The latter half of the 19th century is justifiably regarded as one of the great periods in French cultural history and in the evolution of European art generally. In the domain of painting ...

To me he is more than just the greatest painter of the 19th century ... As the art historian Darcy Grimaldo Grigsby writes in her 2022 book “Creole,” “Olympia” never allows Manet ...

Who knew what, and when, from the start of the 19th Century on ... approximately 200 items – including paintings, scientific illustrations, rare books, photographs, manuscripts, drawings ...

Scrimshaw is a traditional 19th century art form now seen through a much wider ... they were having these extraordinary experiences. The romance of sea adventures, the fascination with whales ...

In the middle of the final decade of the 19th century, Britain was the ... the atmosphere addressed by the Yellow Book, the most innovative journal of art and literature of the period, published ...

They read books and embroider ... “fascinating” historical insights that can be gleaned from his art. Tissot’s 19th-century admirers certainly recognized his sparkling ability to capture ...

(New York Jewish Week) – A hyper-realistic 19th-century painting of worshippers at the Western Wall that spent many forgotten years in a synagogue’s storage room is headed to auction at ...