Artists
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Aristide Maillol: The Sculptor, The Man and His Muse
The eminent artist's last model, Dina Vierny, has dedicated herself to preserving and perpetuating the legacy of his life's work
John Barrymore: a Profile in Just About Everything
A great actor, a shameless ham; an athlete, a drunk; a ladies' man, one of the boys-- the madcap Jack had as many faces as roles
The Object at Hand
Edmonia Lewis' masterwork, a portrayal of Cleopatra at the moment of death, included stints in a Chicago saloon and as a grave marker for a racehorse
When France Was Home to African-American Artists
Everything was open to them in postwar Paris, as a new exhibit in New York proves
Walk This Trail to See What Inspired the American Impressionist Painters
Bought on a whim for the price of a painting, J. Alden Weir's farm, now a National Historic Site, became a place to redefine American art
They're Holding On: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Lives
Long ago, they found a talent or a cause, a way of life or a way of work, then stuck with it—and said to hell with what other people think
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