As the price of art produced within the past 50 years soars, historical paintings and drawings of exceptional quality look jarringly inexpensive. By Scott Reyburn What is known about Barbara Piasecka ...

Barbara Piasecka Johnson, the Polish-born former maid who inherited the bulk of the Johnson & Johnson fortune, is using the U.S. government”s name in an apparent attempt to reopen negotiations over ...

WROCLAW, Poland (AP) — Hundreds of people have gathered for the funeral ceremonies for Barbara Piasecka Johnson, a Pole who worked as a maid for an American heir to the Johnson & Johnson fortune ...

(AP) The family of Barbara Piasecka Johnson, a Polish farmer’s daughter who worked as a maid for an American heir to the Johnson & Johnson fortune before marrying him and eventually inheriting much of ...

LEAD: Barbara Piasecka Johnson (right, with Lech Walesa), who went to work as a chambermaid after immigrating from Poland in 1968, has doubtless learned a little something about capitalism since she ...