Creating abstract portrait drawings with kids takes some of the pressure off of the beginner ... This example was inspired by ...

PORTRAITS OF WASHINGTON.; Sales of Paintings of Famous Colonial Worthles and Others. Share full article. April 27, 1905.

With These Abstract Portraits, ... Or maybe it's because these are the eyes of Alberto Giacometti and Jean Arp — people who, like Brandt, were famous for seeing the world differently.

In the 1960s, abstract painting was a controversial style for Black artists, overshadowed by social realist works. Now, it’s claimed its place as a vital form of expression.

Figuring out how to deal with that face is the central preoccupation of the work shown here, from the earliest self-portraits in the 1940s, visibly influenced by her teacher and husband, Willem de ...

She was both a gifted figurative painter and a committed Abstract Expressionist, as was seen at a 2015 exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C.

The 16th- and 17th-century paintings of El Greco are populated by famously elongated figures. These curious forms have kindled speculation that the painter may have suffered from astigmatism, an ...

Spanish painter, sculptor and ceramicist Pablo Picasso is arguably one of the most famous artists of all time. Alongside his famous abstract paintings, he created a whole body of mixed material works.

In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, we plumbed the National Portrait Gallery’s collection for famous Irish-Americans. Take a look at these fabulous portraits, and read about the sitters’ lives. 1. F.