Painting en plain air is intertwined with histories of painting hierarchies and the invention of the paint tube.

The piece, painted by Arthur Davis in about 1780, is a new addition to the island's national collection after being held by the same family for more than 200 years. The work depicts Major Paul Crebbin ...

A new Smithsonian retrospective explores the legacy of America’s beloved late bloomer, often underrated in art history ...

His new body of work, History Painting, takes a similar technical approach, although rather than interpret a specific scene, Li ventures into the abstract. Wide, impasto layers of oil paint cloak the ...

An art history professor in Westchester, New York, has discovered a rare Italian Baroque painting at a local church. Iona College professor Tom Ruggio did a “double take” when he first saw the work at ...

Traditional European history painting showed scenes from scripture or Greco-Roman history. These were the most important paintings because they showed the most important subjects. The ...

As a student of Art History at UAB, you will learn visual literacy and critical thinking skills to analyze a wide variety of artifacts from all geographic regions and historical eras, including our ...

The Austrian painter’s work, Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer, sold at Sotheby’s in New York for $236 million on Tuesday. Six ...

Unlike his 1997 debut at this gallery—a generic installation of found objects, postcards, Plexiglas panels, paintings, and a maze of gray particleboard—Kai Althoff’s second exhibition is as memorable ...

Were you Seen at An Artful Evening at the Albany Institute of History and Art on Nov. 14, 2025, at The Albany Institute of ...