The Romanian government has long sought dozens of valuable paintings that it says the country’s last king took into exile in ...

Burn explained that Betsy was the fourth child of William Patterson’s 11 children — six sons, and five daughters. Patterson, at the time, was a millionaire by today’s standards, and the second ...

The fourth annual Alpena Ice Festival will feature a day of winter fun for all ages from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Feb. 15. Activities ...

His years illustrating pulp novels honed his sense of pictorial drama, and his meticulous research ensured historical accuracy, notably in his Civil War paintings.

Created around 1503, the painting—which just sold at auction for $3.1 million—depicts the saint after the crucifixion of ...

Napoleon’s Marshals were the backbone of the Grande Armée, rising from all walks of life to shape history. In this episode, we explore the careers of Bernadotte, Augereau, Lefebvre, Mortier, and ...

The Victorian Era was a time of the Industrial Revolution, with authors Charles Dickens and Charles Darwin, the railway and ...

One of the most written-about Renaissance artists, da Vinci may also be among the most poorly understood.

Napoleon appointed 18 Marshals to lead his Grande Armée, later expanding the list to 26. Some rose from humble beginnings, while others became princes and kings. From Lannes and Soult to lesser-known ...

The Soul of Nature ,” the Met’s new retrospective of nearly 40 of Friedrich’s paintings and more than 30 of his drawings, marks the 250th year since the artist’s birth in 1774. Much of Friedrich’s ...

Paris' centuries-old Louvre Museum — home of da Vinci's iconic Mona Lisa — is getting an $800 million makeover, and American visitors will have to help pay for it.

C2RMF (Center And Search Restoration Musées De France) have published an article on the recent restoration of Van Dyck's ...