painting

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The Keith painting is “quintessential California, a romanticized view of the Sierra Nevada range. William Keith, the painter, was friends with John Muir,” Falcone said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

Though he went on to craft a career in the public eye as a musician, comedian and actor, painting remained his “true vocation.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

He painted The Beheading of St. John the Baptist, which still hangs in St. John’s Co-Cathedral in Valletta, and is the only painting Caravaggio ever signed.

From Slate • Jun. 6, 2026

In the most commanding painting of this section, Jeong Seon’s “Clearing After Rain on Mt. Inwang” from 1751, roiling clusters of dark hills are split by hidden ravines and jutting waterfalls.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

This 1805 Benjamin West painting, Benjamin Franklin Drawing Electricity from the Sky, portrays Franklin as a scientific hero.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock