Painting Hung in Family Home for 150 Years—Then They Discovered Its Value
The piece, titled Study of Reclining Lions, had been in the same family's possession for 150 years since the posthumous sale of the artist's studio in 1864. The work is set to go to auction where it ...
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Curator Emerson Bowyer On the Importance of the Horvitz Collection Donation
Observer caught up with Bowyer to learn more about a transformative gift of French Old Master art from Jeffrey and Carol ...
New A.I. Project Explores Mysteries of Delacroix, Master of Romanticism
Eric and Wendy Schmidt and the Sorbonne will fund a new program to digitize Delacroix’s papers and identify other artists who ...
Dressing Like an Artist? There’s an Art to That.
An exhibition at the Louvre-Lens in France examines centuries of interplay between art and fashion, including what the ...
Hidden paintings discovered under plaster in 13th-century church in France. See them
Notably, a very faded painting of the crucifixion scene with Jesus on the cross was also uncovered, the image of his crown of ...
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This Painting of Lounging Lions Was Hanging in a Family’s Living Room. It Turned Out to Be an Original Delacroix
Titled "Study of Reclining Lions," the previously unknown work by the renowned French Romantic painter has been owned by a ...
An art critic’s guide to Paris, from the Louvre to Dali
But to art lovers, it’s simply the city of art — and there’s so much to see that it’s hard to know where to start. As the ...
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5 Folk and Rock Songs Inspired by the Works of 19th and 20th Century Poets
Here are five more songs prompted by the work of famous 19th and 20th-century poets ... along with writers like French author Albert Camus, and other literature, which seeped into many of the ...
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This sculpture was lost for a century – then auctioned for millions
Earlier this month, a long-lost sculpture by French artist Camille Claudel was sold at an art auction for €3. ... Created towards the end of the 19th century, the bronze work was inspired by ...