The Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery unveiled a life-size painting of President Abraham Lincoln Friday morning. The 1865 portrait was painted by Dutch artist W.F.K. Travers and is one of three ...

In his 1550 volume Lives of the Artists, painter and architect Giorgio Vasari snuck in praise for the Flemish artist Jan van Eyck in his chapter on the Italian painter Antonello da Messina. Vasari ...

A previously unknown work has been analyzed and revealed using scientific research underneath an oil painting by the Italian Renaissance painter Tiziano Vecellio, better known as Titian. The painting ...

Figurative artist Claire Connolly is embarking upon a two-prong artistic journey that begins with a series of seven oil portraits depicting childbearing women of color – each imbued with personal ...

When oil painter Richard Abraham was growing up on Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, he’d spend time in his local library’s art section. Books on illustration and painting, he recalled, were right next to ...

In the 1840 oil painting, a man named Frederick wears a scarlet vest under his black coat and a blue bow tie beneath his translucent lace collar. His spine is straight, his shoulders are back. It's a ...

'Jeopardy!' icon Ken Jennings responded to previous champion Kate Kohn's tweet with the oil painting she promised to buy with her prize money. Kohn took to Twitter to remind the world of what she told ...

Some of the artist’s most psychologically insightful work came in the final years of his life — a mature period cut short by a pandemic. By Nina Siegal On Oct. 27, 1918, Egon Schiele sketched his wife ...

An oil painting of Donald Trump hanging alongside other presidential portraits in the Colorado state Capitol building was replaced Monday with one Trump and other GOP members said was more flattering.

The painter, known for modernizing Spanish Baroque codes, depicted Allen in a Miu Miu puffer and Valentino boots.

During the fall of her final year as president of Smith College, Kathleen McCartney was handed a package containing samples of the work of dozens of artists. Her task: Choose one for the job of ...