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35 1/2in (90.1cm) high 59 7/8in (152.1cm) high 23 1/2in (59.7cm) diameter ...

Arresting portraits, now a part of the Smithsonian collections, illuminate the little-known role these artists played in chronicling 19th-century life ... a dark lacquer or enamel.

is none other than painting miniature portraits in enamel. Portrait miniature painting in watercolor had a long tradition in Europe from the 16th century to the 19th century. But from the 1630s ...

The 19th century in the West marked the first maturity of the modern age, and artists reacted to modernity in a complex way. They partially embraced it but also valued the pre-modern past that the new ...

Jeffrey Brown has a look for our arts and culture series, CANVAS. Scrimshaw is a traditional 19th century art form now seen through a much wider context and a contemporary lens. That's the goal of ...

While beer does occasionally turn up in recipes for 19th century house-paint, it’s alien to works of fine art. “We weren’t even sure what they meant,” says study author Fabiana Di ...

Now to NPR special correspondent Susan Stamberg, who has the backstory on a 19th-century masterpiece on display at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. SUSAN STAMBERG, BYLINE: It's "Whistler's Mother ...

The finding hints that artists may have used the leftovers to ... an explosion of artistic creativity in the first half of the 19th century, at the National Gallery of Denmark.

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Starting April 16 at the Honolulu Museum of Art, you can view three 19th-century paintings with deep cultural and historical importance to Hawaii that are rarely ...

Languages: English. Art from the 19th Century depicting Native American life was put on display in North Dakota on Wednesday. The State Historical Society of North Dakota bought 26 aquatints made ...