Portraits by Velázquez, Ramsay, Hodges, and more provide the starting point for Guild's intimate oil paintings.

A painting by 17th- and 18th-century French artist Nicolas de Largillière (1656–1746), looted by the Nazis and recovered in the famous Monuments Men photo, is coming up at auction at Christie’s Paris.

Pictures are worth 1,000 words and all, but when they’re in black and white, it’s hard to imagine what certain moments in time were really like. The same goes for historical figures. Luckily, ...

Paintings of George Washington gaze down sternly at visitors to the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. One image in particular seems iconic, with Washington's head turned slightly to the ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Don Astras still vividly remembers the day a longtime interest was reignited. Several years ago, his friend recommended that they go to the Muskegon Art Museum. Astras, a ...

Christina Faraday has received funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council. She is a Trustee of The Walpole Society and has previously consulted for the National Portrait Gallery, London. In ...