James McNeill Whistler (American, Lowell, Massachusetts 1834–1903 London), Weary, 1863. Drypoint; fourth state of six (Glasgow); printed in black ink on tan Japan drum-mounted on ivory laid paper. Plate: 8 3/16 x 5 1/4 in. (20.8 x 13.3 cm) Sheet: 17 9/16...

Frederic Leighton, Pavonia, 1858–9, oil on canvas. Private collection SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- The Cult of Beauty: The Victorian Avant-Garde, 1860–1900, on view at the Legion of Honor , is the first major exhibition to explore the unconventional creativity...

“Time of Change” 1943, by Morris Graves. Photo: Morris Graves Foundation (NEW YORK, NY – December 18, 2008) –– From January 30 to April 19, 2009, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum will present The Third Mind: American Artists Contemplate Asia, 1860–1989,...