When we admire great works of art, we rarely think about who the people depicted on the paintings are. Behind some famous paintings are real lives — romantic, dramatic or even exciting. We decided to ...

The Alpilles Mountains, a charming old town, and idyllic Provençal countryside all make this French town feel like stepping ...

As the Princeton University Art Museum undergoes renovations, its old master paintings remain behind closed doors. Still, even in storage, such works are the inspiration behind a new show, which ...

A London-based dentist has uncovered a hidden detail in Leonardo da Vinci ’s famous Vitruvian Man drawing, revealing a ...

Famous Artists' First Ever Paintings . Whether they're a child-prodigy or a late-starter, an artist's first work can often signal their later significance ... Picasso's earliest painting, done when he ...

Finding secret messages in paintings. There’s a reason why masterpiece works of art spark conspiracy theories and captivate us with their mystery. They date so far back there’s no way to ask ...

Art World Art Bites: Why People in Old Paintings Look So… Queasy. The age of these paintings have left some figures looking a little green.

Andy Warhol was one of the most influential artists of the 20th century, famous for his silkscreened art and experimental films. He studied design at Carnegie Tech, learning fine art and ...

A painting from Picasso’s ‘Blue period’, ‘The Old Guitarist’ is an art beauty to say the least. It shows an old man sitting on the ground, playing a guitar, and his body is thin, almost ...

The famous cave art at Lascaux, France, is dated to a maximum age of about 21,000 years. correction. ... 51,000-year-old cave painting may be earliest scene depicted through art.

Pigcasso, the famous painting pig who took the world by storm with her jaw-dropping expressionist works, has died at eight years old, her caretaker Joanne Lefson said this week. “Your life made ...

Once upon a time, there were seven very large paintings that dominated the wall behind the palette-shaped bar at Riccardo’s Restaurant and Gallery, which was as lively an oasis as this city h… ...