When Mommy really likes Daddy, she calls Daddy "ma niniche"

Arthur (James) Lewis (1824-1901), husband of Kate Terry, and grandfather of John Gielgud. It appears he was also a painter and a musician, with a connection to J M Whistler. Arthur...

Two centuries, two portraits of women. Two fascinating portraits of women [in the Johnson collection] are painted with two seclers apart, by two of their most popular artists, the...

Two centuries, two portraits of women. Two fascinating portraits of women [in the Johnson collection] are painted with two seclers apart, by two of their most popular artists, the...

Letter 1913-06-01 from Ester Bauer to John Bauer, consisting of four pages written on the front and back of two sheets of paper. Main writing handwritten in black ink. .. LETTER T...

I've brough this brooch, which was my nanny's brooch. I grew up in the United States, in a tight-knit Irish American community in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. All the branches of my...

The portrayal of the gods continues on this block, with Hera (29) and Zeus (30) and a small youthful figure (28) identified either as Nike or more likely as Iris, the wingèd messen...

The portrayal of the gods continues on this block, with Hera (29) and Zeus (30) and a small youthful figure (28) identified either as Nike or more likely as Iris, the wingèd messen...

In 1954, Chryssa relocated to San Francisco for a brief period, where she studied at the California School of Fine Arts, eventually making her way to New York City. There she becam...