Federal authorities returned a Renoir looted by the Nazis during World War II to the heir of its rightful owner on Wednesday. Pierre-August Renoir painted "Deux Femmes Dans Un Jardin" in 1919, the ...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The story began with one of those improbable tales of an artistic masterpiece uncovered at a flea market. It concluded Friday, the painting still a masterpiece, but the story about ...

"I am just learning how to paint," Pierre-Auguste Renoir said in 1913 — six years before he died. The French master painted right up to the end of his life; he died in 1919 at age 78. Toward the end ...

What’s the deal with Leonardo’s harpsichord-viola? Why were Impressionists obsessed with the color purple? Art Bitesbrings you a surprising fact, lesser-known anecdote, or curious event from art ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A woman who paid $7 for a box of trinkets at a West Virginia flea market two years ago apparently acquired an original painting by French impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir without ...

"I am just learning how to paint," said Pierre-Auguste Renoir in 1913 — six years before he died. The French master painted right up to the end,... 'Renoir In The 20th Century': A Master's Last Works ...