If a steaming bowl of soup strikes you as the ultimate in old-fashioned comfort, you’ve got plenty of company. Soup is one of the world’s oldest and most universal foods, said Janet Clarkson, author ...

The bright and vivid colors are applied in spontaneous, animated brushstrokes, thus providing the painting with a casual touch. Out of roughly 140 snowscapes signed by Monet, The Magpie is probably ...

In 1942, newly moved out of her family’s Helsinki apartment and living on her own, the Finnish artist Tove Jansson painted a self-portrait. She gave herself a cool confidence: steely gaze, striped ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — One of the world’s most famous paintings is now on display at the Nelson-Atkins Museum. Called “Under the ...

These masterpieces are more than just strokes of paint on canvas; they are vibrant narratives that have shaped the course of ...