Only known oil portrait Gandhi sat for fetches £152,800 at auction - Final sale widely surpassed original estimate of £50,000 to £70,000 ...

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Depp’s film is an enjoyable romp, but it does the artist a disservice in favouring the more sensational aspects of his life.

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It's Vigo! The painting from 'Ghostbusters II' just showed up at a thrift store. But is this the original?

When Full Monty actor and artist Steve Huison met Lesley Shaw at the Pyramid gallery in York they decided hold a join exhibition there. Reigning Cats and Dogs feature pet portraits painted by the ...

Lost for over 150 years, one of JMW Turner’s earliest oil paintings is about to go on display at London’s Sotheby’s before being auctioned. Titled ‘The Rising Squall, Hot Wells, from St ...

The first oil painting ever exhibited by Turner is to be put up for auction after being lost for more 150 years.

She returned to oil paints rarely — Gandhi’s portrait being one occasion. In November 1931, the artist exhibited this painting at the Albany Galleries in Sackville Street, London.

In oil painting, double bonds in the long carbon chains of the oil react with oxygen from the air as the artworks dry. This creates new chemical connections that stabilise the final, cured layers.

Art History Did Jan van Eyck Really Invent Oil Paint? Is Van Eyck the "Father of oil painting" or do we need a paternity test? Jan Van Eyck, Portrait of a Man (1433).