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Bob Ross was an American painter and art instructor known for his contagiously cheerful demeanor— and his “happy little trees.” Born in Florida in 1942, Ross grew up with a fondness for nature. At…
Toward Joy: New Frameworks for American Art reimagines 400 artworks from the permanent collection of the Brooklyn Museum. The exhibition tackles political, aesthetic, and narrative…
On January 23, 1944, Edvard Munch died peacefully in his sleep in Ekely, Norway, and the world lost an artist who would become one of the most well-known of the 20th century, thanks to his iconic…
To say Olafur Eliasson is a light and space artist is to reduce him to the fundamental elements of his practice.
Here we look at nine examples of beautiful autumnal imagery and spirit. From Claude Monet's seasonal "Haystacks" to Giuseppe Arcimboldo's strange flora-based portrait series, to Yayoi Kusama's iconic…
Skillfully designed by world-renowned architect Moshe Safdie, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art highlights the beauty of its art and surroundings, nestled in the foothills of the Ozark Mountains…
Whether it be through the image of a mouth or the emotional resonance of color, British visual artist, Rachel Jones, wades into symbolism with her latest body of work.
John Constable, a British landscape painter, is known for his works that capture ordinary daily life.
The contemporary pastoral reverie known as cottagecore is one of the visual trends that has defined 2020.
Ivan Aivazovsky was a Russian Romantic painter. He is considered to be one of the greatest masters of marine art. Aivazovsky, born in 1817 in Feodosia, Crimea was the son of an Armenian merchant…
Thomas Cole is remembered as one of America's earliest and most significant landscape painters.
Join Dr. Christopher C. Oliver, Bev Perdue Jennings Assistant Curator of American Art, for a virtual tour of VMFA exhibition Virginia Arcadia: The Natural Bridge in American Art.
The Amon Carter Museum of American Art will unveil the acquisition of "Mount Superior, as viewed from Alta, Little Cottonwood Canyon, Utah" in an exhibition that will explore the origin of the work.
The Hudson River School painter Frederic Edwin Church, traveled from New York State to South America, via dangerous expeditions from April 1853 to September 1853, only to research and execute his…
It is an unfortunate fact of art history reporting that artists about whom little is known often stay that way, largely because a lack of juicy details about their lives often makes for dull articles.
