The prosperity of the Victorian era (1837-1901) transformed the British art world from a small group of artists who painted for the nobility into a robust community of artists who were free to create ...

We are mistaken to think of the Victorian Age as prim, proper, overstuffed and dull. As an exhibition at Washington’s National Gallery of Art makes abundantly and sumptuously clear, the reign of Queen ...

In a small, delicate watercolor from 1864, the Archaic Greek poet Sappho embraces the poet Erinna, their lips nearly touching. Sappho’s longing is plain on her face, while Erinna, heavy-lidded, eyes ...

LONDON – A nearly forgotten Victorian painter is back in the limelight after his work played a part in pointing Barack Obama down the path toward the White House. G.F. Watts‘ painting “Hope” – on ...

The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco have added three significant artworks to their collections. The most noteworthy is "Love and the Maiden" (1877) by John Roddam Spencer Stanhope, the acknowledged ...

Myles Russell Cook works for the National Gallery of Victoria. During the night of September 7 1936, the last remaining thylacine, or Tasmanian tiger, popularly referred to by the name of “Benjamin” ...

"Antiques Roadshow" is a great guilty pleasure for wannabe antiquers, but once in awhile their appraisers find some truly unique gems. Recently, one guest showed off a portrait that had been in his ...

Victorian Britain was distinguished by an amazing number of monumental achievements. Its leading novelists and poets are among the greatest Victorian Britain was distinguished by an amazing number of ...