It has been 350 years since Rembrandt van Rijn died penniless in Amsterdam on Oct. 4, 1669, but there’s much modern Americans can learn from the deceased Dutch master through the works he left behind.
Ashow called "Strokes of Genius: Rembrandt's Prints and Drawings" recently opened at the National Gallery in celebration of the artist's 400th birthday. It lets us watch Rembrandt turn a few lines on ...
Few artists have paralleled the success that Rembrandt van Rijn achieved within his lifetime. Today, his legacy continues to yield him enduring popular attention. What’s more, his artistic ...
If you look into the eerie darkness that stretches out to the frames in many of Rembrandt's paintings, you can sometimes discern shadows and mysterious figures lurking in the background. Take a closer ...
On a bike you can immerse yourself in the sights and smells of a world of blooms in the gardens and fields near the Dutch city of Leiden. The Keukenhof garden's annual exhibit of bulbs drew almost 1.5 ...
There was no doubt that Rome, around 1600 and for the next few decades, remained the capital of modern painting, sculpture and architecture. Almost all of the most important European artists of the ...
"L’arte contemporanea? È in mano a critici e gallerie. Sono loro che impongono gli artisti, non l’arte". È la profonda convinzione di Gregorio Luke, una presenza istituzionale per la Florence Biennale ...
Works by Diego Velázquez and Rembrandt van Rijn at the “Rembrandt-Velázquez: Dutch and Spanish Masters” exhibition at the Rijksmuseum. (Olivier Middendorp/Rijksmuseum) AMSTERDAM — It’s a morbid moment ...