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 ...

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

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.” ...

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 ...