Born in 1664, she painted for seven decades, dying in 1750 at the age of 86. She painted 185 known works (possibly 250). She ...

TOLEDO — The Dutch painter Rachel Ruysch won the lottery twice — in 1713 and 1723. Most people will be happy for you if you win the lottery once — even if you’re already quite well off, as Ruysch was.

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Take hydrangeas, a happy flower millions of years old that grows well in soil but wilts quickly when cut. What does it feel ...

Renowned in her time, with her paintings in high demand, Rachel Ruysch (1664-1750) has nonetheless been largely ignored by museums. She has never had a major monographic exhibition, not even in her ...

Cloudy skylines and vivid floral bouquets, still-lifes and landscapes, nasturtiums and petunias lording it over Manhattan’s imposing cityscape, the rectilinear Cloudy skylines and vivid floral ...

Oakland artist Kevin Woodson was 2 when his parents took him out into the family's garden to play. He remembers standing among the zinnias - ball-shaped, brightly colored flowers that stood a little ...

Maybe the word most associated with Georgia O’Keeffe is “vagina,” but it could just as easily be “cash.” Sold in 2014 for $44.4 million, “Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1” holds the record for the ...

My painting studio is a small room in the Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, apartment that I share with my husband and our two dogs. When I first moved into this apartment, I was a full-time journalist, ...

A traveling exhibition resurrects Rachel Ruysch, an ambitious Dutch painter (and two-time lottery winner) whose intricate still lifes still stun. You are able to gift 5 more articles this month.