When Jonathan Yeo's painting went viral, it was the “jolt” of red that resonated more than any royal symbolism. (photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) After Jonathan Yeo’s “Portrait of His Majesty King ...

Donald E. Lee, a retired postal worker and self-taught Irvington artist who brought realism to his portraits, maritime and still-life paintings, died of a heart attack Oct. 10 at his Irvington home.

Heroic presence and dramatic intensity define this Achilles portrait drawing inspired by classical mythology. The artwork ...

Canadian artist Nick Rooney (b. 1989) has a practice centered on the boundaries between realism and abstraction, exploring the ways in which these delineations are concrete or, conversely, malleable.

"A Masterpiece From Your Photos.” This is the promise made by AI Gahaku, one of the most popular artificial intelligence engines trained to generate images that resemble old paintings using our own ...

Amid digital abstraction and A.I., collectors and creators are returning to the human touch of classical realism. Luc Castel/Getty Images “It comes down to reality,” Billy Joel sings in “New York ...

Roman sculptors specialized in ultra-realistic, warts-and-all portrait busts. While Roman sculptors famously copied idealized Greek originals and dramatic scenes of myths, they specialized in ...

Teacups and saucers neatly stacked on a kitchen counter. Golden sunlight streaming through a hallway window. A blue hydrangea cutting resting in a paper cup. These are among the morsels of beauty ...

Michael E. Economos, who was a Maryland Institute College of Art instructor for five decades and whose own paintings were defined by figurative realism was also known for his 9/11 portraits, died of ...

Many artists who made their names in figurative work are now creating a different sort of portrait. By Amanda Fortini IN EARLY 2021, Jordan Casteel, the painter known for her tender, exquisitely ...

Columns share an author's personal perspective and are often based on facts in the newspaper's reporting. .“...such a picture of loveliness. Didn’t you notice the resemblance? Doesn’t it look like she ...