Waco postal worker and painter Kermit Oliver depicted the wild abundance of Texas on squares of silk. A new exhibit gathers ...

Lady Elizabeth-Christiana Hervey was a fascinating 18th-century woman whose life was defined by sadness, scandal and eventual fulfilment as a ...

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He didn’t get out of the car but gave a bouquet of flowers to the basilica’s cardinal to place in front of the Salus populi Romani icon. The Byzantine-style painting on wood is revered by ...

However, it all started out very differently. “Look, he is from my diocese,” Cardinal Marcello Semeraro said, pulling a large red binder from a bookshelf. Standing in the narrow hallway ...

An early painting by the famed Austrian painter Gustav Klimt, thought lost since the 1930s, is on view for the first time since its recent rediscovery. The portrait of Prince William Nii Nortey ...

A painting of Christ being laid in the tomb ... the Vatican Museums said in a statement. Andrea Mantegna’s style is marked by classical influence, precise perspective and sculptural figures. Today, ...

Magnus Carlsen may be the best chess player in the world, but the Norwegian has ruled out a return to the classical World Chess Championship. Carlsen, a five-time world champion, last won the ...

Why did a single flower magnetize me? What can a flower — or a painting of a flower — do when you are lost in a blizzard? I myself wasn’t sure. Initially, I thought it was just the simple ...

The 12in by 15in oil sketch work is believed to have been painted between 1809-1814 as Constable moved away from the classical painting styles he was taught. The work is thought to be the basis of ...