WILLIAMSTOWN — The soft strains of a flute float over the soft whooshing of water as it rushes by, slapping up against the river bank, pooling around the ankles of the sheep, goats and cows that wade ...

Artist Michael Graves is a lifelong resident of Millbury, but that's not the main reason he likes to paint the town. It's the abundant subject matter Graves — like acclaimed landscape artists before ...

Kloss, William, "Art in the White House: A Nation's Pride," Washington, DC: White House Historical Association, 2008, pg. 338. White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W Washington District of Columbia ...

I passed by the painting once. Then a second time. And again for a third time. At last, I remembered my mantra for art that does not immediately catch my eye: Look closer. Claude Lorrain’s “Pastoral ...

The painting depicts a European pastoral landscape with a woman standing on a bridge leading to the houses on the right. A river flows through the center of the painting against a background of tall ...