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.

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 ...

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 ...

Rather, each of its 56,800 frames will be hand-painted in oil on canvas in the style of van Gogh’s paintings. Thirty painters will take two years to complete every painting.

A long-forgotten painting by Amrita Sher-Gil, one of India’s most important modern artists, is going under the hammer for the first time. The rediscovered portrait is expected to fetch up to $2. ...

Environmental groups Just Stop Oil and Last Generation glued themselves to paintings or threw food in art museums in Germany, Italy, France and the United Kingdom.

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.