If still-life painting is the art of arresting decay, then it makes a lot of sense that Rachel Ruysch grew up to become one of the greatest still-life painters in the history of art. In the 17th ...

In the 17th century, Holland was in bloom. Following a bout of “tulipmania” in the 1630s, it became fashionable to visit the Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam’s botanical garden, to catch a glimpse of a ...

"Celebrating the American Spirit: Masterworks from Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art," Bentonville, AR: Crystal Bridges Museum of Art in association with Hudson Hills Press, 2011, pg. 224.

X-rays have illuminated the origins of a disputed painting: This time, an old still life by Vincent van Gogh. Suggestions that the image was painted by Van Gogh had been dismissed in 2003, but new ...

The still-life painting genre may not hold much appeal for contemporary artists, since it does not leave much room for new discoveries. Flower paintings might be seen as especially outmoded. But in an ...

A new book analyses the development of Jogen Chowdhury’s still life paintings and features 95 impactful images of one of India’s pre-eminent painters of the modern era. A new book analyses the ...

In 1946, Lucian Freud devoted his attentions to a tangerine. Barely nine centimetres square—and now dwarfed by its red velvet and gilt frame—the resulting painting is a testament to the possibilities ...

This Valentine’s Day, one needn’t feel relegated to standard-issue red roses and baby’s breath, the oft-used modicum for floral expression. Flowers are much more interesting when an element of adroit ...