with more museums per person than anywhere, may now qualify as the ...

Alan Cotton has travelled to the southern hemisphere with Prince Charles. He opened the exhibition, saying, “Most of ...

Painter and children’s book illustrator Kadir Nelson has long created images of the African-American experience. But his first ...