In a bid to expand its holding of historical art by women, Luxembourg’s National Museum of History and Art has acquired three works by the 18th century French portrait painter Monique Daniche. Though ...

Coinciding with Paris+ by Art Basel, Artcurial Paris will present “Eclectic Eye: A European Collection” on October 20. Amassed over a period of two decades by distinguished collectors, the featured ...

FRENCH EIGHTEENTHCENTURY PAINTERS : WATTEAU BOUCHER CHARDIN LA TOUR GREUZE FRAGONARD EDMOND AND JULES DE GONCOURT TRANSLATED WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ROBIN IRONSIDE ILLUSTRATIONS SELECTED BY LUDWIG ...

Typically, when experts think of drawings from this period, the male nude is the most familiar image, says Clark-Getty Curatorial Fellow Sarah Grandin, who spent time in Paris working alongside the ...

(This series is supported by the Michael L. Rosenberg Foundation. Image: Apollo and Diana Attacking the Children of Niobe, 1772. Jacques-Louis David. Oil on canvas. Dallas Museum of Art, Foundation ...

WASHINGTON — The small genre masterpieces of the French painters of the 18th century are so frothy, so delightful, so charming and sometimes so naughty that it is hard to associate them with such ...

In April, Christie’s will host a sale of more than 250 pieces from a collection of Dalva Brothers, a New York-based art dealer that has been the go-to source for 18th-century French furniture and ...

Bay Area writer and art historian Bridget Quinn is back with a rare, historical banquet brimming with rich and juicy stories about women artists. Quinn, whose book "She Votes" documented women's ...

"Throughout the eighteenth century, a large number of artists-painters, sculptors, draftsmen, and amateurs-experimented with etching, a highly accessible printmaking technique akin to drawing. Some, ...

View French School early 18th century Dido's Death Brown ink and wash. 28.5 x 34.3 cm. Framed under glass in a richly carved and gilded wooden frame. By French School, 18th Century; Brown ink and wash ...

Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin painted The Basket of Wild Strawberries in 1761. Artcurial In 1761, French artist Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin painted a serene scene: a wicker basket brimming with ...