A new exhibition at the Yale University Art Gallery places small-scale portraits of Black Americans from the pre-Emancipation era alongside contemporary works.
The painting of 15-year-old Bélizaire with the children of the family that enslaved him was restored to its original composition after his figure was covered up around 1900.
In this special edition, we investigate what artists signatures actually mean, and the fascinating results reveal the multifaceted history of this curious phenomenon.
The Lyman Allyn Art Museum’s “American Perspectives” gallery has a new and significant painting.
It’s a portrait is of a mixed-race youth, circa the 1830s or 1840s. According to the Lyman Allyn in.