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 ...

I spent 14 days inside a castle, focusing on portrait painting and learning oil techniques from masters. Watch my journey ...

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 ...

For his first institutional exhibition, at Deurle’s Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, the artist presents energetic, hand-worked ...

The Public Library for Union County will host “Flowers, Weeds and a Fungus,” an exhibition of oil paintings by Anna Maria Leitzel, at Gallery 255 throughout January.

The Guild of Berkshire Artists announces a six-class series, Painting in Oils with Bob Watkins, on Tuesdays, Jan. 20 through Feb. 24, at Berkshire South Regional Community Center.