British artist Christopher Le Brun recently celebrated his 70th birthday, but despite having been painting for decades, the artist remains as deeply curious about why he paints and where his ...

This monograph is the first to examine the wide artistic production of Louis XIV's most prolific and powerful artist, Charles Le Brun (1619-1690), illustrating the magnificence of his paintings and ...

Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, “Self-Portrait” (1790), oil on canvas, 39 3/8 x 31 7/8 inches, Gallerie degli Uffizi, Corridoio Vasariano, Florence (all images courtesy the Metropolitan Museum of Art) ...

Following critical acclaim and positive visitor feedback, Saatchi Gallery has announced the extension of its major exhibition celebrating 40 years of groundbreaking contemporary art, The Long Now, to ...

Great Britain has agreed to let New York’s Museum of Metropolitan Art purchase a rare Charles Le Brun portrait, reports the New York Times. The New York institution had arranged to purchase the piece ...

Newly elected deputy Ross Le Brun said voters likely backed him at the ballot box due to his "consistency, authenticity and sincerity". Le Brun won the first island-wide by-election on Wednesday ahead ...

Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, Marie Antoinette with a Rose, 1783, oil on canvas, 116.8 x 88.9 cm. Lynda and Stuart Resnick. Portrait painting exhibitions rarely draw in the big crowds, but this ...

Artist: Elizabeth Louise Vigee Le Brun (1755-1842), friend and favourite artist of Marie- Antoinette, and the most stylish portrait painter in France on the eve of the Revolution. Distinguishing ...