A self-taught musician, he wore flashing goggles while playing the violin. But his real skill was as a painter, and his ...

Our worlds are made up of many faces. Not only those of close family and friends, but equally significant in their own way, those that fill our favorite cafes or pass us by on neighborhood streets.

On the wall opposite the entrance to the Fort Ligonier art gallery is the painting of a white-wigged soldier on horseback, apparently in the thick of battle. “Most visitors naturally assume it’s ...

Born in Augsburg, Germany, in 1497/98, Hans Holbein the Younger—the Northern Renaissance painter, printmaker, illustrator, graphic artist and designer—first moved from Basel, Switzerland, to England ...

In “Drawn Testimony,” the portraitist Jane Rosenberg takes you inside high-profile federal trials across four decades. By Lauren Christensen Lauren Christensen is an editor at the Book Review. When ...

IN Vienna before World War I, the maddest celebrity in town was Oskar Kokoschka. His morbid plays dramatizing strife between the sexes set off bitter café debates; his portraits turning the light on ...

Jess T. Dugan’s portraits convey an intimate mix of vulnerability and strength. "Self portrait (blue room)" (2021) by Jess T. Dugan "Apolo lying in the grass" (2019) by Jess T. Dugan "Oskar at sunset" ...