Charles Willson Peale was not just a painter; he was also a soldier, politician, and educator. His life and work offer us a vivid snapshot of Revolutionary America and its heroes. NY Times reports ...

In the extensive publications about John James Audubon (Fig. 1), the artist-naturalist who was America’s first great watercolorist, his art has not received the same attention as his dramatic life ...

Camille Davis is writing a book called Visual Prestige: The Role of Portraits in Shaping the Nascent Identity of American Leadership. She is a two-time former fellow of the Winterthur Museum, Garden ...

In Philadelphia, the concept of the wunderkammer dates back at least to famed Revolutionary-era portrait artist and inventor ...

“The Peale Family” by Charles Willson Peale included ... The glow-in-the-dark exhibition called “Siena: The Rise of Painting, 1300-1350” at the Met is a visual event of pure 24-karat ...

By Raymond Herbert Special to NKyTribune Part of an ongoing series about eating establishments in Northern Kentucky. Scalea’s ...

Also during the revolutionary era, elites in favor of revolting against the English hired the artist Charles W. Peale to create their portraits and to incorporate in them well-known political ...

BmoreArt's picks this week: reception for Timothy App at Goya, screening with filmmaker Raven Jackson at Clifton House, and ...

What Is the 1944 Jefferson Nickel Made Of? The Jefferson nickel has been the five-cent coin the United States Mint issued ...

Pets were often featured in the foreground of these paintings, and “Pets in the Family” presents ... but it was also part of ...

Confidence is a major motivator and can be a big factor in success. Celebrities and other notable people share their definitions of it and experiences with it in these powerful words of wisdom.