immersing himself in the neighborhood’s bohemian arts scene. Later, he traveled around Europe, where he haunted its great museums, riffing like a jazz soloist on themes from the old masters.

As the old master art world has shrunk in prominence in recent years, the trend has been countered by the creative vitality of an institution that may have seemed least likely to harbor new ...

I was making art because I wanted to say something ... When you really look at how old masters learn from each other, they were always trying to emulate each other — Delacroix was obsessed ...

For the celebration of Amsterdam’s 750th anniversary this year, a large private collection of Dutch Old Masters is making ... show until August 24 at the H’ART Museum in the city centre.