Commissioned pet portraits have been around for centuries, but now they’re reaching a much wider clientele. Interested commissioners can buy pet portraits from classically trained artists or digital ...

Gilbert Stuart tartly maintained that “no one would paint history who could do a portrait,” but as the chief depicter of George Washington, he showed that to paint portraits is often to paint great ...

In commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the nation, the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery has announced two ...

Watch this expressive portrait come together with rich colors, smooth blending, and striking highlights. Each brushstroke ...

Toronto's AGO relied on historians, botanists, and Dutch genealogy hobbyists to identify painter and sitter in a rare 18th ...

More than 60 years ago, art historians attributed a rare portrait to Caravaggio, the celebrated Baroque painter known for his vividly realistic artwork. But the piece has never been publicly displayed ...

When Vincent Van Gogh was low on money he took to painting on both sides of the canvas, but over the years some of his reverse side paintings were covered up and lost. Now, another of his hidden ...

When Amy Sherald was selected to paint the official portrait of Michelle Obama eight years ago, many people in the art world didn't know who she was. They do now. At 52, Sherald has become one of ...

Gustav Klimt’s "Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer" was seized by the Nazis and was almost ruined in a fire during World War II Cover Images via AP Images A painting by a famed Austrian artist became the ...

The portraits, which will hang permanently in the presidential residence, were created by artists Robert McCurdy and Sharon Sprung Virginia Chamlee is a Politics Writer at PEOPLE. She has been working ...