Famous Black artists have changed the landscape of modern and classic art, leaving their indelible mark on history. It is no secret that Black visual artists and painters in history have often ...

This look at artists in their studios, through photographs and documents from the Smithsonian’s Archives of American Art, offers a behind-the-scenes view into the life of American artists and their ...

From reminiscences of artists to tales of rambunctious animal models and children who posed for their parents, these letters, photographs, and objects from the Archives of American Art illuminate the ...

These are the current artists, plus an A-Z list of all the artists that have been part of the scheme.

Jules Olitski was a Russian-born American artist. Credited with helping develop the movement of Color Field painting in the mid-1960s, Olitski focused on the material qualities of surface and color in ...

Here are ten extraordinary artists from ten South American countries. 1. The Feminist South American Artist: Frida Kahlo (Mexico) The Mexican artist Frida Kahlo is probably as well-known for her ...

LeRoy Neiman was an American artist who blended a Pop Art sensibility with impressionistic brushwork and vibrant color. “I do not depart from the colors borrowed from life,” he once said. “But I use ...