“This painting, late 19th-century (?) was done by the artist father of my Uncle Dutch,” David Groen wrote in an email to the column, asking for an appraisal and advice. “I never knew his real first ...

EACH generation has to cultivate anew an appreciation of the great works of the past. It is not enough that the masters of art and of life were crowned in their time ; it is not enough that they won ...

A prehistoric artist’s realistic portrayal of a wild pig, warts and all, might just be the oldest known example of a painting that depicts the animal world. Four years ago, scientists came upon the ...

In Room 67 of the Prado Museum in Madrid, Francisco Goya’s Saturn enthralls viewers with a scene of abomination.The painting depicts the Greek myth of Cronus (Saturn in the Roman version), who ate his ...