Across furniture, silver, folk and outsider art, manuscripts, painting and more, Christie’s specialists give us an insider look at important objects of American history on offer this January.
Albert Bierstadt was a German-American painter best known for his grandiose landscapes of the 19th-century American West ... Germany to gain deeper knowledge and skill of painting, returning to the ...
An exhibition featuring the work of New Brunswick artist Edward Mitchell Bannister opens this weekend in Sackville.
The BBC's Diane Cole reports on an exhibition of 19th-century paintings believed to depict ... skies and untouched landscape was the British-American painter Thomas Cole (1801-1848).
Christie’s is kicking off the new year with news of an exciting discovery for collectors of American art and folk ... double-sided portrait by 18th-century artist Ammi Phillips (1788–1865).
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts has named a new curator of historical American art. Lea C. Stephenson, a specialist in 18th and 19th century American art who was partially trained in ...
Over the past year, a comparatively obscure 19th-century painting by a little-known French-German artist has captured the imagination of audiences across social media, drawing viewers in through ...
A previously lost painting representing 19th-century Black wealth and high culture in Philadelphia is now on view at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania after being bought for $10 at a suburban ...
A ceramic jug found in Germantown, PA turns out to be an example of a significant 19th century protective relic and piece of art — a face jug — created by African American slaves and freedmen ...