In this tutorial, I'll show you how to paint a portrait in Photoshop that captures the viewer's attention. I'm working from a reference of Cassandra, whose striking dark hair contrasts beautifully ...
This George Washington portrait by Gilbert Stuart, commissioned by James Madison, has a colorful history. Now Christie’s in ...
The painting’s re-emergence after decades has come with a swirl of questions about its subject, one of three related teenage girls. “Portrait of Fräulein Lieser” by Gustav Klimt.Credit...im Kinsky ...
Dutch artist Dirck Jacobsz created an uncanny reflection on presence and absence in a painting of his parents The motives for making a painting can be thumpingly straightforward: You see something, ...
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 ...
The 1562 likeness of Thomas Howard, Fourth Duke of Norfolk, was created by Hans Eworth, a Flemish artist whose Tudor-era ...
A good portrait not only captures a likeness, but the person’s spirit, says Susan Durkee of Redding, adding, “It is that sense of spirit that viewers respond to, that gives them pleasure when they ...
A painting with a winding history of theft, confiscation and diplomatic dispute is on public view again after decades. Its owner says Rembrandt made the work himself, but some experts aren’t convinced ...
A historical Clymer Tulip Festival sign, also pictured in the book. Submitted photo CLYMER — History is often told not just through stories but images as well, and the history of the town of Clymer ...
Donald Trump has called for a portrait of himself to be taken down from the Colorado state capitol, lashing out at the artist for “truly the worst” attempt to capture his features. “Nobody likes a bad ...
The Smithsonian Institute commissioned a portrait of Oprah Winfrey in recognition of her "significant contributions to American popular culture" Oprah Winfrey is now on display at the National ...