The nine-foot-tall framed oil painting is one of just three life-size paintings of the nation’s 16th president. Lincoln himself was no stranger to the building at 8th and G Streets NW, which ...

The world's most famous paintings: ... The oil-on-canvas work, a duplicate of the original, was completed in 1850, but destroyed in an Allied bombing of Germany during World War II.

Official government portraits may soon become a bit less luxurious. President Donald Trump has signed the Eliminating Government-funded Oil-painting Act, also known as the “Ego” Act, into law.

This 1434 oil on oak painting goes by other names such as The Arnolfini Wedding, The Arnolfini Marriage, and Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and his Wife.Created by Netherland native Jan Van Eyck ...

Paint binding media includes drying oils used in paintings, such as linseed oil, walnut oil and poppy seed oil. Analysis shows, for example, whether the oil was pre-treated by 'heat-bodying' (or ...