Every picture tells a story, and presidential portraits help tell vital ones, not only about the man portrayed but also about his era and its ideals. The portraits also entail stories that the images ...

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Much of our understanding of history comes from written accounts, but it is art and photography (and notably portraits) that really brings these people and events to life. Take the 18th-century ...

"120 illustrations, 109 in color." In this broad cultural survey, art historian and critic James Hall brilliantly maps the history of self-portraiture, from the earliest myths of Narcissus to the ...

LONDON — Royal family members sit for portraits a lot. And even when they don’t, artists paint them anyway. Some of these portraits have drawn near-unanimous praise and stood the test of time, ...

Gilbert Stuart tartly maintained that “no one would paint history who could do a portrait,” but as the chief depicter of George Washington, he showed that to paint portraits is often to paint great ...

This George Washington portrait by Gilbert Stuart, commissioned by James Madison, has a colorful history. Now Christie’s in ...

The Elmhurst History Museum will this week unveil a 160-year old portrait with remarkable historic significance for Elmhurst, in part because of its subject but also because of the reputation of the ...

Hosted by the museum’s director, Kim Sajet, PORTRAITS explores art, biography, history and identity. Gabrielle Obusek The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery announced the launch of season six of ...

The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery will celebrate Women’s History Month with a free, all-ages festival and in-person and online programs and exhibitions. March kicks off with the annual Women ...