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 ...

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 longtime Fort Worth resident Juan Velazquez first decided to pursue his dream of being an artist—only three years ago—he had some modest goals in mind. The 34-year-old originally planned to ...

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 ...

An 18th Century oil painting of a Manx marine is "indicative of a much wider tradition of seafaring" on the Isle of Man, a ...

Yeo says the butterfly by the King's shoulder symbolises "the beauty of nature and highlights the [King's] environmental causes" The first official painted portrait of King Charles III since his ...