The art dealer fled Belgium with his wife in 1940, as the Nazis invaded. Hartveld survived World War II, but never saw his stolen collection again . His home and paintings were reportedly sold by ...

Through it all, he always thought, there had to be something good to come from the trauma of war. It came from one of those ice cream plates, that he caked in paint.

Efforts are ongoing to restore Nazi-looted art, bringing closure to affected families. Recently, Tate Gallery in London is set to return 'Aeneas and His Family Fleeing Burning Troy' to Samuel ...

The lack of pensions for Revolutionary War veterans was a national shame so profound that President James Monroe included it in his first State of the Union to Congress in December 1817.

William Gosch of North Tonawanda is a 101-year-old World War II combat veteran, and a subject of a California artist's project that combines history and art.

Guaranteed by Sotheby’s for a total estimated value of between $80m and $120m, it is the most valuable single owner collection of Old Master paintings ever to appear at auction.

Of the two dozen paintings on display, many depict the aftermath of war with destroyed buildings. His 1995 painting "Mined Churchyard" shows a bombed Serbian church in Bosnia.

CALGARY — There's a darkness in the work of venerated Canadian war artist Bill MacDonnell, who has spent three decades travelling the world as a self-described silent witness. MacDonnell's paintings ...