Under the Gables

Supper at Emmaus , Titian, 1530, The Louvre The great Venetian Renaissance artist, Tiziano Vecelli , known as Titian, in 1530 painted...

Saint Sebastian Tended by Saint Irene, by Hendrick Jansz Terbrugghen, 1625, Utrecht, The Netherlands Saint Sebastian (256-288) was a Ch...

 Hand print found in a cave in Borneo with other images created by cave people.  No matter where found, the ancient art of the cave peo...

Henri Focillon (1881-1943) was an eminent French art historian and professor, who fled Nazi-occupied France to the United States, where he t...

The Book of Hours in question was created for Engelbert II of Nassau (1451-1504) of the Duchy of Burgundy. The name of the author remains un...

"For one who wishes a clever theory, the invention of painting belongs to the gods--witness on earth all the design with which the Seas...

Untitled,  by George Luks, 1920 To me, this drawing exemplifies the miracle of drawing and painting. I happened upon it when I was look...

Chadds Ford Hills by N. C. Wyeth I posted this painting first in 2010, noting that it was by N. C. Wyeth " of his beloved Chadd Fo...

Giving Thanks by Horace Pippin, 1942 Horace Pippin was an African-American painter, born in West Chester, Pennsylvania,  in 1888, 10 mi...

Anthony Adverse as a Boy, by N. C. Wyeth (1882-1945), with his son Andrew as the model "My father was a terrific technician. He...

Children Throwing Snowballs by George Luks, 1906 Taking a welcome break not from winter but from the Wyeths, here are paintings of s...