The prosperity of the Victorian era (1837-1901) transformed the British art world from a small group of artists who painted for the nobility into a robust community of artists who were free to create ...

We are mistaken to think of the Victorian Age as prim, proper, overstuffed and dull. As an exhibition at Washington’s National Gallery of Art makes abundantly and sumptuously clear, the reign of Queen ...

The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco have added three significant artworks to their collections. The most noteworthy is "Love and the Maiden" (1877) by John Roddam Spencer Stanhope, the acknowledged ...

In a small, delicate watercolor from 1864, the Archaic Greek poet Sappho embraces the poet Erinna, their lips nearly touching. Sappho’s longing is plain on her face, while Erinna, heavy-lidded, eyes ...

One of the finest collections of paintings from the Victorian era is coming to the United States for the first time. And its first stop is Tulsa. "Paintings from the Reign of Victoria: The Royal ...

One of the most popular art exhibitions ever to be shown in England, “Victorian Fairy Painting” (no laughter, please — it’s delightful), has moved from London’s Royal Academy of Art to New York’s ...

"Antiques Roadshow" is a great guilty pleasure for wannabe antiquers, but once in awhile their appraisers find some truly unique gems. Recently, one guest showed off a portrait that had been in his ...

Victorian Britain was distinguished by an amazing number of monumental achievements. Its leading novelists and poets are among the greatest Victorian Britain was distinguished by an amazing number of ...

A primary school could collect up to £150,000 from the sale of a painting which has hung in its hall for the past 86 years. Captain of the Eleven by Philip Hermogenes Calderon, which depicts a ...