Until Aubert went to Sulawesi, the oldest dated art was firmly in Europe. The spectacular lions and rhinos of Chauvet Cave, in southeastern France, are commonly thought to be around 30,000 to ...

The discovery of the “Venus of Hohle Fels”—named by Conard for the cave where it was found ... Spain—where it turns up in paintings of bison, rhinos and lions on the walls of caves ...

While his revolutionary painting Liberty Leading the People might be his most recognized work, Delacroix harbored a particular fascination with wild animals, especially lions. The artist ...