Are cheap oil painting brushes a shortcut to frustration, or can they actually deliver usable results?. In this video, we ...

Catharina van Hemessen’s self-portrait will be presented at the National Gallery, as interest in early women painters grows ...

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 ...

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 ...

London’s National Gallery is uniting all of Flemish Old Master Jan van Eyck’s known portraits in one landmark exhibition this ...

In a sea of selfies, why not spring for something far more enduring? New York–based artist Claudia Munro Kerr spent her formative years between Scotland and Madrid, where she lived a stone’s throw ...

A painting of Mahatma Gandhi, believed to be the only oil portrait he ever sat for, sold for $205,000 at Bonhams on Tuesday. The painting originally had a pre-sale estimate of $67,063 (£50,000) to $93 ...

Aframed reproduction of a famous oil painting of Gen. Robert E. Lee, commander of the armies of the Confederate states, has come home to Loudoun after a long absence. The life-size oil portrait of Lee ...

Official government portraits may soon become a bit less luxurious. President Donald Trump has signed the Eliminating Government-funded Oil-painting Act, also known as the “Ego” Act, into law. No ...

If you want oil paintings of aspen trees or cityscapes, Sparky Lebold is not your guy. But if you want traditional, richly textured landscapes of the sea, open spaces, rundown buildings, figures and ...

They may have passed a $1.3 trillion deficit-busting spending bill last week, but lawmakers have found at least one area to cut back: oil paintings. Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy’s wish has come true, ...

Many artists believe that good oil paintings require premium brushes, but this video puts that belief to the test. Using some ...