Then there’s the relationship between the characters themselves. The central figure, a clown character alternatively referred to as Pierrot or Gilles—hence the two titles—is thought to have been based ...

The first-ever exhibition on Europe’s most important early female painter, Catharina van Hemessen, will open later this year in Antwerp and come to London in 2027. It starts at the Snijders&Rockox ...

Master portrait artist SuSann Decker has been selected as the Artist of the Month for August by the Bay Area Artists Association. Three of her paintings will be on display in the entrance to the Coos ...

In the spring of 1888, New York socialite Eleanora Iselin welcomed the portrait artist John Singer Sargent into her home, feverish over the question of what she would wear. Eager for her expensive and ...

This November, Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery will celebrate “Portrait of a Nation,” adding four new works to its collection. This year, the honorees are poet Joy Harjo, academic Temple ...