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 ...

A portrait of Mahatma Gandhi by Clare Leighton, widely believed to be the only oil portrait he personally sat for, has sold for £152,800 at a Bonhams auction, far surpassing its original estimate of ...

Learning oil painting becomes much easier when you can see the entire process in action. This video shows exactly how to set up for oil painting and how professional techniques are applied during a ...

A rare oil painting of Indian independence leader Mahatma Gandhi, believed to have been damaged by a Hindu nationalist activist, is to be auctioned in July. Gandhi, one of the most influential figures ...

In Red Butte Garden & Arboretum, Hour 2, see Andrew Holter's appraisal of American Folk Art oil portraits, ca. 1810. Antiques Roadshow is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available ...

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 ...

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 ...

We Are South Brooklyn, an exhibit displaying over 200 oil portrait paintings of South Brooklynites, officially opened to the public at Sunset Park’s Industry City on Feb. 24. Kensington-based artist ...

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 show of oil paintings made to look like glitches similar to those on TV and social media will be held in Coventry in February. The display features more than 40 paintings by Birmingham-born Paul ...