Located in a secluded convent outside of Florence, the 600-year-old artwork was concealed behind layers of paint for most of ...

Fra Angelico's genius for depicting the interior life--states of love, spirituality or anguish--is stirring the interest of contemporary artists.

Not only did Fra Giovanni paint like an angel; he was, in his personal life, an angel himself. The friar’s “angelic” style and “rare and perfect talent,” Vasari informs us, were the ...

Fra Angelico is, by the way, not his real name. He was Guido as a kid, Guido di Pietro. When, between 1419 and 1422, he became a monk, an Observant Dominican, he switched to Giovanni.

Fra Angelico, as he became known, ... Fra Angelico lost artistic status, simply because his reputation as a painter had been so linked to his religious life.

It is known that Fra Angelico led a holy life and never picked up a brush without offering a prayer first. He himself said, “He who wishes to paint Christ’s story must live with Christ. ...

Beatified by Pope John Paul II, Fra Angelico is already a saint for art collectors. His painting of the Christ upon the cross just sold at Christie’s for a record price. Wednesday, July 23, 2025 ...

Together they picture the life of the Virgin Mary and offer the opportunity to explore his talent for sacred tales. Fra Angelico was celebrated in his own time as the most famous painter in Italy.

The Fra Angelico exhibition at the Met cannot, of course, offer us the same order of experience as a visit to San Marco in Florence, but it’s a beautiful and moving exhibition all the same, and ...

When Steven Woloshin, an American doctor, first saw the 600-year-old fresco of a Crucifixion by the Renaissance master Fra Angelico inside a cloistered convent in January last year, he was blown away.

An exhibition reunites four exquisite reliquaries related to the life of the Virgin Mary, painted by Fra Angelico and not seen together for over 200 years.