William Chappell, born 27 September 1907, was a British dancer, ballet designer and director. He is most noted for his designs for more...

Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky, born 29 July 1817, was a Russian Romantic painter of Armenian origin who is considered one of the...

Adele Astaire, born Adele Marie Austerlitz, later known as Lady Charles Cavendish; September 10, 1896, was an American dancer, stage...

In January's Livres du Mois I share with you The Contents of Wilsford Manor, a catalogue containing the sale of the contents of Stephen...

Sir Sacheverell Reresby Sitwell, 6th Baronet CH, born 15 November 1897, was an English writer, best known as an art critic, music critic...

Johan Christian Claussen Dahl, born 24 February 1788, often known as J. C. Dahl, was a Norwegian artist who is considered the first great...

Lionel Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild, Baron de Rothschild, born February 1868, was a British banker, politician, zoologist and...

Caspar David Friedrich, born 5 September 1774, was a 19th-century German Romantic landscape painter, generally considered the most...

Fonthill Abbey—also known as Beckford's Folly—was a large Gothic Revival country house built between 1796 and 1813 at Fonthill Gifford in...

Ernst Ferdinand Oehme, born 23 April 1797, Dresden, was a German Romantic painter and illustrator who specialised in moody landscapes...