Researchers have developed a new strategy that uses optical coherence tomography (OCT) to acquire both the surface and underlying details of impressionist style oil paintings. This information can be ...

SALEM, Mass. — Rarely do curators call upon marine biologists to help identify fine art. That is, however, what John Coffey, deputy director for art and curator of American and modern art at the North ...

In Paul Henry’s own words, he hoped to capture “the very soul of Ireland” in his paintings. Courtesy of Caza Sikes An Ohio man preparing to sell his parents’ art collection recently discovered a ...

The Santa Barbara Museum of Art (SBMA) this fall will be a place to experience two major exhibits of Impressionist and 19th-Century art. The Impressionist Revolution: Monet to Matisse from the Dallas ...

Our beloved Monets are currently having an extended family reunion at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art. One of the prized possessions in the vast SBMA permanent collection is Claude Monet’s “Villas in ...

The story of Impressionism’s birth has been told so often, it’s more myth than historic event. Generally, the tale goes something like this: in 1874, a ragtag gang of disaffected artists reject the ...

Edwin "Ed" L. Cox Sr. had an eye for Impressionist paintings, assembling masterpieces that included works by Caillebott, Cézanne and van Gogh. In July, when Christie's announced that it would auction ...

William Blair Bruce, “Landscape with Poppies” (1887), oil on canvas, 27.3 × 33.8 cm (Art Gallery of Ontario. Purchased with assistance from Wintario, 1977, photo ...