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 National Gallery in London announced today that after two centuries, they’ve finally acquired a canvas by the critical Dutch-born Victorian painter Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema. Christie’s brokered ...
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 ...
These Victorian painters are often framed as a guilty pleasure. But, as this intriguing exhibition makes clear, there is actually very little to feel guilty about After four years of closure, the ...
A British man discovered the painting he inherited is actually a “lost” work by a famous Victorian painter that could be worth up to $450,000. The art’s owner, who wishes to remain anonymous, recently ...
IT WAS rare, if not unthinkable, 50 years ago, to love Victorian painting. So far had the Victorians dropped from grace that Sir Edward Burne-Jones's London house was cheerfully allowed to fall into ...
"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 ...