Drawing | smithsonianmag.comhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/tag/drawing/RSS feed for DrawingenFri, 21 Aug 2026 12:00:40 +0000These ‘Extremely Rare’ 17th-Century Drawings Were Astonishingly Well-Preserved. Now They Are on Display for the First Time in Nearly a Centuryhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/extremely-rare-artworks-from-17th-century-drawing-book-were-astonishingly-well-preserved-now-they-are-on-display-for-first-time-in-nearly-century-180989374/Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum acquired the drawing book, which has artwork attributed to Rombout Uylenburgh, a celebrated 17th-century Dutch painter whose legacy later fell into obscurityFri, 21 Aug 2026 12:00:40 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/extremely-rare-artworks-from-17th-century-drawing-book-were-astonishingly-well-preserved-now-they-are-on-display-for-first-time-in-nearly-century-180989374/Why Gen Z Is Learning to Paint Like 19th-Century Artistshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/why-gen-z-is-learning-to-paint-like-19th-century-artists-180989359/Paint groups are popping up in parks. Art schools are seeing a surge in applications. The rise of A.I. has people turning to more traditional art formsTue, 18 Aug 2026 18:14:03 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/why-gen-z-is-learning-to-paint-like-19th-century-artists-180989359/