PenArt hosts inaugural Door County Contemporary Art Fair June 5-8 Twenty urban art galleries from around the Midwest will ...

Pierre-Jean Chalençon’s trove is one of the most comprehensive private Napoleonic collections ever to come to market.

A vast and varied collection of artifacts—all related to the life and legacy of Napoleon Bonaparte—is heading to the auction ...

His paintings capture everyday moments in the ... Among many other references, he recalls the early influence of Paul Delaroche’s The Execution of Lady Jane Grey (1833) and Pablo Picasso ...

He is one of the most well-known and influential artists and began painting at a very young age. From paintings to drawing and sculptures, Picasso’s creative mind gave birth to creations in all ...

But the artist’s quadros de lã (“wool paintings”) miraculously, almost magically, transcend categories of high and low, craft and painting. Not only is her art powerful and singular ...

She’s been the subject of novels, films, Broadway plays and operas, but no attention would be paid to her at all if she were not an artist of exquisite skill, bold vision and striking ...

1833 Paul Delaroche / Public domain via Wikimedia Commons In any case, the portrait stands in contrast to the most famous illustration of the doomed queen: In 1833, the French artist Paul ...

She is perhaps best-known from Paul Delaroche’s painting, “The Execution of Lady Jane Grey,” which hangs in the National Gallery in central London. Jane, who may have been as young as 16 ...

The man who oversaw Lady Jane's beheading was Sir John Brydges, the lieutenant of the Tower of London who was also depicted in Delaroche's painting. He was so moved by the former queen's ...