Artists who accept commissions to paint portraits, no matter how esteemed they are in the realm of portraiture (or in fine art generally), learn to put their egos aside.

Lisson Gallery will now represent Brazilian artist Dalton Paula, who is known for his paintings that depict important Black ...

Amy Sherald, best known for her portrait of Michelle Obama, is affirmed as one of the most significant American artists of ...

Fans that were crowded behind barricades cheered as a blue curtain dropped to reveal the stamp featuring a portrait of White against a violet-colored background ... based on a photo taken by ...

“If you come to our country illegally ... she took the opportunity to use the men incarcerated there as a backdrop for her latest video to warn migrants not to enter the United States illegally.

US President Donald Trump on Monday expressed outrage over a five-year-old presidential portrait of him at the State Capitol in Colorado, calling it “truly the worst” and accusing the artist of ...

Jared Polis take down a portrait of him hanging in the State Capitol that he claims is "purposefully distorted" – a painting that was done by an artist based in Colorado Springs. "Nobody likes a ...

which chose the photo that the portrait was based on. “When I start to paint a portrait, it is the portrait, likeness, and ‘essence’ of the subject which I strive to portray,” Boardman ...

Old manuals of photography stressed the importance of portraying people against distinctive backdrops. Several pre-war professional studios commissioned theatre scenographers to paint drop-scenes ...