The Art Institute of Chicago has expanded its collection of French art with the acquisition of the prestigious Horvitz Collection, adding more than 2,000 works from the 18th to the 20th century. The ...
Though the value of the donated artwork was not disclosed, it’s thought to be comparable to last fall’s $75 million gift to ...
The donation, by Jeffrey and Carol Horvitz, will give visitors unprecedented access to the US's largest collection of French ...
The Art Institute of Chicago has received a massive gift of French art from collectors Jeffrey and Carol Horvitz.
50 sculptures and nearly 2,000 drawings — by some of the biggest names in French art including Charles Le Brun, François Boucher, Jean-Honoré Fragonard and Jacques-Louis David. They also ...
The Art Institute of Chicago announced its historic acquisition of around 2,250 works of French art, much of it Neoclassical, ...
“Jacques-Louis David’s painting ‘The Oath of the Horatii’ [1784–5] seems to have started the idea of it being a Roman thing, but it really took off as a gesture in the 19th century ...
Apart from Leonardo Da Vinci's Mona Lisa painting, the Louvre is also home to the Coronation of Napoleon by Jacques-Louis David, Venus de Milo by Alexandros of Antioch and many more timeless ...
A group of experts consider the accessories from the past 100 years that changed how we carry our things — and ourselves.
The best example of this classicizing invention is Jacques-Louis David’s 1784 painting, The Oath of the Horatii, which shows the three patriotic Horatii brothers giving an oath to defend the ...
The best example of this classicising invention is Jacques-Louis David’s 1784 painting, The Oath of the Horatii, which shows the three patriotic Horatii brothers giving an oath to defend the ...