Wet-nursing is an age-old practice, but in 19th-century Paris, as more women went to work in Georges-Eugène Haussmann’s newly designed modern city, it was a booming industry. Rural wet nurses ...

Berlin -- An American art museum is demanding that a German far-right party stop using one of its paintings, portraying a 19th-century slave auction, in a campaign poster for the European elections.

In fact, there’s one 19th-century painting that people say shows something way ahead of its time—a device that looks a lot like an iPhone. Curious? You won’t believe what they’ve found.

The material dates back 150 years and was avant garde in its day. Martin Johnson Heade was not famous during his lifetime (1819 –1904) but was “rediscovered” in the mid-20th century.

An Oregon State University-led collaboration of ecologists and art historians has demonstrated that landscape paintings from more than 150 years ago can advance environmental science.

The 19th Century Paintings department at Bonhams sells a wide variety of paintings, drawings and watercolors by the foremost artists of the 19th and early 20th centuries. The department holds four ...

The yearly sale of Master Paintings & 19th Century European Art will feature over 300 works spanning the centuries and the majority of Europe. Old Master Paintings, an important component of Sotheby's ...