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 ...

Jump the line for a sitting with this in-demand portraitist Queen Elizabeth II and Uma Thurman among New York-based artist’s ...

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 ...

The piece, painted by Arthur Davis in about 1780, is a new addition to the island's national collection after being held by ...

"Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer," which played a role in protecting the life of its Jewish subject during the Holocaust, sold ...

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 ...

His new body of work, History Painting, takes a similar technical approach, although rather than interpret a specific scene, ...