Articles in Painting

One of the Chinese-Cuban artist's major works could set a new record for him.

Angst, loneliness, ecstasy, pain...Munch's deeply psychological and emotional works reflect the realities of humanity.

Rising star of the Quattrocento, Tommaso Masaccio was posthumously crowned the Father of Renaissance. But did you know these six Masaccio facts?

The BBC show revealed that this Orientalist painting is worth exponentially more than was previously believed.

Together with Sofonisba Anguissola and Artemisia Gentileschi, Lavinia Fontana is considered one of the lesser-known female Old Masters whose work is back in the spotlight.

A painting from 1949 representing the painter and her husband Diego will be presented at Sotheby's in November with a potentially record-setting estimate.

In honor of Halloween, we look back on 10 of the most frightening paintings, from the Renaissance to today.

Only a few months after his latest auction record, Sandro Botticelli returns to the auction rooms with a portrait of Christ estimated at $40 million.

A current exhibition in the Museo del Prado provides insights into the working methods of Leonardo da Vinci's workshop.

The painting, valued at $30,000, was stolen from the sleeping artist in Germany.

In 1784, Jacques-Louis David inaugurated the era of Neoclassicism in France. A supporter of the French Revolution and Napoleon, he became one of the most important portrait painters of this pivotal period in French history. 

Why were faces in most paintings of the past rarely portrayed smiling?

The painting from 1909 had been part of the collection of Amsterdam's Stedelijk Museum since 1940.

In the “land of poets and thinkers,” people not only wrote and philosophized, but also painted and drew. We have put together the six most famous works by German painters.

For centuries, the female body in all its wondrous, nude form has been the artist's muse. Here is a brief history of the changing form of the nude throughout art history.

Discover the pioneering painter who was an icon of American Impressionism and female independence.

After a four-year restoration, the Vermeer painting “Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window” is now on display again.

Charles Burton Barber's 'Only a Shower' will be one of the highlights of this upcoming auction.

The Post-Impressionist master often painted reproductions of fellow artists' works in his characteristic style.

The million-dollar painting was dropped before the thieves could flee with it.

In the 19th century, when the rural population flocked to big cities in search of work, artists came to the countryside to expand their horizons. This sudden reversal of trends gave birth to “plein air” painting, one of art history's most influential movements.

Beginning last year, the spotlight has been on this young Ghanaian artist who has redefined the codes of portraiture.

In addition to masterpieces by Cézanne and van Gogh, one of the most important and emblematic paintings by Gustave Caillebotte will also be called up in the sale at Christie’s.

The color white is often associated with peace, holiness, innocence and purity, and there's a long history of artists using the shade to align their subjects with these virtues.