Why, then, does Gauguin’s last self-portrait have blue eyes, a squat nose and no signature or date? According to Fabrice Fourmanoir, an art dealer and amateur art sleuth, these aesthetic ...

Historically, the paintings were used as a show of power. The earliest example in the royal collection is the state portrait of James I of England, James VI of Scotland, from 1620.

Much of our understanding of history comes from written accounts, but it is art and photography (and notably portraits) that really brings these people and events to life. Take the 18th-century ...

Nearly 60 works from the famed Torlonia Collection are on view in Chicago.

This morning, the Art Gallery of New South Wales announced Brisbane-based artist Julie Fragar as the winner of the 2025 Archibald Prize, for her portrait of fellow Brissy artist and colleague ...

but his portrait looks like he’s in hell,” per one user, while another referred to the painting as a “blood bath.” The new coronation portrait of King Charles III features the monarch in his Robe of ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Entering the Art Gallery of NSW’s Archibald Prize for artist Rodney Pople is akin to surrendering yourself for public execution.

“He has a great passion for art,” says Hardman. “Probably more than any monarch since George IV.” The portrait was initially displayed at the Philip Mould Gallery in London, but it now ...

Packing Room Prize winner: Abdul Abdullah’s No Mountain High Enough is a portrait of Jason Phu.Credit: Art Gallery of New South Wales / Jenni Carter Phu is a fellow painter and, as luck had it ...

Today, nearly 1,000 Fayum paintings exist in collections in Egypt ... he found scores of exquisite portraits executed on wood panels by anonymous artists, each one associated with a mummified ...

Reynolds. Additionally, he served as the official portrait artist for the 7th Circuit Court in Chicago. Ingwersen began college in 1948 at the American Academy of Art in Chicago and owned a studio ...