Auguste Toulmouche was a French painter known for his luxurious genre paintings of upper middle class Parisian women in domestic scenes. His work is associated with the academic realist movement. Born ...

Largely considered the first modern movement in art history, 19th-century French Realism was marked by a more realistic approach in both subject ... Jeannin began his training with accomplished Salon ...

The comparison between a still life in oil on canvas or wood by the Dutch artists ... realism requires new methods. The manifesto of the group that called itself "Nouveau Réalisme," the French ...

For those wishing to learn more about modern art, the latest blockbuster exhibition at the Columbia Museum of Art offers a ...

Rosalba Carriera (1675-1757), an Italian artist, is widely considered a pioneer in transforming pastel painting into a recognized fine art medium. Her portraits exhibited a unique delicacy and ...

Today’s animated Google Doodle celebrates French artist Louis Joseph César Ducornet, a renowned painter in the 1800s who painted solely with his foot due to limb differences from birth.