The mystery is in the motivation for Zuburán’s paintings of Jacob and his twelve sons.
One of the things that’s impressive about van Dyck is his ability to portray introspective subjects with theatrical flair.
Painter Jerry Weiss isn’t so sure Flaming June is the best picture in the room at the Frick Collection.
A lot of us will never get to Edinburgh, but a choice piece of Scotland is visiting New York: Masterpieces from the Scottish National Gallery has opened at the Frick.
Whenever looking at cast sculpture—whether plaster, bronze, or of other materials—we must realize that many hands have touched the work, beginning to end.
Much of Piero’s life and travels are matters of quiet conjecture. In a sense, he was what might be called today an independent or an artist’s artist. His identity and the character of his art were not centered on the artistic and political pressures of Florence, Siena, and Rome.