The American Revolution Museum at Yorktown will display this circa-1790 portrait of George Washington by American artist Charles Peale Polk (1767-1822), who portrays the general as the victor of the ...

John Singer Sargent is a minor character in the third season of HBO's "The Gilded Age"—but he was the major high society ...

Excerpted from “A Son and his Adoptive Father: The Marquis de Lafayette and George Washington” 2006 exhibition at Mount Vernon.

George Washington House is ranked #17 out of 17 things to do in Barbados. See pictures and our review of George Washington House.

In an excerpt from his new book “Paris in Ruins,” critic Sebastian Smee breaks down the charged, extravagantly expressive portraits between the painters Berthe Morisot and Édouard Manet.

He spent a lifetime patiently excavating the problems and possibilities of the painted surface — in terms of color, texture, ...

See pictures and our review of National Portrait Gallery and the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C..

View Portrait of George Bustard Greaves, Esq. seated in an armchair, wearing a red coat, buff vest and knee plants by George Romney on artnet. Browse upcoming and past auction lots by George Romney.

Few people knew former President George W. Bush enjoyed the hobby of painting. But at his presidential library in Dallas, some 30 portraits of world leaders can be seen in a gallery. Click on to ...