Tim Herron and the Pretentious Cleveland Portrait Artists group have been capturing portraits for many years, growing their ...

This George Washington portrait by Gilbert Stuart, commissioned by James Madison, has a colorful history. Now Christie’s in New York will auction it in January.

Dreweatts Auction House in London will offer a work by Joan Carlile, widely believed to be the first female portrait painter active in Britain during the 17th century, at its Old Master, British, ...

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 ...

Artists Wiley and Sherald have been commissioned to paint the Obamas’ portraits. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton prepares to deliver remarks after her portrait was presented, April 24, 2006, at the ...

Thelma Simons poses next to the award winning portrait that she created of her husband and their Australian Kelpie. Last year, Thelma Simons painted a portrait of her husband, Bill, for his 80th ...

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. (WPVI) -- "It's a shame that they had to die for this to happen," said Stephanie Johnson, standing amidst beautiful portraits of smiling faces. Johnson's world was turned ...

The Portrait Painter and His Subject One of the most distinguished portrait painters New England has produced, CHARLES HOPKINSON painted the leading lights of Harvard during the administrations ...

I stood in line for a couple of hours to see the Obama portraits six months after they went on display at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington. This was a few years ago. There were people ...