It was the summer of 1913 and the vegetables William Oktavec positioned outside his grocery store on North Collington Avenue were wilting in the sun. Trained as a butcher, but an artist at heart, the ...

The king of Korea launched a decorating trend at the end of the 18th century when he installed a large folding screen behind his desk, depicting shelves stacked high with books and writing implements.

Delores A. “Dee” Herget, a prolific practitioner of the Baltimore folk art tradition of painting colorful window screens, died Feb. 11 of complications from dementia at Caring Home Assisted Living in ...