The end of the Franco-Prussian War ushered in a new age of optimism and prosperity across much of Europe, which would be ...

Marqu – or Margru – was one of the three young girls who were aboard the Amistad. In her portrait, she gently smiles – a glint of a personality that’s persevered despite the trauma of the voyage and ...

Painter Walter Sickert - believed by some to have been the notorious serial killer - once spent the night at a Cornish pub ...

The famous photographer Franz Mezer went down in history as the man who took incredible pictures of old Kyiv. Thanks to his ...

A team of specialists is trying to prove that a canvas bought for less than $50 was painted by the iconic artist—and is worth $15 million.

The portrait of a fisherman was found in Minnesota by an anonymous collector. A new analysis has concluded that it could be ...

LONDON (AP) — Norman Gregory is an institution within an institution. He’s been working at the historic Smithfield wholesale ...

"Manifest Destiny" is back, with Donald Trump as its champion. In the 19th century, the phrase was used to invoke the divine ...

The organic compound PR-50, related to the popular geranium lake red pigment, which created violet hues in the sky of the portrait, is credited to a French patent from ... conservators can now date ...

Trump’s blitz against the independence of the civil service is undermining a core pillar of American democracy. President Donald Trump showed his admiration for Andrew Jackson when, eight years ago, ...

Mermelstein and her family were members of the last intact Jewish population in continental Europe. By 1944, most of the ...

ALAMO, N.M. - - Twenty-eight-year old Ambrose Begay died after a fentanyl overdose under a tree 125 yards from his home on ...