The painting, which depicts an African prince, turned out to be a genuine ... use of gold leaf in paintings such as The Kiss (1908), Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I (1907) and Judith and ...

Gustav Klimt's portrait of a West African prince is valued at €15 million and currently on offer at an art fair. But what's the story behind the painting? For the longest time, "Portrait of ...

In a letter to Thomas Jefferson, Virginia patriot Richard Henry Lee derisively dubbed him the "African Hero" for his boldly strategic gambit to offer freedom to any enslaved African or Indian who ...