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

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Self-portraits scribbled by Truman Capote, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and other famous writers, athletes and artists that were collected by a Manhattan bookseller are going on the auction block next week ...