A collaboration of ecologists and art historians has demonstrated that landscape paintings from more than 150 years ago can advance environmental science. An Oregon State University-led ...

Now to NPR special correspondent Susan Stamberg, who has the backstory on a 19th-century masterpiece on display at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. SUSAN STAMBERG, BYLINE: It's "Whistler's Mother ...

1837), oil on canvas, 47 1/4 × 36 1/4 inches (image courtesy Metropolitan Museum of Art) The Metropolitan Museum ... but after a century, “Bélizaire and the Frey Children” (c.

KOCHVILLE TOWNSHIP, MI — A 20th century ... American Art Museum. Along with Brown, Lawrence’s work focused on historic figures in the anti-slavery movement of the 19th century including ...

A new exhibition is looking at the traditional art ... with 19th century whaling, an industry long centered, think Herman Melville and "Moby-Dick, here in New Bedford. The whaling museum in ...