Although millions of women entered the workforce during the Depression, it is the heroically masculine working-class body, broad-shouldered and burly, that has come to represent the era and its art.

The connection between creativity and depression is a well explored subject, a lopsided Vincent van Gogh being the well-established poster child for the topic.

I met Mike Wallace on a waning summer afternoon less than a decade ago. He was golden brown, stripped to the waist and came crashing through the back door of Art Buchwald's porch on Martha's ...

Laura Lee Gulledge knew that her new graphic novel, “The Dark Matter of Mona Starr,” would strike a chord with readers — particularly those who understand what fighting depression is like ...

The LaSalle University Art Museum today opens a free exhibition of a often-overlooked period, during the Depression.

Daniel dela Cruz’s dark art can be a defense against depression. His exhibit “Finding the Light” is an immersive walk through a somber space filled with figures in varying stages of despair ...

A piece of art for peace of mind — it's therapy at its most creative. For many, it's also therapy at its most powerful.

There's a glorious manic edge to Ellen Forney's "Marbles," a graphic memoir about the artist's battle with depression, which was diagnosed in the late 1990s and remains ongoing, if now essentially ...