In the 1650s, Rembrandt was in serious financial hot water. His high-priced commissions were drying up, creditors were chasing him for payments on his house, and he was a shopaholic, buying art and ...

Twas night before Christmas when all through the de Young Museum, not a person was stirring, not even a mouse... until ...

"It feels like a crisis every time I pick up a brush and paint, it's life or death." There's no sense of exaggeration or ...

It's called Officer and Laughing Girl. She's holding a little glass of white wine. It's a 1621 map of Holland and West ...

"Kids don't lie," many people claim. Perhaps, but in some cases, grown-ups may wish that they did. Kids can be brutally ...

A show of 76 paintings from the Leiden Collection is on display at the Norton Museum of Art in South Florida. By Joseph B. Treaster Reporting from West Palm Beach, Fla. The lighting is regally dim, ...

One of the most common human gestures, the pointing finger, appears frequently in Old Master paintings as a guiding cue.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The landmark Dutch museum that holds some of the most famous paintings by Rembrandt and Vermeer announced Thursday that it is planning a new branch in the southern city ...

The former England wicketkeeper has earned more money as a professional artist than from his cricket career, with paintings ...

A new study suggests that pointing fingers in Old Master paintings generate entire webs of association in viewers' minds.

Some historical figures achieve fame and fortune in life. Others owe their success thanks to their untimely deaths. Carel Fabritius, Rembrandt's most promising pupil, falls somewhere in between the ...

There won’t be a new episode of “High Potential” on Tuesday, Dec. 23. Season 2 of the ABC series will resume on Tuesday, Jan.