EditorialWilliam Merritt Chase, Portrait of the Art Dealer, Otto Fleischman, ca. 1870-1879, oil on canvas, 26 1/2 in. x 21 1/2 in. (67.31 cm x 54.61 cm), The first American artists to profit from European training were based in Munich, Germany, where the curric...
EditorialOstrich egg and jar found by Leonard Woolley in the cemetery at Ur. In antiquity the ostrich, known for its swiftness and strength, was hunted by kings. Ostrich shells were often cut open at the top to serve as cups or bowls and decorated with a band o...