Rhazes (Rāzī), Arab physician and alchemist, in his laboratory at Baghdad. Oil painting by Ernest Board.

"Here is portrayed three Moods of the Sky and the effects on the Fish and Animals. Sharks and Turtles come to the Surface when it is Raining. Wallabies and Kangaroos are out feedin...

During his stay in Paris, Sargent travelled to various places he considered exotic in search of new themes for his painting. He visited Spain in 1879 and the following year, after ...

On 20 May 1890 Vincent van Gogh left Paris for Auvers-sur-Oise, a small village thirty-five kilometres north of Paris where other artists like Charles Daubigny and Paul Cézanne had...

From his earliest years as a painter, Monet’s art was rooted in the direct and prolonged analysis of nature. Throughout his career, he grappled with the task of developing techniqu...

The first use of ether in dental surgery, 1846. Oil painting by Ernest Board, c. 1912. Illustrates the first use of ether as an anaesthetic in 1846 by the dental surgeon W.T.G. Mor...

Max Liebermann was born in Berlin on July 20, 1894, the son of an affluent Jewish textile manufacturer. After studing at the Weimar Art Academy, he traveled in 1874 to Paris and Ba...