20 x 28.5 in. (50.8 x 72.4 cm.) Pre-code Hollywood starlet Verna Hillie is the subject of this erotically charged pastel portrait, which was the title Reel Movie Fun, a short lived wild and racy ...

Rosalba Carriera (1675-1757), an Italian artist, is widely considered a pioneer in transforming pastel painting into a recognized fine art medium. Her portraits exhibited a unique delicacy and ...

One artist, Dahye Lee, also known as Dareum Tattoo, is a master of the art of the painterly ... and I fell in love with oil pastels because I used various hand painting materials.” ...

still lifes and portraits will fill Weems Gallery, Friday, Nov. 1, through Nov. 23. The Pastel Society of New Mexico’s All ...

A Claude Monet pastel painting stolen by Nazis from a Jewish family during World War II, which vanished for decades only to show up with a Louisiana art dealer, was returned Wednesday in New ...