PARIS (AP) — French painter Pierre Soulages, an icon of post-World War II European abstract art famed for his use of black, has died, according to the Soulages Museum in his hometown of Rodez. He was ...

A catalogue of incidents at the world's most visited museum have placed museum bosses come under increasing scrutiny.

The academic painter William-Adolphe Bouguereau was a model of success in 19th-century French culture. Like many artists of the era who were not avant-garde, Bouguereau was a staunch traditionalist, a ...

"It's the lost generation of American art history," curator Timothy Standring told CBS4. "Whistler to Cassatt: American Painters in France" features more than 100 paintings during that period, made ...

It is one thing to know, perhaps vaguely, that many American artists ventured to France in the mid-19th through early 20th centuries to study in French academies and ateliers. It’s another to ...

Jack Vettriano, an artist best known for his 1992 work 'The Singing Butler' has been found dead at his flat in the southern French city of Nice. His publicist has confirmed that the Scotsman's body ...

FILE - Scottish artist Jack Vettriano holds up a copy of his new book ahead of a signing session held at a London bookstore, Friday Oct. 29, 2004. (AP Photo/Richard ...

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