Behind her, drapery is pulled back to reveal a bucolic landscape, a common trope in portraits at the time ... Black subjects from the 17th to 19th centuries opens in November.

You can view three 19th-century paintings with deep cultural and historical importance to Hawaii that are rarely accessible ...

Local students on spring break got to experience a unique and interactive Vincent Van Gogh art exhibit at the Springfield ...

and 19th-century watercolor sketches were snapped up by bidders. But the rare, pre-Civil War portrait of the formally-dressed Black man that was expected to sell for $300,000 to $500,000 was ...

Frederick Douglass was likely the most photographed American of the 19th century—there are ... asking if they would pose as their famous forebears in portraits he was recreating.

Block has trained herself to look differently at such historic portraits of women ... September 2024), she takes a deep dive into 19th century American hair. This is a timely moment for ...