A rare oil portrait of Indian independence leader Mahatma Gandhi - painted in 1931 in the UK - will be auctioned in London next month. Gandhi led a non-violent resistance movement against British rule ...

The oil painting is 9 feet tall, including the frame. “Lincoln is 6’4”,” Farmer said. “With his top hat that he often wore, he would have been over 7 foot, and you get the sense of that ...

The Trump portrait was created by the artist Shyglo, "who does photorealistic oil paintings of cultural figures (think ...

This discovery is fascinating, casting new light on Turner's early career, and showing astonishing confidence and competence in oil painting at such a young age. 'It was mistaken in the literature for ...

Comic legend Ken Dodd has unveiled his first portrait at the National Portrait Gallery - declaring: "It's a bit of a puzzle." The entertainer has been captured backstage, looking exhausted, after ...

A rare oil portrait of Indian independence leader Mahatma Gandhi - painted in 1931 in the UK - will be auctioned in London next month. Gandhi led a non-violent resistance movement against British ...

Back in 2003 the Geffrye Museum staged a delightful two-part exhibition entitled Home and Garden, subtitled Paintings and Drawings of English, Middle-Class, Urban Domestic Spaces. Part 1 looked at ...

The story behind the NGV’s ‘sad sheep painting’ and its mysterious artist. ... And yet one of the most popular works is a 140-year-old kitschy oil painting by an artist whom history has ...

Since leaving the White House, Mr. Bush has kept a low profile and, New York Magazine reported last year, has "taken up painting, making portraits of dogs and arid Texas landscapes." Below is Mr ...

Her curves are back, her skin is clean, and her dress - well it's a ballgown. But, sadly, Amy Winehouse hasn't returned to her glory days. Instead the troubled singer has been reimagined as an oil ...

Honan, a 19-year-old artist from Ireland, first started drawing and painting Jane Does in early 2014. She told The Daily Dot that she initially got the idea while drawing a woman on death row.