The exhibition examines a crucial decade in the career of this portraitist of the bourgeoisie, who combined artistic daring ...

It inspired a blockbuster museum exhibition and the new season of The Gilded Age. But why was the 1884 portrait "Madame X" so shocking?

HBO’s high-society drama just introduced the portraitist who knew how to flatter the one percent better than anyone.

From the 1880's nearly until the start of World War I, by which point he had pretty much given up portraiture, John Singer Sargent was the most skillful society painter on either side of the ...

Superintendent Wendy Ross has led Theodore Roosevelt National Park since 2014. In late November, she'll move on to a new position helping oversee park areas in 13 states.

American Maccabee provides an informative and nuanced analysis of Theodore Roosevelt’s respect for Jews and his handling of a ...