Maurice Brianchon was a French painter known as one of the Peintres de la Réalite ... In 1946, he was awarded the Chevalier of the Legion of Honor, and in 1949, he was appointed professor of painting ...

In this series, Lagniappe presents works from the collection of the New Orleans Museum of Art, with commentary from a curator. For 4,000 years, the history of glass has been the history of art ...

Maurice de Vlaminck used to be one of the “wild beasts” (fauves) who in 1905 led the vanguard of modern French art. Nowadays, he enjoys bellowing about the hollowness of it all. Paris painting ...