The nation's only complete collection of presidential portraits ... century over which portrait had most accurately recorded him for posterity. It is no surprise, then, that presidential portraiture ...

You can view three 19th-century paintings with deep cultural and historical importance to Hawaii that are rarely accessible ...

a common trope in portraits at the time. But as conventional as Prior’s composition may have been, Lawson’s sitting for the portrait was a radical statement, says Emelie Gevalt, a curator at ...

The presidential portraits aren't alone, though, as the National Portrait Gallery also houses artistic renderings of notable American citizens ranging from sports figures to civil rights leaders.

Through 45 artworks made between the 1880s and the 1920s, a new exhibition spotlights the Norwegian artist's sometimes ...

Rare, problematic portrait of 19th-century enslaved man named Frederick sells to unknown buyer at New Orleans auction for ...

Yes, for while the National Portrait Gallery’s Edvard Munch Portraits collects 40 or so portraits, which show many different sides to the man, the most delicious moments are those he painted as ...

Mushrooms in 19th-century watercolors: The paintings of a self-taught female ... each an accurate yet intimate portrait of a given species, along with detailed scientific descriptions and ...