A sequence of silent, origami-like decisions fed into the construction of this 1895 painting. Modest it may be, but I think of it as a little miracle — an efflorescence, a soft explosion of ...

Frederic Leighton’s 1895 painting Flaming June is on view at the Meadows Museum as part of the new exhibition “The Sense of Beauty: Six Centuries of Painting from Museo de Arte de Ponce.”( ...

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Along with his more traditional ink washes, Xu also created large-scale oil paintings in a European academic style that depicted classic Chinese scenes and portraits. Born on July 19, 1895 in Yixing, ...

A painting of a red-haired woman draped in orange silk resting soundly on a cloud-like bed has taken over the SMU Meadows ...

The lore surrounding the 1895 painting is nearly as vivid as the colors that have enchanted audiences for more than 100 years. The slumbering beauty painted by Frederic Leighton is one of about 60 ...