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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Even with artists and paintings, Japan did not disappoint and produced some masterpieces that are loved by people all around the world. Here we mention the 5 most famous paintings by Japanese ...