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Pope Francis's Unexpected Favorite Painting Comes From One of Italy's Most Famous Artists
“Among the great painters, I admire Caravaggio; his paintings speak to me,” Francis said, per the Times. The paper also noted ...
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See the Forgotten Paintings Made by Jane Austen’s Older Sister, Cassandra
A new exhibition at the Jane Austen House in England includes six artworks that are going on public display for the first time ...
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See the Flower Paintings of Rachel Ruysch, Whose Stunning Still Lifes Are Finally Getting the Attention They Deserve
The Dutch "old mistress" was renowned in her own lifetime. But since her death 275 years ago, her legacy has been largely ...
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This unknown French Impressionist painter was a pupil of Édouard Manet (and later became his muse!)
As quiet as she was talented, Eva Gonzalès embodied the grace, modernity and freedom of early Impressionism, in an artistic ...
The deep friendship behind Van Gogh’s 26 portraits of one family
A lonely Van Gogh painted postman Joseph Roulin and his family in a creative frenzy. The portraits, on view at MFA Boston, ...
She Invented Preaching as Performance Art. Then She Walked Into the Sea
Excerpt from the new book 'Sister, Sinner,' by Claire Hoffman, about the life and mysterious disappearance of 1920s evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson.