Researchers studied an ancient granite pebble naturally shaped like a face, marked with a red ochre fingerprint. It happens ...

While the most expensive paintings ever ... Painted just after Jackson Pollock began his famous drip painting style, Number 17A is colorful and abstract with sweeps of orange, yellow, black ...

One of the most famous Picasso paintings ... And there isn’t a dominant Cubist element to the painting, but rather an abstract form which feels like a delight to the eyes.

Mondrian, born in 1872, was a noted exponent of the 1920s abstract art movement known as "De Stijl" and was one of the most influential figures in modern art in the 20th century. In 1940 ...

Pablo Picasso is one of the most influential ... to 91, was famous for switching his artistic techniques and styles throughout his life. His critical acclaim in the modern art scene gained him ...

Ethiopian American artist Julie Mehretu, known for her work in abstract painting ... which marks the 20th BMW Art Car, Mehretu chose to adapt one of her most famous works: The painting ...

The torchbearers for one of Spain's most famous artists, Joan Miro, are promising a year-long fiesta of events honouring the ...

By Roberta Smith Sam Gilliam, a pioneering abstract painter best known for his lusciously stained Drape paintings ... Mr. Gilliam received most of his formal education attending middle and ...

Gilliam, one of the most celebrated Black artists of his generation, was known for his Drape works ... he expanded the boundaries of painting on canvas. He died Saturday at the age of 88.