An Oil Painter's Process
As an oil painter, I had always been interested in the craft of the materials. But after fifteen years of painting, it began to seem like I was workin...
As an oil painter, I had always been interested in the craft of the materials. But after fifteen years of painting, it began to seem like I was workin...
Hayley Rose Horzepa | Posted 04.10.2012
Thomas Kinkade was one of the top grossing commercial artists of all time. He brought art into the homes of millions, many of whom could not afford to buy originals.
Posted 03.27.2012
Andrej Dubravsky paints inexperienced boys with an unsettling pair of bunny ears. They shift back and forth between vulnerable and wicked, showing the...
Posted 04.30.2012
"Psych" (Wed., 10 p.m. EST on USA) returned for the second half of its sixth season, bringing along Cary Elwes' always enjoyable Despereaux. As much f...
Posted 02.27.2012
Soaking in the work of the French Impressionist Edgar Degas is one breathtaking experience to behold, but to examine the artist alongside the great Du...
Michael Stanclift, N.D. | Posted 04.25.2012
Through my mindfulness practice, I've had a glimpse at living authentically, but have yet to make that my permanent expression.
Annmarie Erickson | Posted 03.27.2012
Rembrandt and Jesus. Jesus or Rembrandt? Which name headlines the marquee? Is it the world-renowned painter? Or does Jesus automatically trump everyone on the playing field because, after all, he is Jesus?
Colin Darke | Posted 02.29.2012
This past year brought us great art exhibits, theatre, and music -- if you were in Detroit and could not find something to do, you had your eyes shut!
David Galenson | Posted 02.19.2012
In a 1999 essay, Ernst van de Wetering, professor of art history at the U. of Amsterdam and chairman of the Rembrandt Research Project, noted that Rembrandt had painted himself at least 40 times, had etched himself 31 times, and had drawn a handful of self-portraits.
Posted 12.06.2011
Today it is deemed logical to travel great distances and pay a lot of money to see a single masterpiece, an original work of art. To do all this for a...
HuffingtonPost.com | Kate Abbey-Lambertz | Posted 11.21.2011
DETROIT -- Here's why you should go see the Detroit Institute of Arts show "Rembrandt and the Face of Jesus," opening Sunday: There are a lot of jaw-d...
AP | TOBY STERLING | Posted 12.26.2011
AMSTERDAM -- Rembrandt's "Night Watch" may need a different nickname after the painting was put under new lighting on Wednesday that makes it look lik...
David Galenson | Posted 12.17.2011
Frans Hals is often overshadowed by the other two great artistic geniuses of the Dutch Golden Age, Rembrandt van Rijn and Johannes Vermeer. Yet there is one dimension in which Hals stands clearly apart.
Saskia Miller | Posted 12.06.2011
What happens when a creation loses its creator? I'm referring, of course, to Steve Jobs and the Apple universe that many of us live in.
David Galenson | Posted 11.29.2011
In 1856, 22-year-old Edgar Degas left the prestigious Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris just a year after he had enrolled.
Elana Estrin | Posted 11.15.2011
While studying art history in graduate school, novelist Nicole Krauss spent hours in the library researching Rembrandt, only to find that she preferred imagining the details of his life instead.
Anthony Amore | Posted 10.28.2011
Art theft is notoriously under-reported. But the days of keeping such a loss a secret are quickly fading thanks to information sharing through social media and networking.
latimes.com | Posted 10.22.2011
The dramatic theft of a Rembrandt drawing from an upscale hotel in Marina del Rey and its mysterious recovery from a priest's office two days later ha...
Jane Chafin | Posted 10.18.2011
Even though I haven't been a practicing artist for a long time, my pulse still quickens when I walk into an art supply store or get the Utrect catalog in the mail. Remember the excitement of getting that first box of 64 Crayola crayons?
AP/The Huffington Post | By ROBERT JABLON and THOMAS WATKINS | Posted 10.16.2011
MARINA DEL REY, Calif. -- It wasn't some bold theft carried out by burglars breaking into a heavily-fortified museum with high-tech alarms to swipe a ...
AP | THOMAS WATKINS | Posted 10.15.2011
LOS ANGELES — A 17th century drawing by Rembrandt was snatched from a private art display at a California luxury hotel while a curator was momen...
AP | Posted 10.14.2011
An art thief pulled off a heist of a small Rembrandt drawing worth $250,000 while the exhibition curator was momentarily distracted at a California lu...
Posted 09.28.2011
The vanitas painting below was created by this Dutch Golden Age artist. Guess the answer in the poll below and come back tomorrow for the reveal as we...
Susan Fogwell | Posted 09.28.2011
There are the sights and sounds of tall-masted old sailboats and put-putting tugboats outside and that ochreous Dutch sunlight pouring in during the afternoon.
Posted 09.14.2011
Happy birthday to Rembrant van Rijn, who was born today, the 15th of July in 1606. A prominent painter and etcher of the Dutch Golden Age, Rembrant is...
Tad Spurgeon | Posted 05.21.2012