One hundred years ago, a sprawling international exhibition was staged in Paris. It was intended to dazzle visitors with all that was new in architecture, design, fashion, and jewelry, and to ...

When the historic homes we live in and admire in Brooklyn today were spanking new, they were often enhanced with decorative painting. Special paint effects have a long history in the U.S., going back ...

Decorative painters at all levels, including beginner, have an opportunity to immerse themselves in art classes at a three-day getaway during the annual themed Painting Retreat organized by the ...

It’s well known that Henri Matisse was a champion of decorative painting — or perhaps I should say, the decorative in painting. His admirers will have in mind the words from his “Notes of a Painter” ...

A LOVE for nostalgia, manifesting in an Art Deco revival, the resurgence of the Y2 style, and a return to classical glamor ...

IF THERE is one painting which gives the clearest insight into Tamara de Lempicka's life and work, it is her Self Portrait in the Green Bugatti . It was completed in 1925 when she was at the height of ...

With her portraits of red-lipped women painted like sculptures in resplendent jewel tones, the Polish painter Tamara de Lempicka has posthumously become an Art Deco icon. Her figures are sumptuous and ...

The infinite possibilities of decorative painting brought life to villas in Pompeii, Florentine palaces and Charleston in East Sussex. Today, a revival of interest in the artform is once again ...