In fact, there’s one 19th-century painting that people say shows something way ahead of its time—a device that looks a lot like an iPhone. Curious? You won’t believe what they’ve found.

Peter Russell, a retired local Glasgow government officer, also told the publication about when he saw the painting at the Neue Pinakothek in Munich (an art gallery for 18th- and 19th-century work).

Demi Moore is selling two 19th century European paintings at auction, including a French work the actress says inspired her because of the artist's depiction of strong women. William Bouguereau's ...

Film Review: Viola Davis Stars as a 19th Century African Warrior in “The Woman King” Director Gina Prince-Bythewood’s film is set in the West African Kingdom of Dahomey in 1823.

Works like Tissot's The Convalescent (1872), pictured here, reflect a sense of unease over a modernizing society that was sweeping women up in its fray. Art Gallery of Ontario. Gift of R.B.F. Barr ...

In 19th century Paris, the cards were stacked against women artists like Rosa Bonheur and Berthe Morisot. A new exhibition shows them painting against the odds, and could affect their market.

Behold, a woman fuming. Though she’s dressed in an opulent, fur-trimmed gown in a palatial French home sometime in the mid-19th century, her silent fury is recognizable to women the world over ...

In the 19th century, wet-nursing — where women were paid to nurse someone else’s child — was widely practiced in Europe. Related article 15 extraordinary discoveries of 2022 ...

(New York Jewish Week) – A hyper-realistic 19th-century painting of worshippers at the Western Wall that spent many forgotten years in a synagogue’s storage room is headed to auction at ...