Andrew Graham-Dixon creates a rich sense of the worlds Vermeer inhabited — but his speculations about the art are a stretch ...

The most cloying American artist of the 20th century was almost certainly Thomas Kinkade (1958-2012), whose popular paintings depicted what seemed to be well-lighted houses for elves. His work, as ...

Using this dual narrative to draw parallels between two eras of rapid technological advancement and socio-political turbulence, Oscar Zarate's long-awaited new graphic novel Thomas Girtin: The ...

Chances are that you have never heard of the "Christy Girl" or its creator, Howard Chandler Christy. However, Christy was the most famous painter of the Jazz Age. He knew presidents from Teddy ...

Most films about painters fall into the trap of staring over the artist's shoulders as they work the canvas. After a while, an audience can feel ignored, maybe even in the way. We don't get a good ...

Ten years after his death, the legacy of watercolorist Milford Zornes is still being sketched. A biography is newly published. A documentary is in the works. An exhibit is currently open. A second ...

In this book cover image released by Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, "David Hockney: A Rake's Progress," by Christopher Simon Sykes is shown. (AP Photo/Nan A. Talese/Doubleday) "David Hockney" (Nan A. Talese ...

Weighing in at eight pounds, the first comprehensive biography of the late William Scott, certainly grabs your attention. And so it should. For this son of a sign-painter went on to become one of only ...