The prosperity of the Victorian era (1837-1901) transformed the British art world from a small group of artists who painted for the nobility into a robust community of artists who were free to create ...

The questions raised in “Victorian Radicals,” a new exhibition at the Yale Center for British Art (YCBA), manifest in the vivid juxtaposition of two objects at the show’s third-floor entrance: a ...

The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, founded in England in 1848, was one of the first art movements to adopt a name and a manifesto, a strategy that morphed into the many “isms” of the 20th century. Alas, ...

Amidst the cruelty and pollution of the Industrial Revolution in 19th-century Britain, a group of artists and designers dared to imagine a better world. A new exhibition at the Yale Center for British ...

At the Morse Museum of American Art in Winter Park, the “Victorian Clutter” exhibit looks at collectibles from bygone days.

A Beguiling Work by Millais Leads Single-Owner Sale of Victorian Art at BonhamsLondon – Il Penseroso by Sir John Everett Millais (British, 1829-1896) leads Bonhams' sale of The Guy Bailey Collection ...

The 19th Century Paintings department sells a rich and diverse range of paintings by the leading British and European artists of the 19th and early 20th centuries. The department holds four sales a ...

An undated view of the Seven Hills of Bonn by Josephine Butler, who campaigned for sex workers' rights and pushed Parliament to raise the age of consent Courtesy of Ewbank's Auctions Josephine Butler ...